What is Hildburghausen (district)?
{{Infobox German district | name=Landkreis Hildburghausen| image_coa=Wappen Landkreis Hildburghausen.svg| state=Thuringia| capital=[[Hildburghausen]]| Kreisschlüssel = 16069| area=937| population=72,800| population_as_of=2002| density=78| carsign=HBN| url=[http://www.landkreis-hildburghausen.de landkreis-hildburghausen.de]| map=thuringia_hbn.png |coordinates = {{Coord|50.42|10.75|display=title|format=dms}} }} '''Hildburghausen''' is a [[Districts of Germany|district]] in [[Thuringia]], [[Germany]]. It covers most of the same territory as the old [[Ernestine duchy]] of [[Saxe-Hildburghausen]]. == Coat of arms == [[File:Wappen Landkreis Hildburghausen.svg|100px|[[Coat of arms]] of Hildburghausen district]] The coat of arms displays: * the [[heraldic]] lion of [[Meißen]] * the cock representing the counts of [[Henneberg]], who ruled the region until 1583 * below the symbol of the [[bishopric of Würzburg]] is displayed == Towns and municipalities == {| |----- !''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft''-free towns!!and municipalities |- |valign=top| # [[Eisfeld]] # [[Hildburghausen]] # [[Schleusingen]] # [[Themar]] || # [[Auengrund]] # [[Bockstadt]] # [[Brünn, Thuringia|Brünn]] # [[Gleichamberg]] # [[Masserberg]] # [[Nahetal-Waldau]] # [[Sachsenbrunn]] # [[Sankt Kilian]] # [[Schleusegrund]] # [[Straufhain]] # [[Veilsdorf]] |} {| ! colspan=3|[[Verwaltungsgemeinschaft]]en |- valign=top || '''1. [[Feldstein (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft)|Feldstein]]'''<br />[seat: Themar] # [[Ahlstädt]] # [[Beinerstadt]] # [[Bischofrod]] # [[Dingsleben]] # [[Ehrenberg, Thuringia|Ehrenberg]] # [[Eichenberg, Hildburghausen|Eichenberg]] # [[Grimmelshausen]] # [[Grub, Thuringia|Grub]] # [[Henfstädt]] # [[Kloster Veßra]] # [[Lengfeld]] # [[Marisfeld]] # [[Oberstadt]] # [[Reurieth]] # [[Sankt Bernhard, Thuringia|Sankt Bernhard]] # [[Schmeheim]] || '''2. [[Gleichberge]]''' # [[Haina, Hildburghausen|Haina]] # [[Mendhausen]] # [[Milz]] # [[Römhild]]<sup>1, 2</sup> # [[Westenfeld]] || '''3. [[Heldburger Unterland]]''' # [[Bad Colberg-Heldburg]]<sup>1, 2</sup> #