Sparnberg

Sparnberg

Sparnberg

Ortsteil of Hirschberg in Thuringia, Germany

Sparnberg is a village in Thuringia, Germany. It was an independent municipality until 1994, when it became a district of the town Hirschberg.[1] It is situated on the right bank of the river Saale, at 440 m above sea level. It has an area of about 333 hectares. Sparnberg counted about 160 residents in 2005.

Sparnberg in the 1980s, surrounded by an East German border wall
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From 1949 to 1990 the Saale formed the border between East (GDR) and West Germany (FRG) here, with Sparnberg on the GDR side.

References

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    Statistik Thüringen, Gebietsveränderungen: Sparnberg
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