Uhlstädt-Kirchhasel is a municipality in the district 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

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. On 1 December 2007, the former municipalities Großkochberg

Großkochberg

Großkochberg is a former municipality in the district Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, in Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 December 2007, it is part of the municipality Uhlstädt-Kirchhasel....

 and Heilingen

Heilingen

Heilingen is a former municipality in the district Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, in Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 December 2007, it is part of the municipality Uhlstädt-Kirchhasel....

 were incorporated by Uhlstädt-Kirchhasel.
The valley of the river Saale is the centre of Uhlstädt-Kirchhasel. Both Uhlstädt and Kirchhasel are villages inside this valley, which divides the municipality into a northern and a southern part. The nearest bigger towns are Rudolstadt

Rudolstadt

Rudolstadt is a town in the German Bundesland of Thuringia, close to the Thuringian Forest to the southwest, and to Jena and Weimar to the north....

(about 7 km away), Saalfeld(about 11 km away) and Jena

Jena

Jena is a university city in central Germany on the river Saale. It has a population of approx. 103,000 and is the second largest city in the federal state of Thuringia, after Erfurt.-History:Jena was first mentioned in an 1182 document...

(about 25 km away).

The 32 local subdivisions of this municipality are:(inhabitants)

Beutelsdorf(160)	Kirchhasel(610)	Niederkrossen(280)	Schmieden(50)
Catharinau(370)	Kleinkochberg(60)	Oberhasel(100)	Teichweiden(190)
Clöswitz(35)	Kleinkrossen(135)	Oberkrossen(135)	Uhlstädt(950)
Dorndorf(130)	Kolkwitz(190)	Partschefeld(120)	Unterhasel(6)
Engerda(360)	Kuhfraß(140)	Röbschütz(105)	Weißbach(105)
Etzelbach(430)	Mötzelbach(100)	Rödelwitz(95)	Weißen(270)
Großkochberg(580)	Naundorf(65)	Rückersdorf(145)	Weitersdorf(10)
Heilingen(230)	Neusitz(120)	Schloßkulm(75)	Zeutsch(330)

History

The municipality Uhlstädt-Kirchhasel was founded on 1 July 2002 by a voluntary fusion of the municipalities Beutelsdorf, Dorndorf, Engerda, Kirchhasel, Niederkrossen, Rödelwitz, Schloßkulm, Schmieden, Teichweiden, Uhlstädt and Zeutsch, which were independent before this fusion. On 1 December 2007 the municipalities Großkochberg

Großkochberg

Großkochberg is a former municipality in the district Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, in Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 December 2007, it is part of the municipality Uhlstädt-Kirchhasel....

 and Heilingen

Heilingen

Heilingen is a former municipality in the district Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, in Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 December 2007, it is part of the municipality Uhlstädt-Kirchhasel....

, which were independent until this point too, become also part of the municipality Uhlstädt-Kirchhasel.

Sources

Homepage of the municipality (http://uhlstaedt-kirchhasel.de/)
and the German Wikipediapage of this municipality(http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uhlstädt-Kirchhasel)