Wilde Gera

Zahme Gera is a river of Thuringia, Germany. At its confluence with the Wilde Gera in Plaue, the Gera is formed.

Plaue is a town in the Ilm-Kreis district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated on the river Gera, 11 km north of Ilmenau, and 8 km southwest of Arnstadt. The former municipality Neusiß was merged into Plaue in January 2019. Plaue station lies on the Neudietendorf–Ritschenhausen railway.

Reichenbach is a river of Thuringia, Germany. It flows into the Zahme Gera near Plaue.

Plaue (Thür) station is a junction station in the town of Plaue in the German state of Thuringia. It lies at the junction of the Erfurt–Würzburg and Erfurt–Ilmenau(–Themar) railways. The line is double-track towards Erfurt, but the lines towards Würzburg and Ilmenau are single-track. Originally the section in the Brandleite Tunnel between the stations of Gehlberg and Oberhof line to Würzburg was double-track. After the Second World War, the second track of the section of the Neudietendorf–Meiningen on the line in the Brandleite Tunnel between the stations of Gehlberg and Oberhofon was dismantled for reparations to the Soviet Union. At the beginning of the 1980s, the heavily used Neudietendorf–Plaue railway was redoubled and electrification was extended to Arnstadt, but the overhead wire was dismantled after the reunification of Germany. The planned further electrification failed because the GDR was not able to build a power station to supply the railway. Freight operations at Plaue station ended in the 1970s. The siding to Dosdorf brickyard was also closed and dismantled during this time. Shunting operations were discontinued in the 1980s and the tracks to the freight shed were dismantled. However, it was still possible to consign even bulky goods on DR. These were loaded into wagons attached to passenger trains. From the 1990s onwards, the railway tracks were rebuilt several times. Of the original ten tracks in the station, only three now exist. The station is located in the east of the town centre between Plaue and Kleinbreitenbach. It has three platforms: platform 1 is used by trains to Würzburg, platform 2 is used by trains to Erfurt and platform 3 is used by trains to Ilmenau, Würzburg and Erfurt. Platforms 2 and 3 are accessible via an underpass. The following services serve Plaue station: RE 7 (Mainfranken-Thüringen-Express) Erfurt Hbf–Arnstadt Hbf–Plaue–Suhl–Schweinfurt–Würzburg Hbf (every 120 minutes) STB 4 Erfurt Hbf–Arnstadt Hbf–Plaue–Suhl–Meiningen (every 120 minutes) EIB 3 Erfurt Hbf–Arnstadt Hbf–Ilmenau (every 60 minutes)The EIB 3 and STB 4 services run from Erfurt to Plaue are coupled and are separated at the station. The STB and EIB services are operated with Stadler Regio-Shuttle diesel railcar and the RE service is operated with Bombardier RegioSwinger diesel multiple units. The station was built in 1879 when the railway line from Arnstadt to Ilmenau was built. The Würzburg line was added in 1884. The station was restored in 2005 during the development of the Erfurt–Würzburg railway for 140 km/h and tilting technology. The station building was privatised in 2012 and has been reused as a student residence with 20 apartments.

Neusiß is a village and a former municipality in the district Ilm-Kreis, in Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 January 2019, it is part of the town Plaue.

Angelroda is a village and a former municipality in the district Ilm-Kreis, in Thuringia, Germany founded in 958. Since December 2019, it is part of the municipality Martinroda.

Liebenstein is a village and a former municipality in the district Ilm-Kreis, in Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 January 2019, it is part of the municipality Geratal.

Wirrbach is a river of Thuringia, Germany. It flows into the Zahme Gera in Angelroda.

The Heydaer Berg between Plaue and Ilmenau in the Thuringian county of Ilm-Kreis is a hill ridge of the Reinsberge which reaches its highest point at the Halskappe which is 605.4 m above sea level (NHN),, shortly before the better known Reinsburg (604.1 m).

Geratal/Plaue (before 2019: Geratal) is a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("collective municipality") in the district Ilm-Kreis, in Thuringia, Germany. The seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft is in Geraberg, itself not part of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft. The Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Geratal/Plaue consists of the following municipalities: Elgersburg Martinroda Plaue

Gossel is a village and a former municipality in the district Ilm-Kreis, in Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 January 2019, it is part of the municipality Geratal.

Jonastal (Jonas Valley), situated in the Ilm-Kreis district in Germany between Crawinkel and Arnstadt and near to the town of Ohrdruf, was a scene of military construction under the National Socialist regime during the last years of the Second World War. Thousands of prisoners from the Buchenwald concentration camp under the command of SS General Hans Kammler were forced to dig 25 tunnels into the surrounding mountain and the whole operation was performed under the strictest secrecy. The site was not completed and construction was abandoned before the end of the war. The exact aim of the operation remains uncertain although it is now believed to have been either a potential final headquarters for the führer Adolf Hitler, a military communications post or a possible center for V-2 rocket and Wunderwaffe weapon production and research. The latter is given some credence by the fact that SS General Hans Kammler was in overall charge of the construction efforts. Ohrdruf, its forced labour camp and the nearby Jonas Valley were captured by American troops on April 4, 1945, by the 4th Armored Division and the 89th Infantry Division. The camp was the first Nazi concentration camp liberated by the U.S. Army.At the end of the war, the Soviet Army, which took over the site from the Americans, immediately classified it as a restricted zone and then used it as a military training ground. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the site was taken over by the German armed forces who continue to use the area.