Hildburghausen (district)

Landkreis Hildburghausen
District
Coat of arms
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Thuringia
Capital	Hildburghausen
Area
• Total	937 km2 (362 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2024)
• Total	59,987
• Density	64/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	HBN
Website	landkreis-hildburghausen.de

Hildburghausen is a district in Thuringia, Germany. It covers most of the same territory as the old Ernestine duchy of Saxe-Hildburghausen.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms displays:

• the heraldic lion of Meißen
• the cock representing the counts of Henneberg, who ruled the region until 1583
• below the symbol of the bishopric of Würzburg is displayed

Towns and municipalities

Verwaltungsgemeinschaft-free towns	and municipalities
Eisfeld Hildburghausen Schleusingen Themar	Auengrund Bockstadt Brünn Gleichamberg Masserberg Nahetal-Waldau Sachsenbrunn Sankt Kilian Schleusegrund Straufhain Veilsdorf

Verwaltungsgemeinschaften
1. Feldstein [seat: Themar] Ahlstädt Beinerstadt Bischofrod Dingsleben Ehrenberg Eichenberg Grimmelshausen Grub Henfstädt Kloster Veßra Lengfeld Marisfeld Oberstadt Reurieth Sankt Bernhard Schmeheim	2. Gleichberge Haina Mendhausen Milz Römhild1, 2 Westenfeld	3. Heldburger Unterland Bad Colberg-Heldburg1, 2 Gompertshausen Hellingen Schlechtsart Schweickershausen Ummerstadt2 Westhausen
1seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft;2town

Related pages

• Saxe-Hildburghausen

Other websites

• Official website (in German)