Ranis

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.

Ranis
Town
Ranis Castle
Coat of arms
Location of Ranis within Saale-Orla-Kreis district
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Coordinates: 50°39′50″N 11°34′5″E
Country	Germany
State	Thuringia
District	Saale-Orla-Kreis
Municipal assoc.	Ranis-Ziegenrück
Subdivisions	4
Government
• Mayor (2022–28)	Marcus Pavel[1]
Area
• Total	10.55 km2 (4.07 sq mi)
Elevation	380 m (1,250 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	1,679
• Density	160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	07389
Dialling codes	03647
Vehicle registration	SOK
Website	www.stadt-ranis.de

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 Pop. ±% p.a. 1779 290[lower-alpha 1][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 Pop. ±% p.a. 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 Pop. ±% p.a. 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.

1. over 10 years

References

1. Gewählte Bürgermeister - aktuelle Landesübersicht, Freistaat Thüringen, accessed 10 November 2022.
2. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Thüringen Gebietsstand: 31.12.2022" (in German). Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik. June 2023.
3. 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.
4. Friedrich Gottlob Leonhardi: Erdbeschreibung der Churfürstlich- und Herzoglich-Sächsischen Lande. Band 2. 2, ganz umgearbeitete Auflage. Barth, Leipzig 1790, S. 502.
5. Michael Rademacher: Deutsche Verwaltungsgeschichte von der Reichseinigung 1871 bis zur Wiedervereinigung 1990. Landkreis Ziegenrück. Retrieved September 2018; (Online-Material zur Dissertation, Osnabrück 2006)