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The district of Breitenbach belongs to the town of Schleusingen. According to documents, its first documentary mention dates back to the year 1144. In earlier times, Breitenbach was a so-called "forest village". Forestry, charcoal burning and...

Altendambach is a small community on the southern slope of the Thuringian Forest. It has been a district of the town of Schleusingen since July 2019 and is located at an altitude of approx. 500 m above sea level,...

The village of Dachrieden, first mentioned in 897, is located in the Unstrut-Hainich district on the Gotha-Leinefelde railroad line. The village is characterized by agriculture and fruit growing and has a long tradition as a mill site.Due to the proximity...

Mertendorf is a round village in eastern Thuringia, 7 km from the town of Schkölen and the border with Saxony-Anhalt. The distance to Jena is 20 km, to Gera 25 km, to Zeitz 30 km and...

Oberndorf has been a pure farming village since its foundation in 876. It is located in the inner-Thuringian arable hill country southwest of Apolda in a valley bottom at the confluence of the Werlitz and Wiegenbach streams. In...

The village was first mentioned in a document in 1236. The name Eichstruth refers to the original site of the village in a marshy area with oak trees. Eichstruth is located in the west of the state of Thuringia and...

Trostadt is a small district of the municipality of Reurieth in the district of Hildburghausen in Thuringia. The district of Trostadt is located in the Werra valley near Hildburghausen. Trostadt was first documented in 776-796 in the document book of the...

The hill village Drognitz is located south of the Hohenwarte reservoir. The first documented mention of the Drognitz Heights was in 1120 in a deed of donation by Count Wichmann for the new Augustinian canonical monastery of Kaltenborn. On a...

The district of Waldstedt is a small, somewhat remote village community between Zimmern and Alterstedt and, with its 96 inhabitants (as at 31.12.2019), is the smallest community in the national park region. It was first...

In the northeast of the Grabfeld lies the Haina village, at the foot of the Kleiner Gleichberg nature reserve. The village is characterized by a variety of half-timbered buildings in the Franconian architectural style. Charming floodplain landscapes, forests as well as an interesting...