Saale-Orla Rural District

Saale-Orla-Kreis
District
Country	Germany
State	Thuringia
Capital	Schleiz
Area
• Total	1,148 km2 (443 sq mi)
Population (2002)
• Total	96,607
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration	SOK
Website	http://www.saale-orla-kreis.de

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

The 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 towns	and 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

Verwaltungsgemeinschaften
1. 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 Ziegenrück2	3. 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 Volkmannsdorf	5. Triptis Dreitzsch Geroda Lemnitz Miesitz Mittelpöllnitz Pillingsdorf Rosendorf Schmieritz Tömmelsdorf Triptis1, 2
1seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft;2town

Other websites

• Official website (German)
• Touristic website (German, English)