Saale-Orla is a Kreis ( district ) in the east of Thuringia , Germany . Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) the districts Saale-Holzland , Greiz , the Vogtlandkreis in Saxony , the Bavarian districts Hof and Kronach , and the district Saalfeld-Rudolstadt .
2-568: Ranis 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 . ( As of 31 December 1994 ): This Saale-Orla-Kreis location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Saale-Orla-Kreis The district was created in 1994 by merging the previous districts Lobenstein, Pößneck and Schleiz. The main rivers in
4-761: The district are the Saale and the Orla , which also contributed to the name of the district. The highest elevation with 732.9 m above sea level is the Sieglitzberg (near Lobenstein), the lowest with 180 m is near Schimmersburg Langenorla. The district is mountainous, covering the Thüringer Schiefergebirge . The dams of the Saale create the biggest system of artificial lakes in Germany. The two lions in
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