Oberhasel

The small village (210 m above sea level, 98 inhabitants) is framed by steep mountains, northwest of Kirchhasel in Haselbachtal, at the entrance to Hirschgrund. It was first mentioned in a document in 1349 as...

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Uhlstädt

The largest village of the municipality (180 m above sea level, 827 inhabitants) was first mentioned in a document in 1083 as Olstede.Soil finds from the early Iron Age (Hallstatt culture), however, indicate a Celtic settlement already in the...

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Ballstädt

Ballstädt was first mentioned in documents in 977. Various fires have changed the townscape over the years. Several watermills, now converted into residential buildings, are located on the Tonna river, which has its source in...

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Bad Tabarz

Located in the Thuringian Forest, the Kneipp health spa Bad Tabarz has been a popular vacation and recreation resort for the last century. Situated directly on the most beautiful mountain of Thuringia, the Inselsberg, it offers...

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Luisenthal

Luisenthal 5 km long forest valley between Kienberg (723 m), Steinigen Berg (596 m), Streitberg (698 m), at the foot of the Ohra dam (drinking water dam), located on the B 247, railroad connection Gotha-Gräfenroda, KOM connection line...

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Judenbach

With its 2600 inhabitants, the municipality of Judenbach is located in the southern Thuringian Slate Mountains not far from the toy town of Sonneberg. Judenbach is now part of the municipality of Föritztal.Coming from Sonneberg-Hüttensteinach, visitors are guided through a...

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Gefell near Schleiz

Gefell is a rural town in the Saale-Orla district of Thuringia in the Vogtland not far from Bavaria and Saxony, and the area around Gefell lies in the south-eastern Thuringian Slate Mountains. The soils are predominantly quartz banded clay slate and quartz sandstones.

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Löbschütz

Löbschütz is a district of the town of Kahla in the Saale-Holzland district to the east of the Saale. The village was first mentioned in a document at the end of the 13th century. However, people settled in the area much...

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