SONNEBERG

city, Thuringia Land (state), eastern Germany, on the southern slope of the Thringer Wald (forest), southeast of Suhl city, near the border with Bavaria Land. Mentioned in 1207, it was chartered in 1349 and belonged to the Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen from 1735 to 1918. A rail junction, it is the centre of the Thuringian toy-making industry, based in the nearby villages, and has a toy museum. Pop. (1989 est.) 27,649.