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  2. Thuringian Forest Nature Park - Wikipedia

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    The nature park is an expansion of an older protection; the "UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Thuringian Forest" established in 1979 as the first UNESCO biosphere reserve in Germany. The biosphere protection is located in the Thuringian-Franconian low mountains, and after expansions in 1990 and 2018 it now covers an area of 337 km². [2] [3]

  3. Thuringia - Wikipedia

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    Thuringia, [a] officially the Free State of Thuringia, [b] is one of Germany's 16 states. With 2.1 million people, it is 12th-largest by population, and with 16,171 square kilometers, it is 11th-largest in area. [4] Erfurt is the capital and largest city. Other cities include Jena, Gera and Weimar.

  4. South Harz Nature Park - Wikipedia

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    The act designating this nature park in the Harz Mountains came into force on 31 December 2010 [1] [2] and thus founded the fifth nature park in Thuringia. It has an area of 267 km² [2]. The park is managed by the South Harz Tourist Association (Südharzer Tourismusverband e.V.) in conjunction with the Kyffhäuser Nature Park.

  5. Thuringian Forest - Wikipedia

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    The Thuringian Forest [1] [2] (Thüringer Wald in German pronounced [ˈtyːʁɪŋɐ ˈvalt] ⓘ) is a mountain range in the southern parts of the German state of Thuringia, running northwest to southeast. Skirting from its southerly source in foothills to a gorge on its north-west side is the Werra valley.

  6. Hainich National Park - Wikipedia

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    The 75 km 2 (29 sq mi) park lies in the western part of the German state of Thuringia, east of the Werra River, and is part of the greater Eichsfeld-Hainich-Werratal Nature Park. It occupies much of the triangular area between the cities of Eisenach , Mühlhausen , and Bad Langensalza .

  7. Germany in the Fall: 10 Best Places to See the Leaves ... - AOL

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    2. Spreewald. The translation of the name ‘Spreewald’ is ‘swamps’ and this area is a large inland delta of the river Spree, in the state of Brandenburg, about 100 km south-east of Berlin.

  8. Saalfeld Fairy Grottoes - Wikipedia

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    The Saalfeld Fairy Grottoes (in German: Saalfelder Feengrotten) are caverns or grottoes of a former mine near Saalfeld, in the German state of Thuringia. [1]They have long been famous for their countless colorful mineral formations (speleothems) formed over many years by water dripping through relatively soft rock.

  9. Thuringian Highland - Wikipedia

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    Slate houses like these in Gehren characterise many of the villages in the Thuringian Highland. The Thuringian Highland, [1] Thuringian Highlands or Thuringian-Vogtlandian Slate Mountains [2] (German: Thüringer Schiefergebirge or Thüringisches Schiefergebirge, literally "Thuringian Slate Hills") is a low range of mountains in the German state of Thuringia.