# Gehren

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{{Infobox German place
|type = Stadtteil
|Town = [Ilmenau](/source/Ilmenau)
|image_photo       = Kirche Gehren.JPG
|image_caption     = Church
|image_coa            = Wappen_Gehren.png
|coordinates       = {{coord|50|38|55|N|11|0|12|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|state        = Thüringen
|district         = Ilm-Kreis
|elevation              = 475
|area            = 43.79
|population         = 3782
|Stand             = 2016-12-31
|postal_code               = 98708
|area_code           = 036783
|licence               = IK
}}

'''Gehren''' ({{IPA|de|ˈɡeːʁən|-|De-Gehren.ogg}}) is a town and a former independent municipality in the [Ilm-Kreis](/source/Ilm-Kreis) district, in [Thuringia](/source/Thuringia), Germany. It is situated 7 km southeast of [Ilmenau](/source/Ilmenau). It officially became a town in its own right ('Stadt') in 1855. However, since July 2018, it has been part of the town of [Ilmenau](/source/Ilmenau). Between 1881 and 1998, Gehren was linked to Ilmenau by a railway.

[Schloss Gehren](/source/Schloss_Gehren) was a former water castle rebuilt in the [Renaissance](/source/Renaissance_architecture) style from 1574 and used as a hunting seat of the Princes of [Schwarzburg-Sondershausen](/source/Schwarzburg-Sondershausen) until it was destroyed by fire in 1933. Parts of the perimeter wall and three corner bastions survive within a landscape park, and recovered items from the castle are displayed at the Stadt- und Schlossmuseum.

Until 1920, Gehren was the capital of the ''Amt Gehren'' in the state of [Schwarzburg-Sondershausen](/source/Schwarzburg-Sondershausen).

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Category:Ilm-Kreis
Category:Former municipalities in Thuringia

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