Suhl - DEG04

EU regions: Germany > THÜRINGEN > Thuringia > Suhl

indicator	period	value
GDP per capita in PPS of EU average	2020	101
number of inhabitants	2021	36 395
population density	2019	347.7
old-age dependency ratio	2021	59.1

* more on wikidata Q14891 * on OpenStreetMap * Suhl slovensky: DEG04

Composition of population according to age group, education and economic activity, Suhl

age group	low education	middle education	high education

note: in thousands, according to labour force sample survey. P – total population, E – employed, U – unemployed, I – number of ecnomically inactive

From wikipedia:

Suhl is a city in Thuringia, Germany, located 50 kilometres (31 miles) SW of Erfurt, 110 kilometres (68 miles) NE of Würzburg and 130 kilometres (81 miles) N of Nuremberg. With its 37,000 inhabitants, it is the smallest of the six urban districts within Thuringia. Together with its northern neighbour-town Zella-Mehlis, Suhl forms the largest urban area in the Thuringian Forest with a population of 46,000. The region around Suhl is marked by up to 1,000-meter high mountains, including Thuringia's highest peak, the Großer Beerberg (983 m), approximately 5 kilometres (3 miles) NE of the city centre.

Suhl was first mentioned in 1318 and stayed a small mining and metalworking town, until industrialization broke through in late 19th century and Suhl became a centre of Germany's arms production, specialized on rifles and guns with companies such as Sauer & Sohn. Furthermore, the engineering industry was based in Suhl with Simson, a famous car and moped producer. In 1952, Suhl became one of East Germany's 14 district capitals, which led to a government-directed period of urban growth and conversion. Its results – a typical 1960s concrete architecture-marked city centre – are defining to the present. With the loss of its administrative and industrial functions, Suhl saw a lasting period of urban decline starting in 1990.

Suhl is known for its sportsmen, especially in shooting, winter sports, and volleyball.

other: Thuringia, Landkreis Hildburghausen, Gera, Landkreis Sömmerda, Erfurt, Weimar, Eisenach, Kyffhäuserkreis, Sonneberg, Suhl, Wartburgkreis, Jena, Eichsfeld, Gotha, Saale-Orla-Kreis, Schmalkalden-Meiningen, Nordhausen, Ilm-Kreis, Greiz, Altenburger Land, Saale-Holzland-Kreis, Landkreis Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Weimarer Land, Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis

neighbours: Ilm-Kreis, Landkreis Hildburghausen, Schmalkalden-Meiningen

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: EU regions - Suhl - DEG04, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/en/projects/eu-regions/DEG04

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