Zella-Mehlis

Zella-Mehlis
Coat of arms
Zella-Mehlis
Location of Zella-Mehlis within Schmalkalden-Meiningen district
Coordinates: 50°39′35″N 10°40′1″E / 50.65972°N 10.66694°ECoordinates: 50°39′35″N 10°40′1″E / 50.65972°N 10.66694°E
Country	Germany
State	Thuringia
District	Schmalkalden-Meiningen
Government
• Mayor	Richard Rossel
Area
• Total	28.09 km^2 (10.85 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	10,631
• Density	380/km^2 (980/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	98544
Dialling codes	03682
Vehicle registration	SM
Website	www.zella-mehlis.de

Zella-Mehlis is a town in the Schmalkalden-Meiningen district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated in the Thuringian Forest, 5 km north of Suhl, and 20 km east of Meiningen. The town of Zella-Mehlis is the site of the original Walther Arms and J.G.Anschutz weapons factories. They remained there until the Russians occupied eastern Germany at the end of World War II.

Twin towns

Zella-Mehlis is twinned with:

• Andernach, Germany
• Gemünden am Main, Germany
• Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France

Elementary school Martin Luther

Zella-Mehlis

Surroundings of Zella-Mehlis

Town hall Zella-Mehlis

Personalities

Honorary citizen

• Helmut Recknagel (* 1937), the first German Olympic ski jumping champion and world champion, started for SC Motor Zella-Mehlis

Sons and daughters of the city

• Johann Kaspar Friedrich Manso (1759-1826), teacher, historian and philologist
• Johann Heinrich Ehrhardt (1805-1883), locomotive builder, engineer of the Saxon Railroad
• Johann Peter Haseney (1812-1869), copper engraver, creator of the first German stamp "Schwarzer Einser" (Black one)
• Michael Schumann (1946-2000), professor of pphilosophy, politician (SED, PDS), Member of Brandenburg Landtag, Member of Bundestag

People associated with Zella-Mehlis

• Marcel Callo (1921-1945), blessed of the Roman Catholic Church, a place was named here after him
• Herbert Albrecht (1925-1997), wrestler
• Horst Queck (born 1943), ski jumper
• Reinhard Heß (1945-2007), ski jumping coach of the German national team
• Fredi Albrecht (born 1947), wrestler and competitor, visited the children's and youth sports school here
• Klaus-Peter Göpfert (born 1948), wrestler, attended the children's and sports school in Zella-Mehlis
• Rainer Schmidt (born 1948), ski jumper, overall winner of the Four Hills Tournament, lives in Zella-Mehlis
• Christoph Matschie (born 1961), politician, SPD Chairman of the State of Thuringia 1999-2014, minister and parliamentary secretary of state, received training as a mechanic in Zella-Mehlis
• Kati Wilhelm (born 1976), biathlete
• Sebastian Haseney (born 1978), Nordic Combiner
• Franz Göring (born 1984), cross-country skier, lives in Zella-Mehlis
• Andi Langenhan (born 1984), Rennrodler
• Frank Rommel (born 1984), Skeleton Pilots
• Tino Edelmann (born 1985), Nordic Combiner

References

1. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, Gemeinschaftsfreie Gemeinde, erfüllende/beauftragende Gemeinden, Verwaltungsgemeinschaft/Mitgliedsgemeinden in Thüringen". Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik (in German). July 2016.