Saale-Orla

Saale-Orla is a Landkreis (rural district) in the east of Thuringia, Germany.

 History 
The district was created in 1994 by joining the old districts of Lobenstein, Pößneck and Schleiz.

 Coat of arms 
100px|Coat of armsThe two lions in the top of the coat of arms represent the historic states which covered the area in the past. In the left is the lion with crown of the Reuß family, while the lion to the right is the symbol of the margravate of Meißen. The two wavy lines in the bottom symbolize the two rivers of the district, Saale and Orla.

 Towns and municipalities 
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft-free townsand municipalities Bad Lobenstein
 Gefell
 Hirschberg
 Neustadt an der Orla
 Pößneck
 Saalburg-Ebersdorf
 Schleiz
 Tanna
 Wurzbach Breitenhain
 Burgk
 Kospoda
 Krölpa
 Linda bei Neustadt an der Orla
 Remptendorf
 Stanau
Verwaltungsgemeinschaften1. Oppurg
 Bodelwitz
 Döbritz
 Gertewitz
 Grobengereuth
 Langenorla
 Lausnitz
 Nimritz
 Oberoppurg
 Oppurg1
 Quaschwitz
 Solkwitz
 Weira
 Wernburg

2. Ranis-Ziegenrück
 Crispendorf
 Eßbach
 Gössitz
 Keila
 Moxa
 Paska
 Peuschen
 Ranis1, 2
 Schmorda
 Schöndorf
 Seisla
 Wilhelmsdorf
 Ziegenrück23. Saale-Rennsteig
 Birkenhügel
 Blankenberg
 Blankenstein2
 Harra
 Neundorf bei Lobenstein
 Pottiga
 Schlegel

4. Seenplatte
 Bucha
 Chursdorf
 Dittersdorf
 Dragensdorf
 Dreba
 Görkwitz
 Göschitz
 Kirschkau
 Knau
 Löhma
 Moßbach
 Neundorf bei Schleiz
 Oettersdorf1
 Plothen
 Pörmitz
 Tegau
 Volkmannsdorf5. Triptis
 Dreitzsch
 Geroda
 Lemnitz
 Miesitz
 Mittelpöllnitz
 Pillingsdorf
 Rosendorf
 Schmieritz
 Tömmelsdorf
 Triptis1, 21seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft;2town

References

 Other websites 
 Official website (German)
 Touristic website (German, English)

Category:Rural Districts of Thuringia