Veste Heldburg or Heldburg fortress in Heldburger Land in district Hildburghausen in South ThuringiaRegions of Tourism of Thuringia
The Heldburger Land was the historical, Saxon, administrative district (Amtsbezirk) of Heldburg (borough of Heldburg) and is today the southernmost part of the Free State of Thuringia and the district of Hildburghausen, between the towns of Coburg, Hildburghausen and Bad Königshofen. The region known now as the Heldburger Land is referred to administratively as the Heldburger Unterland (Heldburg Lowlands), and sometimes in the vernacular as the Heldburger Zipfel (Heldburg Tip).
The Heldburger Land is enclosed on three sides between the northern areas of the Bavarian provinces of Lower Franconia and Upper Franconia and is bordered to the west by the district of Rhön-Grabfeld, in the south of the county of Hassberge and on the east by the district of Coburg. The total area is about 120 sq mi (c. 190 km2).
The Heldburger Land is a mainly agricultural region with many forest. Its main river is the Kreck, a tributary of the Rodach, crossing the district from North to south.
The highest point in the Heldburger Land is the hill of Straufhain at, 1473 ft (449 m), on the summit of which are the ruins of Straufhain Castle. The landmark of the Heldburger Land is Heldburg Fortress on the hill of Burgberg, 1,325 ft (404 m) high, a castle which is over 700 years old with a famous Renaissance building, called Französischer Bau. It was built in 1560/1564 by Nikolaus Gromann, a famous Thuringian master builder. On September 8, 2016, the Deutsches Burgenmuseum (German castle museum) was opened on the Veste Heldburg.
The HeldburgerLand was the historical, Saxon, administrative district (Amtsbezirk) of Heldburg (borough of Heldburg) and is today the southernmost part...
her mother. She grew up in the Veste Heldburg which overlooks the HeldburgerLand in south Thuringia. Her father, a judge in Meiningen and Hildburghausen...
the Gleichberge, 641 metres and 679 metres high, in nearby HeldburgerLand. The Heldburger Gangschar is not a self-contained landscape and is distributed...
Hellingen is a village and a former municipality in the region HeldburgerLand in the district of Hildburghausen, in Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 January...
Gompertshausen is a village and a former municipality in the region HeldburgerLand in the district of Hildburghausen, in Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 January...
auf Schloss Heldburg und in Coburg siehe: Norbert Klaus Fuchs: Das HeldburgerLand–ein historischer Reiseführer; Verlag Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza, 2013...
East and West Germany. It lay in the extreme south of Thuringia in HeldburgerLand in the district of Hildburghausen, only a few hundred metres away from...
volcanic cone, a part of the 'Heldburger Gangschar' volcanic region, 113 metres above the town of Heldburg in the HeldburgerLand, the southern tip of the...
Thema "Wehrhaftigkeit von Dorfkirchen"). Norbert Klaus Fuchs: Das HeldburgerLand–ein historischer Reiseführer; Verlag Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza, 2013...
municipality in the region HeldburgerLand in the district of Hildburghausen, in Thuringia, Germany. Norbert Klaus Fuchs: Das HeldburgerLand – ein historischer...
Schlechtsart is a municipality in the region HeldburgerLand in the district of Hildburghausen, in Thuringia, Germany. Gewählte Bürgermeister - aktuelle...
10). 2001, S. 133-150. Norbert Klaus Fuchs: Das HeldburgerLand–ein historischer Reiseführer (The Land of Heldburg – a Historical Guide); Verlag Rockstuhl...
Burgenmuseum) is a history museum at Heldburg Fortress in the region of HeldburgerLand and in the county of Hildburghausen in the German state of Thuringia...
Ummerstadt (German pronunciation: [ˈʊmɐˌʃtat] ) is a town in the region HeldburgerLand in district of Hildburghausen, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated...
Heldburger Unterland is a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("collective municipality" or "community of administration" ) in the district of Hildburghausen, in Thuringia...
Nordkreis Weimar is a former Verwaltungsgemeinschaft in the district Weimarer Land in Thuringia, Germany. It was formed on 31 December 2013 by the merger of...
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