Town in Thuringia, Germany
Ranis is a town in the Saale-Orla-Kreis district, in Thuringia , Germany . It is situated 15 km east of Saalfeld , and 30 km south of Jena .
The cave Ilsenhöhle [de ] under Ranis Castle, where up to 47,500-year-old Homo Sapiens remains were found, among the oldest in Europe.[ 3]
Demographics
Historical population
(As of 31 December 1994 ):
Historical population Year 1779 290[ a] [ 4] — 1831 928 +2.26% 1885 1,888[ 5] +1.32% 1933 2,232[ 5] +0.35% 1939 2,359[ 5] +0.93% 1994 1,972 −0.33% 1995 1,981 +0.46% 1996 1,960 −1.06% 1997 2,060 +5.10% 1998 2,060 +0.00%
Year 1999 2,052 −0.39% 2000 2,025 −1.32% 2001 2,034 +0.44% 2002 2,027 −0.34% 2003 2,017 −0.49% 2004 1,982 −1.74% 2005 1,965 −0.86% 2006 1,919 −2.34% 2007 1,884 −1.82% 2008 1,866 −0.96%
Year 2009 1,824 −2.25% 2010 1,812 −0.66% 2011 1,744 −3.75% 2012 1,725 −1.09% 2013 1,707 −1.04% 2014 1,690 −1.00% 2015 1,709 +1.12% 2016 1,720 +0.64%
Source: Data since 1994: Thuringian State Statistical Bureau.
References
^ Gewählte Bürgermeister - aktuelle Landesübersicht , Freistaat Thüringen, accessed 10 November 2022.
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Thüringen Gebietsstand: 31.12.2022" (in German). Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik . June 2023.
^ Smith, Geoff M.; Ruebens, Karen; Zavala, Elena Irene; Sinet-Mathiot, Virginie; Fewlass, Helen; Pederzani, Sarah; Jaouen, Klervia; Mylopotamitaki, Dorothea; Britton, Kate; Rougier, Hélène; Stahlschmidt, Mareike; Meyer, Matthias; Meller, Harald; Dietl, Holger; Orschiedt, Jörg; Krause, Johannes; Schüler, Tim; McPherron, Shannon P.; Weiss, Marcel; Hublin, Jean-Jacques; Welker, Frido (31 January 2024). "The ecology, subsistence and diet of ~45,000-year-old Homo sapiens at Ilsenhöhle in Ranis, Germany" . Nature Ecology & Evolution : 1–14. doi :10.1038/s41559-023-02303-6 . PMC 10927544 . PMID 38297138 .
^ Friedrich Gottlob Leonhardi : Erdbeschreibung der Churfürstlich- und Herzoglich-Sächsischen Lande. Band 2. 2, ganz umgearbeitete Auflage. Barth, Leipzig 1790, S. 502 .
^ a b c Michael Rademacher: Deutsche Verwaltungsgeschichte von der Reichseinigung 1871 bis zur Wiedervereinigung 1990. Landkreis Ziegenrück. Retrieved September 2018; (Online-Material zur Dissertation, Osnabrück 2006)
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