Gehren

Gehren
Stadtteil of Ilmenau
Church
Coat of arms
Location of Gehren
Gehren Location within Germany Gehren Location within Thuringia
Coordinates: 50°38′55″N 11°0′12″E
Country	Germany
State	Thuringia
District	Ilm-Kreis
Town	Ilmenau
Area
• Total	43.79 km2 (16.91 sq mi)
Elevation	475 m (1,558 ft)
Population  (2016-12-31)
• Total	3,782
• Density	86.37/km2 (223.7/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	98708
Dialling codes	036783
Vehicle registration	IK

Gehren (German pronunciation: [ˈɡeːʁən] ^ⓘ) is a town and a former independent municipality in the Ilm-Kreis district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 7 km southeast of Ilmenau. It officially became a town in its own right ('Stadt') in 1855. However, since July 2018, it has been part of the town of Ilmenau. Between 1881 and 1998, Gehren was linked to Ilmenau by a railway.

Schloss Gehren was a former water castle rebuilt in the Renaissance style from 1574 and used as a hunting seat of the Princes of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen until it was destroyed by fire in 1933. Parts of the perimeter wall and three corner bastions survive within a landscape park, and recovered items from the castle are displayed at the Stadt- und Schlossmuseum.

Until 1920, Gehren was the capital of the Amt Gehren in the state of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.