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Rennsteig (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft)
Rennsteig is a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("collective municipality") in the district Ilm-Kreis, in Thuringia, Germany. The seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft is in Schmiedefeld am Rennsteig.
The Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Rennsteig consists of the following municipalities:
- Frauenwald
- Schmiedefeld am Rennsteig
- Stützerbach
Rennsteig
The is a ridge walk as well as an historical boundary path in the Thuringian Forest, Thuringian Highland and Franconian Forest in Central Germany. The long-distance trail stretches about from and the valley in the northwest to and the river in the southeast.
The is also the watershed between the river systems of the , Elbe and Rhine. The catchment areas of all three river systems meet at the (Three Rivers Stone) near .