Sonneberg
Sonneberg is a town of 24,000 people in Southern Thuringia. It has long been a centre of toy-making. It is the home of PIKO, a model railway manufacturer which became one of the few such enterprises in the Warsaw Pact countries and supplied model trains depicting railway stock of all the Soviet bloc countries.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Deutsches Spielzeugmuseum in Sonneberg and Sonneberg Observatory.
Sonneberg Observatory
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Sonneberg Observatory is an astronomical observatory located at 638 m altitude on Erbisbühl in the Neufang district of Sonneberg, Germany. The observatory was founded in 1925 on the initiative of Cuno Hoffmeister by the town of Sonneberg with the support of the Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung.
Sonneberg Hauptbahnhof
Railway station
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Sonneberg Hauptbahnhof is a railway station for the city of Sonneberg in the German state of Thuringia and is on the Coburg–Sonneberg line. The station was built as part of the construction of the Hinterland Railway and still plays a central role in public transport of Sonneberg and the surrounding area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Neustadt bei Coburg and Föritz.
Neustadt bei Coburg
Town
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Neustadt bei Coburg is a town in the district of Coburg in northern Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 15 km northeast of Coburg, as its name indicates. Neustadt bei Coburg is situated 4½ km southwest of Sonneberg.
Föritz
Village
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Föritz is a village and a former municipality on the small Föritz river, which flows into the Steinach) in the Sonneberg district of Thuringia, Germany. Föritz is situated 5 km southeast of Sonneberg.
Sonneberg
- Type: Locality with 22,800 residents
- Also known as: “16072018” and “Stadt Sonneberg”
- Location: Sonneberg, Thuringia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.356° or 50° 21′ 22″ northLongitude
11.1693° or 11° 10′ 10″ eastPopulation
22,800Elevation
388 metres (1,273 feet)Open location code
9F2H9549+9PGeoNames ID
6551154
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