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Wendehausen is nestled in a valley basin, surrounded by high deciduous and coniferous forests. The origin of the name is unclear. Some sources derive the name from a settlement of the Wends,...

The idyllic little village (345 m above sea level, 66 inhabitants), located halfway between Rudolstadt and Saalfeld at the foot of the Kulm (at 482 m the highest mountain in the Heide), is...

Plaue is the smallest town of the Ilm district - located on the B 4 and at the confluence of the Zahme and Wilde Gera rivers and 8 km from Arnstadt and 11 km from Ilmenau....

Unterwellenborn is best known for the Maxhütte steel mill. As a municipality, however, Unterwellenborn also offers tourist attractions. Still this year, the local history museum Könitz presents itself with its permanent exhibition in...

Vachdorf is a municipality in the district of Schmalkalden-Meiningen in Thuringia. It belongs to the Dolmar-Salzbrücke administrative community, which is based in the town of Kühndorf. Vachdorf is located on the southern slope of the Dolmar, an extinct...

The community of Altengottern, which was first mentioned in a document in 811, is located on the left bank of the Unstrut between Bad Langensalza and Mühlhausen. Altengottern can look back on a long and eventful history....

Zella is a district of the rural municipality of Dingelstädt in the Eichsfeld district and is part of the historic Obereichsfeld. The village lies northwest of Mühlhausen an der Unstrut on the edge of the southern slope of the...

Fockendorf lies to the north of Altenburg. The museum in the former paper mill is well worth a visit. Visitors can make their own paper here. There is also a historic hydroelectric power station that is still used to generate electricity today.

The Saale-Orla district lies for the most part in the Thuringian Slate Mountains or in its transition areas to the Thuringian Woodland and the Vogtland. As a result, the terrain has a distinct low mountain character, over 80 % of the area...

The town of Hirschberg is located in the Saale-Orla district in the Thuringian Sea tourist region. It is mentioned for the first time in a document from 1296. In 1479 the Bohemian King Vladislav confirmed important...