Schlegel () is a village and a former municipality in the district Saale-Orla-Kreis, in Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 January 2019, it is part of the municipality Rosenthal am Rennsteig. Olympian Harry Köcher was born here.
History Schlegel was first documented on June 24, 1254, and Seibis in 1500.Laut Website Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Saale-Rennsteig erfolgte die Ersterwähnung 1352.Wolfgang Kahl (Autor): Ersterwähnung Thüringer Städte und Dörfer. Ein Handbuch. 5., verbesserte und wesentlich erweiterte Auflage. Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0, S. 250, 262.
On July 1, 1950, the previously independent municipality of Seibis became a district of Schlegel.
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