Katzhütte is a municipality in the district Saalfeld-Rudolstadt

Saalfeld-Rudolstadt

Saalfeld-Rudolstadt is a Kreis in the south of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are the districts Weimarer Land, Saale-Holzland, Saale-Orla, the district Kronach in Bavaria, and the districts Sonneberg, Hildburghausen and Ilm-Kreis.-History:The district dates back to the Landratsamt...

, in Thuringia

Thuringia

The Free State of Thuringia is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country.It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states....

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

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History

Today’s borders of the place were formed by the consolidation of Katzhütte and Oelze to a big municipality in 1950. At the moment of its founding there were about 3800 inhabitants. After the consolidation the number of inhabitants has dramatically decreased. In 2004 there were only about 2197 inhabitants left. Nevertheless it’s the biggest place in the collective municipality (German: Verwaltungsgemeinschaft) Bergbahnregion/Schwarzatal. Other major cities are Oberweißbach (1630 inhabitants) and Meuselbach-Schwarzmühle (1372 inhabitants).