Halle (Saale)

Halle (Saale) (from about the end of the 15th to the end of the 17th century Hall in Saxony, until the beginning of the 20th century officially Halle an der Saale, from 1965 to 1995...

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House Horn

The extensively renovated and fully accessible historical monument Haus Horn at Johannisgasse 1 dates back to around 1555 and is the former home and craftsman's house of the Horn clothmaking family....

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Kreuzberg

The Kreuzberg - also called the Holy Mountain of the Franks - is with 928 m above sea level the third highest mountain of the Rhön. Larger are only the Wasserkuppe (950 m) and...

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Schweickershausen

The small clustered village lies between the Thuringian Forest and the Haßberge mountains in the Franconian hill country. Schweickershausen developed from a settlement around a manor. The castle, church, forester's lodge and former outbuildings still characterize the...

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Elisabethenburg Castle

The residential palace of the Dukes of Meiningen presents paintings, sculptures and arts and crafts by European masters from eight centuries, historic ballrooms, memorial rooms for Queen Adelheid of Great Britain, Friedrich Schiller, Max Reger and Ludwig Bechstein...

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