Schömbach Dam

The Schömbach dam is located around 50 kilometers south of Leipzig on the border between Saxony and Thuringia. Due to its importance for flood protection in Saxony, the facility is managed by the Free State of...

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Großwenkheim

In 788, the Mattons transferred significant parts of their inheritance to the monastery in Fulda, including property "in the Grabfeld district in the village called Wenkheim". Around the same time...

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Obernfeld

Obernfeld is a municipality in the district of Göttingen in Lower Saxony and is part of the Eichsfeld cultural landscape. The first documented mention dates back to 1184, but the village is probably much older. How...

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At the billy goats

The FFH area "An den Ziegenböcken" is located in the north-east of Thuringia in the Saale-Holzland district. It covers an area of 411.480 ha. The area is intersected by the A9 motorway, which runs in a north-south direction. The maximum north-south extension...

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Tettau

Tettau is a municipality in the district of Kronach in Bavaria. It is located in the Franconian Forest Nature Park at the foot of the Rennsteig and on the Bavarian Porcelain Route. Tettau was first mentioned in a document in 1269 and...

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Lindau

Lindau is a village in southern Lower Saxony. It belongs to the municipality of Katlenburg-Lindau and is the only place in the district of Northeim in the Untereichsfeld region.Lindau has a number of historically valuable buildings. The today...

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