Saale-Holzland (official German name: Saale-Holzland-Kreis ) is a Kreis ( district ) in the east of Thuringia , Germany . Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) the district Burgenlandkreis in Saxony-Anhalt , the district-free city Gera , the districts Greiz , Saale-Orla , Saalfeld-Rudolstadt , Weimarer Land and the district-free city Jena .
3-692: Bürgel is a town in the Saale-Holzland district, in Thuringia , Germany . It is situated 12 km east of Jena . It contains the Benedictine monastery of Bürgel Abbey . Within the German Empire (1871-1918), Bürgel was part of the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach . This Saale-Holzland location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Saale-Holzland The district
6-542: The district is the Saale , which also gave it its name. The highest elevation with 475 m above sea level is in the south of the district, the lowest with 118 m is in the Saale valley at the boundary to the district Weimarer Land. In the left of the coat of arms is the silver bar as the symbol of the Lords of Lobdeburg, who owned of the valley of the Saale in the 13th century. In the bottom is
9-401: Was created in 1994 by merging the previous districts of Eisenberg, Jena and Stadtroda. When the district Roda (later Stadtroda) was originally created in 1922 it already covered nearly the area of the current district. In 1952, together with the abolishment of the federal states ( Bundesländer ) the district was split into the three parts, which were put together again in 1994. The main river in
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