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Thuringian Day took place in Sonneberg. The city became a member of the European metropolitan region of Nuremberg in July 2012, initially on a trial basis, and has been a permanent member since
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Company, which had been purchasing locally since 1880, built a trading and warehouse for the purchase and export of toys and Christmas tree decorations. The five-storey reinforced concrete building with its own siding was built according to plans by the Sonneberg architect Walter Buchholz.
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Halbourn built a six-story trading house that has been owned by the AOK since 1925. Opposite it, in 1926, the American department store company F. W.
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The quarrying of whetstones and slate for slates has been documented since 1500. From the long-established wooden goods manufacture, the production of the
Sonneberg toys known as Nuremberg trinkets developed from the 16th century onwards. Around 1700, the Dressel company, and from 1873 Cuno &
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The name
Sonneberg was first mentioned in documents in 1207. It goes back to the noble family of the Lords of Sonneberg, which is documented in the 12th and 13th centuries and founded a settlement below the Sonneberg Castle, which originally consisted of the estate and two hamlets, the village of
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The term “world toy city” was coined around 1913 due to the share of
Sonneberg's production on the world market. Before the First World War, around 20% of the toys traded on the world market in the Sonneberg area were mainly manufactured at home. In addition to the term world toy city, Sonneberg
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Sonneberg is a location with a close network with hydrogen initiatives in the metropolitan region of
Central Germany and it is a member of the European metropolitan region of Nuremberg. Thus, Sonneberg has a "hinge function" to the important economic areas between the Main and Elbe. The HySon
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Die Spielwaren-Hausindustrie des Meininger Oberlandes.
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682:1999: 24,892
679:1998: 24,951
676:1997: 25,151
673:1996: 25,297
670:1995: 25,481
667:1994: 25,880
664:1984: 28,440
658:
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652:1981: 28,733
649:1960: 28,936
646:1950: 30,182
643:1946: 21,534
640:1905: 15,003
637:1895: 12,167
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580:Untere Stadt
546:Bettelhecken
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534:Subdivisions
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508:East Germany
504:West Germany
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894:Frank Dundr
858:Almuth Beck
634:1829: 3,028
589:Wolkenrasen
574:Obere Stadt
555:Köppelsdorf
429: [
246:Sonneberg
205: /
166:Sonneberg
134:Sonneberg
39:Sonneberg
1468:Categories
1418:Meuselwitz
1352:Rudolstadt
1347:Nordhausen
1342:MĂĽhlhausen
1172:Goldisthal
1062:2020-05-03
947:References
936:Felix Loch
561:MĂĽrschnitz
449:Thuringian
415:Franconian
296:Population
252:Government
1398:Eisenberg
1367:Sonneberg
1337:Meiningen
1302:Altenburg
1192:Sonneberg
1162:Föritztal
1008:AQ-Verlag
749:2014-2020
719:2007-2013
689:2000-2006
659:1984-1999
629:1829-1981
608:Sonneberg
583:Unterlind
577:Steinbach
445:Franconia
403:Thuringia
399:Sonneberg
344:UTC+02:00
323:UTC+01:00
318:Time zone
288:Elevation
234:Thuringia
61:Town hall
1438:Sömmerda
1433:Schmölln
1357:Saalfeld
1317:Eisenach
1312:Arnstadt
1253:100,000+
1197:Steinach
1187:Schalkau
571:Oberlind
241:District
26:Slunečná
1423:Pößneck
1381:10,000+
1332:Ilmenau
1295:20,000+
1274:50,000+
1177:Lauscha
940:Olympic
564:Neufang
558:Malmerz
549:Hönbach
500:Bavaria
439:History
407:Germany
387:Website
382:SON, NH
222:Germany
218:Country
193:11°10′E
190:50°21′N
1307:Apolda
1286:Weimar
1260:Erfurt
496:Coburg
465:Coburg
304:23,507
1327:Greiz
1322:Gotha
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361:96515
259:Mayor
229:State
1372:Suhl
1281:Gera
1265:Jena
586:Wehd
348:CEST
275:Area
268:Ind.
48:Town
1080:MDR
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