Blankenstein

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{{Infobox German place

|type = Ortsteil

|Municipality = Rosenthal am Rennsteig

|image_photo =

|image_coa = Wappen Blankenstein (Saale).png

|coordinates = {{coord|50|24|7|N|11|42|1|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|state = Thüringen

|district = Saale-Orla-Kreis

|elevation = 450

|area = 1.53

|population = 705

|Stand = 2017-12-31

|postal_code = 07366

|area_code = 036642

|licence = SOK

|website = [http://www.gemeinde-blankenstein.de/ www.gemeinde-blankenstein.de]

}}

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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