Surges

Schwallungen is a municipality in the district of Schmalkalden-Meiningen in Thuringia. It belongs to the administrative community of Wasungen-Amt Sand, which has its administrative headquarters in the town of Wasungen.The unified municipality of Schwallungen consists of the districts:...

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Gräfenwarth

The district of Gräfenwarth, which belongs to the town of Schleiz, is idyllically situated on the edge of the Thuringian Slate Mountains and close to the banks of Germany's largest reservoir, the Bleilochtalsperre...

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Bertholdsburg Castle

Of Henneberg and Hercules...Thuringia's oldest residential castle rises majestically above the tranquil little town of Schleusingen on the southern edge of the Thuringian Forest. The Counts of Henneberg - one of the oldest noble families in Franconia - had...

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Blankenburg

Blankenburg is located in a scenic area in a valley called the "Schlotheimer Grabenbruch", on the edge of the nature reserve "Großes und Kleines Hornholz".The village was first mentioned in 1143...

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Sömmerda

Sömmerda is located in the middle of the rural district of Sömmerda. Already mentioned for the first time in a document in 876, the interested visitor can still find contemporary witnesses of Sömmerda's eventful history, such as...

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Frankenblick

Frankenblick is the name of a unified municipality in the district of Sonneberg in the Free State of Thuringia, which was created on January 1, 2012 through the merger of the municipalities of Effelder-Rauenstein and Mengersgereuth-Hämmern.Frankenblick is located in the southwestern part of the Franconian district of Sonneberg. The municipal area borders on the...

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Peter's Gate

The magnificent baroque Peterstor (Peter's Gate) has stood proudly at the main entrance to the citadel since the first years of construction (from 1665). It is adorned with the large official coat of arms of the Archbishop of Mainz, Elector and builder of the fortress,...

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