Thüringen

The gigantic model railway layout "Kultur mit Pfiff - Modellbahn Wiehe" in the small town in northern Thuringia is the largest all-year model railway exhibition in the world.

Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp was originally founded as a subcamp of Buchenwald concentration camp.

Known as Bad Lobenstein since 2005, the recognised mud spa on the "Thuringian Sea" welcomes its guests.

In the district of Schmalkalden-Meiningen, you can visit the oldest crypt in Thuringia as well as the medieval St John's Castle.

Even the poet Theodor Storm admired the landscape of today's Eichsfeld-Hainich-Werratal Nature Park.

The Marienglashöhle, a show cave near Friedrichroda in the Thuringian Forest, was largely created by gypsum and copper mining.

Dense forests and bizarre rock formations await visitors to the Südharz Nature Park.

North of the Thuringian Basin and south of the Harz Mountains, the Kyffhäuser Nature Park stretches around the mountain range of the same name.

As the crowning glory of Rudolstadt, the Thuringian residential palace Heidecksburg is one of the most important baroque palaces of the 18th century.

With the Saale river flowing through it, the approximately 830 square kilometre Thuringian Slate Mountains/Upper Saale Nature Park is also known as the "Land of a Thousand Ponds".

The medieval Beichlingen Castle is located on the north-eastern edge of the Thuringian Basin in the middle of a picturesque wooded hilly landscape.

The Ronneburg New Landscape is located in a former lignite mining area that has been transformed into a recreational area.

Known as the birthplace of the game of skat, Altenburg is home to a medieval residential palace from the time of Emperor Barbarossa.

The economic and cultural centre of northern Thuringia, Nordhausen am Harz can look back on more than a thousand years of history.