Ranis

Ranis

Ranis

Town in Thuringia, Germany

Ranis is a town in the Saale-Orla-Kreis district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 15 km east of Saalfeld, and 30 km south of Jena.

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The cave Ilsenhöhle [de] under Ranis Castle, where up to 47,500-year-old Homo Sapiens remains were found, among the oldest in Europe.[3]

Demographics

Historical population

(As of 31 December 1994):

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  1. over 10 years

References

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    Gewählte Bürgermeister - aktuelle Landesübersicht, Freistaat Thüringen, accessed 10 November 2022.
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    "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Thüringen Gebietsstand: 31.12.2022" (in German). Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik. June 2023.
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    Smith, Geoff M.; Ruebens, Karen; Zavala, Elena Irene; Sinet-Mathiot, Virginie; Fewlass, Helen; Pederzani, Sarah; Jaouen, Klervia; Mylopotamitaki, Dorothea; Britton, Kate; Rougier, Hélène; Stahlschmidt, Mareike; Meyer, Matthias; Meller, Harald; Dietl, Holger; Orschiedt, Jörg; Krause, Johannes; Schüler, Tim; McPherron, Shannon P.; Weiss, Marcel; Hublin, Jean-Jacques; Welker, Frido (31 January 2024). "The ecology, subsistence and diet of ~45,000-year-old Homo sapiens at Ilsenhöhle in Ranis, Germany". Nature Ecology & Evolution: 1–14. doi:10.1038/s41559-023-02303-6. PMC 10927544. PMID 38297138.
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    Friedrich Gottlob Leonhardi: Erdbeschreibung der Churfürstlich- und Herzoglich-Sächsischen Lande. Band 2. 2, ganz umgearbeitete Auflage. Barth, Leipzig 1790, S. 502.
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    Michael Rademacher: Deutsche Verwaltungsgeschichte von der Reichseinigung 1871 bis zur Wiedervereinigung 1990. Landkreis Ziegenrück. Retrieved September 2018; (Online-Material zur Dissertation, Osnabrück 2006)
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