Schmalkalden-Meiningen

Landkreis Schmalkalden-Meiningen
District
Coat of arms
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Thuringia
Capital	Meiningen
Area
• Total	1,210 km2 (470 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2022)
• Total	123,939
• Density	100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	SM
Website	http://www.lk-sm.de

Schmalkalden-Meiningen is a Landkreis (rural district) in the west of Thuringia, Germany.

History

The district was created in 1994 by joining the old districts of Schmalkalden, Meiningen and part of Suhl-Land.

Partnerships

The district has a partnership with the Vogelsbergkreis in Hesse, as well as with the Komitat Pest in Hungary.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms shows symbols from the coat of arms of the three precursor districts, which are also symbols for the historic states which make up the territory of the district. The rooster in the topleft derives from the coat of arms of the counts of Henneberg. The hen stands on 3 green mounds, a reminder of the hillsa dn mountains of the area. The lion of Hesse is displayed in the topright, as the area was owned by Hesse 1360-1866. The banner in the bottom left comes from the coat of arms of the district Meiningen, and derives from the coat of arms of the city Würzburg. The prince-bishops of Würzburg owned Meiningen in the past. The coat of arms of Saxony in the bottom right is a reminder of the duchy of Saxe-Meiningen, which existed from 1680 to 1918.

Towns and municipalities

Verwaltungsgemeinschaft-free towns	and municipalities
Brotterode Meiningen Oberhof Schmalkalden Steinbach-Hallenberg Zella-Mehlis	Benshausen Breitungen Fambach Floh-Seligenthal Grabfeld Henneberg Herpf Heßles Rhönblick	Rippershausen Rosa Roßdorf Schwallungen Stepfershausen Sülzfeld Trusetal Untermaßfeld Wernshausen

Verwaltungsgemeinschaften
1. Dolmar Christes Dillstädt Kühndorf Rohr Schwarza1 Utendorf 2. Haselgrund Altersbach Bermbach Oberschönau Rotterode Springstille Unterschönau Viernau1	3. Hohe Rhön Aschenhausen Birx Erbenhausen Frankenheim Kaltensundheim1 Kaltenwestheim Melpers Oberkatz Oberweid Unterweid	4. Salzbrücke Bauerbach Belrieth Einhausen Ellingshausen Leutersdorf Neubrunn Obermaßfeld-Grimmenthal1 Ritschenhausen Vachdorf Wölfershausen 5. Wasungen-Amt Sand Friedelshausen Hümpfershausen Mehmels Metzels Oepfershausen Unterkatz Wahns Wallbach Walldorf Wasungen1, 2
1seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft;2town

Other websites

• Official website Archived 2015-08-31 at the Wayback Machine (German)