The board
CEO
Thomas Fuegmann; District administrator of the Saale-Orla district
1st deputy
Christine Kober; Head of the Thuringian Slate Mountains Nature Park/ Obere Saale
2nd deputy
Thomas Knorr; Managing Director ARDESIA thermal baths
treasurer
Fredi Vogler; Owner "Saaleland Apartments"
Jan Schuebel; Mayor of the city of Wurzbach
Marco Bias; Mayor of Schleiz
Andreas Gliesing; Mayor of the city of Ranis
Falk Neubeck; Owner of the "Familotel Aparthotel Am Rennsteig"
Stefan Goetz; Member of the board of the Kreissparkasse Saale-Orla
Cornelia Berger; Marketing Manager KomBus GmbH
Marcus Scherf; Owner "Meister Baker GmbH"
The Saale-Orla district is mostly in the Thuringian Slate Mountains or in its transitional areas to the Thuringian Holzland and the Vogtland. As a result, the terrain has a clear low mountain range character, more than 80% of the area of the district is over 400 m high. The lowest point is the Orlatal with a height of approx. 180 m above sea level. NN in the municipality of Langenorla. At 733 m, the Sieglitzberg near Bad Lobenstein near the Bavarian border is the highest point in the district. The highest place is Rodacherbrunn at about 700 m altitude.