Sparnberg

Sparnberg is a village in Thuringia, Germany. It was an independent municipality until 1994, when it became a district of the town Hirschberg.^[1] It is situated on the right bank of the river Saale, at 440 m above sea level. It has an area of about 333 hectares. Sparnberg counted about 160 residents in 2005.

Sparnberg in the 1980s, surrounded by an East German border wall

Sparnberg
Ortsteil of Hirschberg
Location of Sparnberg
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Coordinates: 50°24′46″N 11°46′16″E
Country	Germany
State	Thuringia
District	Saale-Orla-Kreis
Town	Hirschberg
Area
• Total	3.3 km2 (1.3 sq mi)
Population  (2005)
• Total	160
• Density	48/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)

From 1949 to 1990 the Saale formed the border between East (GDR) and West Germany (FRG) here, with Sparnberg on the GDR side.