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Meiningen is a town in Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 - located in the Southern part of the state of Thuringia
Thuringia

The Free State of Thuringia is located in central Germany. 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 of Germany ....
 and the district seat of Schmalkalden-Meiningen
Schmalkalden-Meiningen

Schmalkalden-Meiningen is a Kreis in the west of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are the districts Wartburgkreis, Gotha , Ilm-Kreis, the district-free city Suhl, the district Hildburghausen , the Bavarian district Rh?n-Grabfeld, and the district Fulda in Hesse....
. It is situated on the river Werra
Werra

The Werra is a river in central Germany, the right source river of the Weser. The Werra has its source near Eisfeld in southern Thuringia. After 293 km the Werra joins the Fulda River in Hann....
.

place was first mentioned in 982 and was chartered in 1230.

Between 1680 to 1918, it was part of Saxe-Meiningen
Saxe-Meiningen

The Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen was one of the Ernestine duchies held by the Ernestine line of the Wettin Dynasty....
. The fairy tale collector and writer Ludwig Bechstein
Ludwig Bechstein

Ludwig Bechstein was a Germany writer and collector of folk fairy tales.He was born in Weimar, the illegitimate child of Johanna Carolina Dorothea Bechstein and Hubert Dupontreau, a France emigrant who disappeared even before the birth of the child, and Ludwig thus grew up his first nine years in very poor economic conditions....
 was an archivist in Meiningen. The princess of Saxe-Meiningen Adelheid Louise Theresa Caroline Amelia von Sachsen-Meiningen
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen

Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen was the queen consort of the United Kingdom and of Hanover as spouse of William IV of the United Kingdom. The Australian city of Adelaide is named after her....
 was since 1818 the wife of the King William IV
William IV of the United Kingdom

William IV was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Kingdom of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death. William, the third son of George III of the United Kingdom and younger brother and successor to George IV of the United Kingdom, was the last king and penultimate monarch of the House of Hanover....
 of Great Britain
Great Britain

Great Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the List of islands by area, and the largest in Europe. With a population of 58.9 million people it is List of islands by population....
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Meiningen is a town in Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 - located in the Southern part of the state of Thuringia
Thuringia

The Free State of Thuringia is located in central Germany. 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 of Germany ....
 and the district seat of Schmalkalden-Meiningen
Schmalkalden-Meiningen

Schmalkalden-Meiningen is a Kreis in the west of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are the districts Wartburgkreis, Gotha , Ilm-Kreis, the district-free city Suhl, the district Hildburghausen , the Bavarian district Rh?n-Grabfeld, and the district Fulda in Hesse....
. It is situated on the river Werra
Werra

The Werra is a river in central Germany, the right source river of the Weser. The Werra has its source near Eisfeld in southern Thuringia. After 293 km the Werra joins the Fulda River in Hann....
.

History

The place was first mentioned in 982 and was chartered in 1230.

Between 1680 to 1918, it was part of Saxe-Meiningen
Saxe-Meiningen

The Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen was one of the Ernestine duchies held by the Ernestine line of the Wettin Dynasty....
. The fairy tale collector and writer Ludwig Bechstein
Ludwig Bechstein

Ludwig Bechstein was a Germany writer and collector of folk fairy tales.He was born in Weimar, the illegitimate child of Johanna Carolina Dorothea Bechstein and Hubert Dupontreau, a France emigrant who disappeared even before the birth of the child, and Ludwig thus grew up his first nine years in very poor economic conditions....
 was an archivist in Meiningen. The princess of Saxe-Meiningen Adelheid Louise Theresa Caroline Amelia von Sachsen-Meiningen
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen

Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen was the queen consort of the United Kingdom and of Hanover as spouse of William IV of the United Kingdom. The Australian city of Adelaide is named after her....
 was since 1818 the wife of the King William IV
William IV of the United Kingdom

William IV was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Kingdom of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death. William, the third son of George III of the United Kingdom and younger brother and successor to George IV of the United Kingdom, was the last king and penultimate monarch of the House of Hanover....
 of Great Britain
Great Britain

Great Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the List of islands by area, and the largest in Europe. With a population of 58.9 million people it is List of islands by population....
. The Name of Princess Adelheid is still alive as the Australian city Adelaide.

Main sights

  • Schloss Elisabethenburg
  • Castle Landsberg
  • Das Meininger Theater
  • Goetz-Höhle
  • Büchnersches Hinterhaus
  • Dampflokwerk (in German)


Theatre

The theatre was called the Meininger. It featured plays and has concert halls and had a model effect in Germany and in Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
. Artists like Hans Guido von Bülow were employed. The activity of the Theaterherzog Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen , was a Duke of Saxe-Meiningen.He was the only son of Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and Marie Fredericka of Hesse-Kassel ....
 (1866-1914) lead to international celebrity. Bülow was replaced by Max Reger
Max Reger

Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger was a German composer, Conducting, pianist, organist, and teacher....
 from 1911 to 1914. Today its name is "Südthüringisches Staatstheater". It has more than 300 people employed and provides a huge area with opera and drama. General Musikdirektor - Hans Urbanek.

Famous Residents

  • Max Reger
    Max Reger

    Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger was a German composer, Conducting, pianist, organist, and teacher....
    , composer, pianist and conductor