Emsetal is a former municipality in the district of Gotha, in Thuringia, Germany.

It consisted of the villages Fischbach, Schmerbach, Schwarzhausen and Winterstein.

On 31 December 2013, it was merged into the town Waltershausen.

[1] The Kilianstein is an unusual rock pinnacle in the municipality that is sometimes used by climbers.

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