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Schleiz is a town in the district of Saale-Orla Kreis, Thüringia, Germany.   
Schleiz is a town in the district of Saale-Orla Kreis, Thüringia, Germany.   


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Schleiz is located in the Thuringian Vogtland area, an area of wooded hills on the borders of Thuringia, Saxony, Bavaria and the Czech Republic. The city is located in a valley with the river Wisenta near the motorway A 9 (Berlin – München). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schleiz  
Schleiz is located in the Thüringian Vögtland area, an area of wooded hills on the borders of Thüringia, Saxony, Bavaria and the Czech Republic. The city is located in a valley with the river Wisenta near the motorway A 9 (Berlin – München). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schleiz en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schleiz]


Thuringia lies in eastern/central Germany, bordered by Saxony, Hesse and Bavaria. Thuringia (Thüringen) is located in central Germany. Thuringia borders on the German states of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony, Bavaria and Hesse. It has an area of 16,172 km² (6,244 sq mi) and 2.31 million inhabitants, making in the eleventh largest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany’s sixteen federal states. There are 144 inhabitants living in Thuringia per sq km. It is divided up into 17 administrative districts and 6 urban districts. The capital is Erfurt.  
Thüringia lies in eastern/central Germany, bordered by Saxony, Hesse and Bavaria. Thüringia (Thüringen) is located in central Germany. Thüringia borders on the German states of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony, Bavaria and Hesse. It has an area of 16,172 km² (6,244 sq mi) and 2.31 million inhabitants, making in the eleventh largest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany’s sixteen federal states. There are 144 inhabitants living in Thüringia per sq km. It is divided up into 17 administrative districts and 6 urban districts. The capital is Erfurt.  


[http://www.mapzones.org/Thuringia.html www.mapzones.org/Thuringia.html]  
(This description of Thuringia is from:  [http://www.mapzones.org/Thuringia.html www.mapzones.org/Thuringia.html]) 


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