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4 unusual facts about Heldburger Land


Heldburger Land

Heldburger Land means the historic Saxon administrative district Amtsbezirk Heldburg (borough Heldburg) and is today the southernmost part of the Free State of Thuringia and the district of Hildburghausen, between the towns Coburg, Hildburghausen and Bad Königshofen.

All mentioned rivers carry their waters ultimately in the Upper Franconian Itz, which finally empties into the Main.

The highest point in the Heldburger Land is the hill Straufhain at 1473 ft (449 m), on the top stand the Burgruine Straufhain ( ruins of castle Straufhain).

Of standing water, there are several small ponds next to the memory pond at Rieth (20 ha), the memory Westhausen (20 ha) and two small storage at Hellingen.


Billmuthausen

It lay in the extreme south of Thuringia in the Heldburger Land in the district of Hildburghausen, only five hundred meters away from the Thuringian-Bavarian border.

Deutsches Burgenmuseum

The Deutsches Burgenmuseum (German Castle Museum) is a in preparation historical museum at the fortress Veste Heldburg (Castle Heldburg) in the Heldburger Land and in district Hildburghausen in Thuringia.

Heldburger Gangschar

Straufhain ( 449 m ) - situated in Itz- Baunach-Hügelland — Heldburger Land

Ummerstadt

Ummerstadt is a town in the region Heldburger Land in district of Hildburghausen, in Thuringia, Germany.

Veste Heldburg

It rises on a former volcanic region to Heldburger Gangschar counted, 405 m high volcanic cone 113 m above the town Heldburg in the Heldburger Land, the southern tip of the district Hildburghausen in Thuringia.


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