Wasungen
Wasungen | |
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 Pfaffenburg | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Wasungen
within Schmalkalden-Meiningen district | |
 Interactive map of Wasungen | |
  Location within Germany  Location within Thuringia | |
| Coordinates: 50°40′N 10°22′E / 50.667°N 10.367°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Thuringia |
| District | Schmalkalden-Meiningen |
| Municipal assoc. | Wasungen-Amt Sand |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2022–28) | Thomas Kästner[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 89.08 km2 (34.39 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 270 m (890 ft) |
| Population (2025-12-31)[3] | |
• Total | 5,342 |
| • Density | 59.97/km2 (155.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 98634 |
| Dialling codes | 036941 |
| Vehicle registration | SM |
| Website | www.wasungen.de |
Wasungen (German pronunciation: [ˈvaːzʊŋən] ⓘ) is a town in the Schmalkalden-Meiningen district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated on the river Werra, 11 km north of Meiningen. The former municipalities Hümpfershausen, Metzels, Oepfershausen, Unterkatz and Wahns were merged into Wasungen in January 2019.
The Pfaffenburg was built in 1378 and reconstructed in 1974.
Notable people
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Gewählte Bürgermeister - aktuelle Landesübersicht, Freistaat Thüringen, accessed 10 November 2022.
- ↑ "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2018 (4. Quartal)" (in German). Federal Statistical Office of Germany. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden vom Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik" (in German). Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik.
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