Cow food

From Kirchhasel, you can reach the small settlement of Kuhfraß (300 m above sea level, 124 inhabitants) in the upper Hirschgrund via district road 18. The outlying estate, which originally belonged to the Kochberg...

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Saalthal Age

Here once stood a mill, the "Saalthal", later, when the place was flooded, it had to be demolished. The people from Saalthal built their farms after the flooding to the new...

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Weißbach

The street village (220 m above sea level, 112 inhabitants), situated on the right bank of the Saale in an elongated, beautiful side valley, nestled in the forests of the heath, was first mentioned in a document in 1498. Derived is...

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Liebschütz

Liebschütz is a district of the municipality of Remptendorf in the Saale-Orla district of Thuringia...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Themar

Themar is a small town in the south of Thuringia, located on the upper reaches of the Werra. The town has around 2800 inhabitants and belongs to the district of Hildburghausen. Themar is known for...

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Hohleborn

Hohleborn forms the municipality of Floh-Seligenthal together with the villages of Struth-Helmershof, Schnellbach, Floh, Kleinschmalkalden and Seligenthal. It lies at the foot of the Rennsteig. Hiking trails lead to the most beautiful viewpoints up to the mountain lake Ebertswiese....

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Rentwertshausen

The village of Rentwertshausen is situated on a gentle hill between Bibra and Queienfeld. To the north-east, a limestone ridge stretches from Bibra to Exdorf, while the Arnsberg mountain borders the village to the north-west.The first documented...

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Bürgel

The pottery town of Bürgel, with its church tower visible from afar, blends into the hilly landscape to the east of the middle Saale valley near Jena. The former fortification, the Burgelin on the nearby...

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Gerstenberg

Gerstenberg was first mentioned in documents in 1227 as Gerstenberch and in 1233 as Gerstinberg. The village's landmark is the small village church, which has been enthroned on a hill and visible from afar since 1472....

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Issersheilingen

Issersheilingen, with its 140 inhabitants, is the smallest of the four remaining Heilingen villages in the Unstrut-Hainich district. Centuries ago, there were a total of eight villages ending in -heilingen. Issersheilingen is a very...

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