Gleichamberg is a municipality in the district

Districts of Germany

The districts of Germany are known as , except in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Schleswig-Holstein where they are known simply as ....

 of Hildburghausen

Hildburghausen (district)

Hildburghausen is a district in Thuringia, Germany. It is bounded by the district of Schmalkalden-Meiningen, the city of Suhl, the districts of Ilm-Kreis, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt and Sonneberg, and the state of Bavaria...

 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....

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Gleichamberg consists of the following subdivisions:

• Buchenhof
• Bedheim
• Gleicherwiesen
  Gleicherwiesen
  Gleicherwiesen in Thuringia is a part of the Gemeinde Gleichamberg. The Russian restaurant is the main attraction in town and worth visiting.-History:...
  
  
• Eicha
• Simmershausen
• Zeilfeld
• Roth

Coat of arms

Officially granted on January 5, 1993, the base shows the two dominating hills in the area, the small and large Gleichberg. The scissors are taken from the arms of the Von Milz family and their relatives von Scherenberg (Schere is scissors). In the 15th century the family played a major role in the local history. The top is a type of pre-historic pin found in the Kleine Gleichberg. The colours are those of the von Scherenberg

Rudolf von Scherenberg

Rudolf II von Scherenberg was Bishop of Würzburg from 1466 until his death.Rudolf von Scherenberg was the son of Erhard von Scherenberg and Anna von Massbach. On April 30, 1466, he was appointed as bishop to replace Johann von Grumbach. He was confirmed as bishop on June 20, 1466...

family, as well as of the State of Würzburg, to which the area was once attached to.