Triptis

Triptis lies not far from the watershed between the Saale and Weißer Elster rivers and at the source of the Orla in a flat basin open to the west and was first mentioned as a town in 1328.

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Kaulsdorf/Saale

Hockeroda, Eichicht, Kaulsdorf, Tauschwitz, Fischersdorf, Breternitz and Weischwitz, these districts form the single municipality of Kaulsdorf. They are only a few kilometers away from the district town of Saalfeld and the Hohenwarte reservoir. The unique landscape...

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Neustadt dam

The Neustadt dam (Nordhäuser Talsperre) is the dam with the oldest dam wall in Thuringia. It is used to supply Nordhausen with drinking water. The dam was built in 1904-1905 in the immediate vicinity of Neustadt...

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Plothen

On a plateau between the Saale and the Vogtland lies the village of Plothen. The village is the main place of the area around the Plothen ponds. The Plothen pond area belongs to the ecologically...

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Saaldorf

The nature around Saaldorf is particularly charming. The district belongs to Bad Lobenstein, the place name has existed since 1784. If small smelting works arose already in the early Middle Ages, later the...

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Rudisleben

Rudisleben is located in the Gera valley between Arnstadt in the south and Ichtershausen in the north. The village is a street village about two kilometers long. Rudisleben is located on the east side of the Gera River. In the...

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Nüßleshof

Nüßleshof is a district of the Thuringian municipality of Heßles, which in turn is a district of the municipality of Fambach....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Hall tower

The 43 m high Saale Tower with its 192 steps and three viewing platforms is picturesquely situated at the foot of the Saale and not far from the Bleilochtalsperre, Germany's largest reservoir. With a view from...

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