Lichtetal am Rennsteig is a municipal association

Municipal association

Municipal associations are statutory corporations or public bodies created by statute in the German federal states of Bavaria, Saxony, and Thuringia. In Baden-Württemberg and Schleswig-Holstein the term stipulated municipal association is used....

  in the district of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt

Saalfeld-Rudolstadt

Saalfeld-Rudolstadt is a Kreis in the south of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are the districts Weimarer Land, Saale-Holzland, Saale-Orla, the district Kronach in Bavaria, and the districts Sonneberg, Hildburghausen and Ilm-Kreis.-History:The district dates back to the Landratsamt...

, in Thuringia

Thuringia

The Free State of Thuringia is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country.It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states....

, Germany

Germany

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. The seat of government is in Lichte

Lichte

thumb|220px|Wallendorfer Porcelain Manufacture, Oct. 2006thumb|220px|[[Leibis-Lichte Dam]], 102.5 m highLichte is a municipality in the district of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt in Thuringia, Germany, close to the Thuringian Rennsteig.- Geography :...

 (in the Wallendorf section). At present the municipal association is supervised by Christoph Theis.

The municipal association consists of the following municipalities:

Municipalities of Lichtetal am Rennsteig

Municipality	Lichte Lichte thumb|220px|Wallendorfer Porcelain Manufacture, Oct. 2006thumb|220px|[[Leibis-Lichte Dam]], 102.5 m highLichte is a municipality in the district of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt in Thuringia, Germany, close to the Thuringian Rennsteig.- Geography :...	Piesau Piesau Piesau is a municipality in the district Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, in Thuringia, Germany close to the Thuringian Rennsteig.It has a glass-factory and is known as glass-maker-village. The first time glass was made in Piesau was in 1622. Up until today glass is the main reason of existence in Piesau. Carl...	Reichmannsdorf Reichmannsdorf Reichmannsdorf is a municipality in the district Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, in Thuringia, Germany.It belongs to the municipal association Lichtetal am Rennsteig, which consists of the municipalities Lichte, Piesau, Reichmannsdorf, and Schmiedefeld.-References:...	Schmiedefeld (Lichtetal)
Mayor	Udo Eichel	Angelika Weigel	Fedor Wohlfarth	Hanno Leide
Inhabitants	1,634	779	817	1,056

History

The municipal association of Lichtetal am Rennsteig was established in line with the administrative reorganization after German reunification

German reunification

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. Before 1990, all four municipalities were independent, each with a town hall

Seat of local government

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, administration

Administration (government)

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, and autonomous mayor

Mayor

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. The post of mayor is now honorary

Honorary

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, with reimbursement of expenses . The name Lichtetal am Rennsteig was derived from the close proximity to the Thuringian Rennsteig

Rennsteig

The Rennsteig is a ridge walk as well as an historical boundary path in the Thuringian Forest, Thuringian Highland and Franconian Forest in central Germany....

 and the Lichte River

Lichte (river)

The Lichte River is a right tributary of the Schwarza in Thuringia, Germany, and is 17 km long.- Source :The Lichte rises as the Little Lichte in Neuhaus am Rennweg in the Thuringian Highlands.- Course :...

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See also

• Deesbach Forebay
  Deesbach Forebay
  The Deesbach Forebay is a dam in the German state of Thuringia in the Thuringian Highland. It impounds the river Lichte and lies between the municipalities Lichte and Unterweissbach...
  
  
• Leibis-Lichte Dam
  Leibis-Lichte Dam
  The Leibis-Lichte Dam is a dam in the German state of Thuringia in the Thuringian Highland. It impounds the River Lichte and lies between Lichte municipality section Geiersthal and Unterweissbach. To that particular Storage reservoir belongs the Deesbach Forebay...
  
  
• Municipal associations in Thuringia
  Municipal associations in Thuringia
  In the Free state of Thuringia there is the posibiliuty to establish Municipal associations according to § 46 of the Thuringian Communal- and District Order ...
  
  
• Cultural monuments in Lichte
  Cultural monuments in Lichte
  This is a list of the cultural monuments in Lichte containing all cultural monuments of the Thuringian municipality of Lichte / Lichtetal am Rennsteig , including its sections as of December 2, 2009.- Single monuments in Lichte :- Monuments to the casualties of the World Wars :* in Lichte This is...
  
  

External links

• Official website
• Rennsteig hikes individually and comfortable at Rennsteigtripp.de - hiking in Lichtetal am Rennsteig