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Gehren
Church
Church
Coat of arms of Gehren
Location of Gehren within Ilm-Kreis district
AlkerslebenAmt WachsenburgArnstadtBösleben-WüllerslebenDornheimElgersburgEllebenElxlebenGeratalGroßbreitenbachIlmenauMartinrodaOsthausen-WülfershausenPlaueStadtilmWitzlebenThuringiaSchmalkalden-MeiningenSuhlHildburghausen (district)Sonneberg (district)Saalfeld-RudolstadtWeimarer LandErfurtGotha (district)
CountryGermany
StateThuringia
DistrictIlm-Kreis
Municipal assoc.Langer Berg
Subdivisions2
Government
 • MayorRonny Bössel
Area
 • Total43.85 km2 (16.93 sq mi)
Elevation
475 m (1,558 ft)
Population
 (2012-12-31)
 • Total3,939
 • Density90/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
98708
Dialling codes036783
Vehicle registrationIK

Gehren is a town in the Ilm-Kreis district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 7 km southeast of Ilmenau. It has become town in 1855. Between 1881 and 1998, Gehren was linked to Ilmenau by railway.

The castle of Gehren burned down in 1936. Until 1920, Gehren was the capital of the Amt Gehren in the state of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.

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