What is Saale-Orla?
{{Infobox German district | name=Saale-Orla-Kreis| image_coa=Wappen Saale-Orla-Kreis.svg| state=Thuringia| capital=[[Schleiz]]| Kreisschlüssel = 16075| area=1,148| population=96,607| population_as_of=2002| density=84| carsign=SOK| url=http://www.saale-orla-kreis.de| map=thuringia_sok.png |coordinates = {{Coord|50.58|11.75|display=title|format=dms}} }} '''Saale-Orla''' is a ''Landkreis'' ([[Rural Districts of Germany|rural district]]) in the east of [[Thuringia]], [[Germany]]. == History == The district was created in [[1994]] by joining the old districts of Lobenstein, Pößneck and Schleiz. == Coat of arms == {| |- valign=top ||[[File:Wappen Saale-Orla-Kreis.svg|100px|Coat of arms]] ||The two lions in the top of the coat of arms represent the historic states which covered the area in the past. In the left is the lion with crown of the Reuß family, while the lion to the right is the symbol of the margravate of Meißen. The two wavy lines in the bottom symbolize the two rivers of the district, Saale and Orla. |} == Towns and municipalities == {| |----- !''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft''-free towns!!and municipalities |- |valign=top| # [[Bad Lobenstein]] # [[Gefell]] # [[Hirschberg, Thuringia|Hirschberg]] # [[Neustadt an der Orla]] # [[Pößneck]] # [[Saalburg-Ebersdorf]] # [[Schleiz]] # [[Tanna, Germany|Tanna]] # [[Wurzbach]] |valign=top| # [[Breitenhain]] # [[Burgk]] # [[Kospoda]] # [[Krölpa]] # [[Linda bei Neustadt an der Orla]] # [[Remptendorf]] # [[Stanau]] |} {| ! colspan=3|[[Verwaltungsgemeinschaft]]en |- valign=top || '''1. [[Oppurg (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft)|Oppurg]]''' # [[Bodelwitz]] # [[Döbritz]] # [[Gertewitz]] # [[Grobengereuth]] # [[Langenorla]] # [[Lausnitz]] # [[Nimritz]] # [[Oberoppurg]] # [[Oppurg]]<sup>1</sup> # [[Quaschwitz]] # [[Solkwitz]] # [[Weira]] # [[Wernburg]] '''2. [[Ranis-Ziegenrück]]''' # [[Crispendorf]] # [[Eßbach]] # [[Gössitz]] # [[Keila, Germany|Keila]] # [[Moxa]] # [[Paska, Germany|Paska]] # [[Peuschen]] # [[Ranis]]<sup>1, 2</sup> # [[Schmorda]] # [[Schöndorf, Thuringia|Schöndorf]] #