# Ranis

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For the German-born development economist, see [Gustav Ranis](/source/Gustav_Ranis).

Town in Thuringia, Germany

Ranis Town Ranis Castle Coat of arms Location of Ranis within Saale-Orla-Kreis district Location of Ranis Ranis Show map of Germany Ranis Show map of Thuringia Coordinates: 50°39′50″N 11°34′5″E / 50.66389°N 11.56806°E / 50.66389; 11.56806 Country Germany State Thuringia District Saale-Orla-Kreis Municipal assoc. Ranis-Ziegenrück Subdivisions 4 Government • Mayor (2022–28) Marcus Pavel[1] Area • Total 10.57 km2 (4.08 sq mi) Elevation 380 m (1,250 ft) Population (2024-12-31)[2] • Total 1,680 • Density 159/km2 (412/sq mi) Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST) Postal codes 07389 Dialling codes 03647 Vehicle registration SOK Website www.stadt-ranis.de

**Ranis** (German pronunciation: [\[ˈʁaːnɪs\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Standard_German) [ⓘ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:De-Ranis.ogg)) is a town in the [Saale-Orla-Kreis](/source/Saale-Orla-Kreis) district, in [Thuringia](/source/Thuringia), [Germany](/source/Germany). It is situated 15 km east of [Saalfeld](/source/Saalfeld), and 30 km south of [Jena](/source/Jena).

The cave [Ilsenhöhle](/source/Ilsenh%C3%B6hle) [[de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilsenh%C3%B6hle)] under Ranis Castle, where up 47-45,000 years old *Homo sapiens* remains were found, among the oldest in Europe, associated with the [LRJ archaeological culture](/source/Lincombian-Ranisian-Jerzmanowician).[3]

## Demographics

### Historical population

(*As of 31 December 1994*):

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Historical population Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1779 290[a][4] — 1831 928 +2.26% 1885 1,888[5] +1.32% 1933 2,232[5] +0.35% 1939 2,359[5] +0.93% 1994 1,972 −0.33% 1995 1,981 +0.46% 1996 1,960 −1.06% 1997 2,060 +5.10% 1998 2,060 +0.00% Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1999 2,052 −0.39% 2000 2,025 −1.32% 2001 2,034 +0.44% 2002 2,027 −0.34% 2003 2,017 −0.49% 2004 1,982 −1.74% 2005 1,965 −0.86% 2006 1,919 −2.34% 2007 1,884 −1.82% 2008 1,866 −0.96% Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2009 1,824 −2.25% 2010 1,812 −0.66% 2011 1,744 −3.75% 2012 1,725 −1.09% 2013 1,707 −1.04% 2014 1,690 −1.00% 2015 1,709 +1.12% 2016 1,720 +0.64% Source: Data since 1994: Thuringian State Statistical Bureau.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** over 10 years

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Gewählte Bürgermeister - aktuelle Landesübersicht](https://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/wahl.asp?wahlart=BM&wJahr=0000&zeigeErg=LAND&auswertung=2), Freistaat Thüringen, accessed 10 November 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Bevölkerung der Gemeinden vom Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik"](https://statistik.thueringen.de/datenbank/TabAnzeige.asp?GGglied=1&GGTabelle=gem&tabelle=gg000102&startpage=99&datcsv=&richtung=&sortiere=&vorspalte=0&anzahlH=-3&fontgr=12&mkro=&AnzeigeAuswahl=&XLS=&auswahlNr=&felder=0&felder=1&felder=2&zeit=2024%7C%7Cs1&anzahlZellen=2172) (in German). [Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik](/source/Th%C3%BCringer_Landesamt_f%C3%BCr_Statistik).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Smith, Geoff M.; Ruebens, Karen; Zavala, Elena Irene; Sinet-Mathiot, Virginie; Fewlass, Helen; Pederzani, Sarah; Jaouen, Klervia; Mylopotamitaki, Dorothea; Britton, Kate; Rougier, Hélène; Stahlschmidt, Mareike; Meyer, Matthias; Meller, Harald; Dietl, Holger; Orschiedt, Jörg; Krause, Johannes; Schüler, Tim; McPherron, Shannon P.; Weiss, Marcel; Hublin, Jean-Jacques; Welker, Frido (31 January 2024). ["The ecology, subsistence and diet of ~45,000-year-old Homo sapiens at Ilsenhöhle in Ranis, Germany"](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10927544). *Nature Ecology & Evolution*. **8** (3): 564–577. [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2024NatEE...8..564S](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024NatEE...8..564S). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1038/s41559-023-02303-6](https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fs41559-023-02303-6). [PMC](/source/PMC_(identifier)) [10927544](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10927544). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [38297138](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38297138).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Friedrich Gottlob Leonhardi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Friedrich_Gottlob_Leonhardi&action=edit&redlink=1): *Erdbeschreibung der Churfürstlich- und Herzoglich-Sächsischen Lande.* Band 2. 2, ganz umgearbeitete Auflage. Barth, Leipzig 1790, [S. 502](https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/view/bsb10020167?page=528).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Deutsche_Verwaltungsgeschichte_Provinz_Sachsen,_Kreis_Ziegenrück_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Deutsche_Verwaltungsgeschichte_Provinz_Sachsen,_Kreis_Ziegenrück_6-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Deutsche_Verwaltungsgeschichte_Provinz_Sachsen,_Kreis_Ziegenrück_6-2) Michael Rademacher: [*Deutsche Verwaltungsgeschichte von der Reichseinigung 1871 bis zur Wiedervereinigung 1990. Landkreis Ziegenrück.*](https://treemagic.org/rademacher/www.verwaltungsgeschichte.de/ziegenrueck.html) Retrieved September 2018; (Online-Material zur Dissertation, Osnabrück 2006)

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