Ilm-Kreis is a district in Thuringia , Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the city of Erfurt , the districts of Weimarer Land , Saalfeld-Rudolstadt and Hildburghausen , the city of Suhl , and the districts of Schmalkalden-Meiningen and Gotha . It is named after the river Ilm , flowing through the district.
3-634: Amt Wachsenburg is a municipality in the district Ilm-Kreis , in Thuringia , Germany . The municipality is named after the Wachsenburg Castle which is located in its center. It was formed on 31 December 2012 from the former municipalities Wachsenburggemeinde and Ichtershausen . The former municipality Kirchheim was merged into Amt Wachsenburg in January 2019, and Rockhausen in December 2019. It consists of
6-438: The villages Bechstedt-Wagd, Bittstädt, Eischleben, Haarhausen, Holzhausen, Ichtershausen, Kirchheim, Rehestädt, Rockhausen, Röhrensee, Sülzenbrücken, Thörey and Werningsleben. This Ilm-Kreis location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ilm-Kreis In medieval times the territory was ruled by the counts of Henneberg and the princes of Schwarzburg , two local dynasties. While Ilmenau
9-556: Was ruled by Henneberg, Arnstadt belonged to Schwarzburg. When the Henneberg family became extinct in 1583, Ilmenau was acquired by Saxony . In the meantime the principality of Schwarzburg began to disintegrate and was split up into several tiny states. One of those states (Schwarzburg-Arnstadt) was based in Arnstadt; it was founded in 1574 and existed until 1716, when it fell to Schwarzburg-Sondershausen . This mini state existed until 1920, when
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