Döschnitz

Quietly in the valley of the White Sorbitz, a side valley of the Schwarzatal, lies Döschnitz at an altitude of 420 m above sea level.A well signposted network of hiking trails offers ideal conditions for rest and relaxation...

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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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Heinse House

The Heinse House is one of the oldest buildings in the town center of Langewiesen. As the birthplace of the poet and art theorist Johann Jacob Wilhelm Heinse (1746-1803), it was the residence of his family for many years....

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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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Kirchhasel

The village (195 m above sea level, 573 inhabitants) lies at the entrance of the Haselbach stream into the Saale floodplain, just outside Rudolstadt. It was first documented as Hasela in 1305.

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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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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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