After German reunification in 1990, Meiningen became the district town of Schmalkalden-Meiningen. In the "Dreißigacker" district, new businesses and the new Meiningen Hospital were constructed. In the 1990s, there was a new construction boom in the town, with many houses being renovated and embellished. In July 1994, Chancellor of Germany Helmut Kohl visited the town, Angela Merkel did so in April 2012. The new "Justizzentrum" (court house) was built in 2000. In 2003, the town was connected to the "Bundesautobahn 71". With the opening of the new "Kammerspiele" in June 2008, the town created another theater venue, underlining its national significance as a cultural town. In 2013, the new industrial area "Rohrer Berg" near the motorway junction Meiningen-North was created.