Sonnenstein | |
Coordinates: | 51.5333°N 35°W |
Image Plan: | Sonnenstein in EIC.svg |
State: | Thüringen |
District: | Eichsfeld |
Elevation: | 240 |
Area: | 94.51 |
Postal Code: | 37345 |
Area Code: | 036072 |
Licence: | EIC |
Gemeindeschlüssel: | 16 0 61 117 |
Mayor: | Margit Ertmer[1] |
Leader Term: | 2024 - 30 |
Sonnenstein is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld, Thuringia, Germany. It was formed by the merger of the previously independent municipalities Bockelnhagen, Holungen, Jützenbach, Silkerode, Steinrode, Stöckey, Weißenborn-Lüderode and Zwinge, on 1 December 2011.[2] These municipalities had previously been part of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Eichsfeld-Südharz, which was disbanded.[2] The seat of the municipality is in the village Weißenborn-Lüderode.[3] The municipality consists of 8 Ortschaften (municipal divisions): Bockelnhagen (villages Bockelnhagen and Weilrode), Holungen, Jützenbach, Silkerode, Steinrode (villages Werningerode and Epschenrode), Stöckey, Weißenborn-Lüderode and Zwinge.[3]