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Ranis

Ranis
Ranis Castle
Ranis Castle
Coat of arms of Ranis
Location of Ranis within Saale-Orla-Kreis district
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Location of Ranis
Ranis   is located in Germany
Ranis
Ranis
Location within Germany
Ranis   is located in Thuringia
Ranis
Ranis
Location within Thuringia
Coordinates: 50°39′50″N 11°34′5″E / 50.66389°N 11.56806°E / 50.66389; 11.56806
CountryGermany
StateThuringia
DistrictSaale-Orla-Kreis
Municipal assoc.Ranis-Ziegenrück
Subdivisions4
Government
  Mayor (202228) Marcus Pavel[1]
Area
  Total
10.57 km2 (4.08 sq mi)
Elevation
380 m (1,250 ft)
Population
 (2024-12-31)[2]
  Total
1,680
  Density159/km2 (412/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
07389
Dialling codes03647
Vehicle registrationSOK
Websitewww.stadt-ranis.de

Ranis (German pronunciation: [ˈʁaːnɪs] ) is a town in the Saale-Orla-Kreis district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 15 km east of Saalfeld, and 30 km south of Jena.


The cave Ilsenhöhle [de] under Ranis Castle, where up 47-45,000 years old Homo sapiens remains were found, among the oldest in Europe, associated with the LRJ archaeological culture.[3]

Demographics

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Historical population

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(As of 31 December 1994):

  1. over 10 years

References

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  1. Gewählte Bürgermeister - aktuelle Landesübersicht, Freistaat Thüringen, accessed 10 November 2022.
  2. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden vom Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik" (in German). Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik.
  3. Smith, Geoff M.; Ruebens, Karen; Zavala, Elena Irene; Sinet-Mathiot, Virginie; Fewlass, Helen; Pederzani, Sarah; Jaouen, Klervia; Mylopotamitaki, Dorothea; Britton, Kate; Rougier, Hélène; Stahlschmidt, Mareike; Meyer, Matthias; Meller, Harald; Dietl, Holger; Orschiedt, Jörg; Krause, Johannes; Schüler, Tim; McPherron, Shannon P.; Weiss, Marcel; Hublin, Jean-Jacques; Welker, Frido (31 January 2024). "The ecology, subsistence and diet of ~45,000-year-old Homo sapiens at Ilsenhöhle in Ranis, Germany". Nature Ecology & Evolution. 8 (3): 564–577. Bibcode:2024NatEE...8..564S. doi:10.1038/s41559-023-02303-6. PMC 10927544. PMID 38297138.
  4. Friedrich Gottlob Leonhardi: Erdbeschreibung der Churfürstlich- und Herzoglich-Sächsischen Lande. Band 2. 2, ganz umgearbeitete Auflage. Barth, Leipzig 1790, S. 502.
  5. 1 2 3 Michael Rademacher: Deutsche Verwaltungsgeschichte von der Reichseinigung 1871 bis zur Wiedervereinigung 1990. Landkreis Ziegenrück. Retrieved September 2018; (Online-Material zur Dissertation, Osnabrück 2006)