Location
Schöngleina is a municipality in the Saale-Holzland district in Thuringia. It lies on the road between Jena and Bad Klosterlausnitz, to the south-east of the Wöllmisse ridge.
History
The place was first mentioned in a document in 1190, then under the names Gleina, Glyne or Glina. Later, the name Schöngleina was adopted in order to distinguish the settlement from other settlements with the same name.
Viticulture
Schöngleina belongs to the Thuringian part of the wine-growing region Saale-Unstrut. In the official register of vineyard sites Saale-Unstrut dated 31 December 2024, the municipality is listed as having no single vineyards; no single vineyard named as such is assigned to it in that register.
