What is Schmalkalden-Meiningen?
{{Infobox German district | name=Landkreis Schmalkalden-Meiningen| image_coa=Wappen Landkreis Schmalkalden-Meiningen.svg| state=Thuringia| capital=[[Meiningen]]| Kreisschlüssel = 16066| area=1,210| population=141,055| population_as_of=2002| density=117| carsign=SM| url=http://www.lk-sm.de| map=thuringia_sm.png |coordinates = {{Coord|50.67|10.42|display=title|format=dms}} }} '''Schmalkalden-Meiningen''' is a ''Landkreis'' ([[Rural Districts of Germany|rural district]]) in the west of [[Thuringia]], [[Germany]]. == History == The district was created in [[1994]] by joining the old districts of Schmalkalden, Meiningen and part of Suhl-Land. == Partnerships == The district has a [[twin town|partnership]] with the [[Vogelsbergkreis]] in [[Hesse]], as well as with the [[Pest (county)|Komitat Pest]] in [[Hungary]]. == Coat of arms == {| |- valign=top ||[[File:Wappen Landkreis Schmalkalden-Meiningen.svg|100px|Coat of arms]] ||The coat of arms shows symbols from the coat of arms of the three precursor districts, which are also symbols for the historic states which make up the territory of the district. The rooster in the topleft derives from the coat of arms of the counts of [[Henneberg]]. The hen stands on 3 green mounds, a reminder of the hillsa dn mountains of the area. The lion of Hesse is displayed in the topright, as the area was owned by Hesse [[1360]]-[[1866]]. The banner in the bottom left comes from the coat of arms of the district Meiningen, and derives from the coat of arms of the city [[Würzburg]]. The prince-bishops of Würzburg owned Meiningen in the past. The coat of arms of Saxony in the bottom right is a reminder of the duchy of [[Saxe-Meiningen]], which existed from [[1680]] to [[1918]]. |} == Towns and municipalities == {| |----- !''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft''-free towns!!and municipalities |- |valign=top| # [[Brotterode]] # [[Meiningen]] # [[Oberhof, Germany|Oberhof]] # [[Schmalkalden]] # [[Steinbach-Hallenberg]] # [[Zella-Mehlis]] |valign=top| # [[Benshausen]] # [[Breitungen]] # [[Fambach]] # [[Fl