Blankenstein
Ortsteil of Rosenthal am Rennsteig in Thuringia, Germany
![Coat of arms of Blankenstein](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Wappen_Blankenstein_%28Saale%29.png/76px-Wappen_Blankenstein_%28Saale%29.png)
Coat of arms
Location of Blankenstein
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50°24′7″N 11°42′1″E / 50.40194°N 11.70028°E / 50.40194; 11.70028
(2017-12-31)
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Blankenstein is a village and a former municipality in the district Saale-Orla-Kreis, in Thuringia, Germany. On 1 January 2019 it became part of the new municipality Rosenthal am Rennsteig. Prior to 2019, Blankenstein had been the seat of the Saale-Rennsteig Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (municipal association), which was disbanded in the reorganisation.
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