# Sparnberg

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{{Infobox German location
|name     = Sparnberg
|type      = Ortsteil
|Town     = [Hirschberg](/source/Hirschberg%2C_Thuringia)
|coordinates = {{coord|50|24|46|N|11|46|16|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|state    = Thüringen
|district = Saale-Orla-Kreis
|area            = 3.3
|population      = 160
|Stand           = 2005
}}
'''Sparnberg''' is a village in [Thuringia](/source/Thuringia), [Germany](/source/Germany). It was an independent municipality until 1994, when it became a district of the town [Hirschberg](/source/Hirschberg%2C_Thuringia).<ref>[http://www.statistik.thueringen.de/datenbank/gebiet3.asp?nr=Sparnberg Statistik Thüringen], Gebietsveränderungen: Sparnberg</ref> It is situated on the right bank of the river [Saale](/source/Saale), at 440 m above sea level. It has an area of about 333 hectares. Sparnberg counted about 160 residents in 2005.

thumb|left|Sparnberg in the 1980s, surrounded by an East German border wall
From 1949 to 1990 the Saale formed the [border](/source/Inner_German_border) between [East](/source/East_Germany) (GDR) and [West Germany](/source/West_Germany) (FRG) here, with Sparnberg on the GDR side.

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Category:Saale-Orla-Kreis
Category:Former municipalities in Thuringia

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