The Thuringian Woodland is a hilly area with altitudes between 200 and 400 meters in the east of Thuringia, located roughly between Jena in the west and Gera in the east. Due to the relatively infertile soils of the Saale-Elster sandstone plateau, it has not been converted into arable land by clearing, so that extensive forest areas have been preserved, which are used intensively for forestry. It is the namesake of the Saale-Holzland district, whose southeastern part it occupies. The center of the Holzland is the neighboring towns of Hermsdorf and Bad Klosterlausnitz. Adjacent landscapes are the Saale Valley in the west, the farmland of the Zeitz loess area in the north, the Elster Valley in the east and the Orlasenke in the south.