Froschgrundsee

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Froschgrundsee, also known as Schönstädtspeicher, is a retention basin to protect the city of Coburg in Bavaria from the flooding of the Itz, Effelder, and the Grümpen. It lies in the municipality of Rödental in Upper Franconia. Froschgrundsee was completed in 1986 after four years of construction and cost 43 million DM in operations.

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Effelder (river)

Effelder is a 17 km (11 mi) tributary river of the Itz in the districts of Sonneberg (Thuringia) and Coburg (Bavaria). It flows into the Froschgrundsee, which is drained by the Itz, near Schönstädt.

Ellenbach

Ellenbach is a river of Thuringia, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Effelder.

Grümpen (river)

Grümpen is a river of Thuringia, Germany. It flows into the Itz in Almerswind.

Effelder-Rauenstein

Effelder-Rauenstein is a former municipality in the Sonneberg district of Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 January 2012, it is part of the municipality Frankenblick.

Frankenblick

Frankenblick is a municipality in the Sonneberg district of Thuringia, Germany. Frankenblick was formed on 1 January 2012 by the merger of the former municipalities Effelder-Rauenstein and Mengersgereuth-Hämmern. Today, it consists of the districts Effelder, Rauenstein, Grümpen, Seltendorf, Rabenäußig, Rückerswind, Meschenbach, Döhlau and Mengersgereuth-Hämmern.

Retschenbach

Retschenbach is a river of Thuringia, Germany. It flows into the Effelder near Seltendorf.

Schalkau

Schalkau is a town in the district of Sonneberg, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 13 km west of Sonneberg, and 15 km north of Coburg. The former municipality Bachfeld was merged into Schalkau in December 2019.

St. Johannis, Schalkau

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Schloss Rosenau, Coburg

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Solling Formation

The Solling Formation is a geologic formation in Germany. Formerly considered earliest Triassic (Induan), but later dating places the formation from the Olenekian to Anisian of the Triassic period.

Lautertal, Bavaria

Lautertal is a municipality in the district of Coburg in Bavaria in Germany. Near Lautertal, there was between 1952 and 1992 a DECCA-transmitter.

Röthen

Röthen (in Bavaria: Röden) is a river of Thuringia and Bavaria, Germany. It passes through Sonneberg and Neustadt bei Coburg, and flows into the Itz near Rödental.