Gefell

Town in Thuringia, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Gefell within Saale-Orla-Kreis district

(2021–27) Marcel Zapf^[1]Area

• Total45.21 km² (17.46 sq mi)Elevation

550 m (1,800 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total2,415 • Density53/km² (140/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

07926

Dialling codes036649Vehicle registrationSOKWebsiteOfficial website

Gefell is a town in the Saale-Orla-Kreis district, in Thuringia, Germany.

Overview

It is situated 16 km south of Schleiz, and 14 km northwest of Hof. It is where the Berlin professional audio company Georg Neumann GmbH relocated during World War II. During the time of the GDR, Gefell was in East Germany and private companies were nationalized, including this factory. Since reunification, the company, now known as Microtech Gefell, has specialized in microphones and is once again privately owned, this time by the families of managers of the pre-war Neumann company.

References

^ Gewählte Bürgermeister - aktuelle Landesübersicht, Freistaat Thüringen, accessed 14 July 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Thüringen Gebietsstand: 31.12.2022" (in German). Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik. June 2023.