Thuringian Gate

#1712 among destinations in Germany

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The Thuringian Gate near Sachsenburg, a district of Oldisleben, west of Heldrungen in central Germany, is where the gorge of the river Unstrut breaks out of the Thuringian Basin through the Hainleite and Schmücke hills to the north. It is also known as the Sachsenburg Gate. ()

Local name: Thüringer Pforte Coordinates: 51°17'51"N, 11°10'19"E

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Thuringian Gate – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Panorama Museum, Wasserburg Heldrungen, Bilzingsleben, Obere Sachsenburg.

5.6 miNW
Specialty museum, Art museum, Museum
Panorama Museum, Bad Frankenhausen
143 min walk • Early Bourgeois Revolution in Germany, also known as the Peasants' War Panorama, is a monumental painting by the East German painter Werner Tübke, executed from 1976 to 1987. It spans 14 metres by 123 metres is the main attraction of the Panorama Museum, built specifically to house it, in Bad Frankenhausen, Thuringia.
2 miE
Forts and castles
Wasserburg Heldrungen
52 min walk • Heldrungen Fortress is a fortress used until 1712 with two moats, four Vauban bastions and five roundels and is located in Heldrungen, Thuringia, a district of An der Schmücke on the southern edge of the Golden Aue southeast of Bad Frankenhausen.
4.6 miW
Prehistoric site
Bilzingsleben
118 min walk • Bilzingsleben is a former stone quarry in Thuringia, Germany, notable for its wealth of palaeolithic human fossils and artifacts.
0.4 miW
Forts and castles
Obere Sachsenburg
12 min walk • Obere Sachsenburg is a castle ruin near Sachsenburg, a district of the town and rural municipality of An der Schmücke in the Kyffhäuserkreis in Thuringia.
5.7 miSE
Forts and castles
Schloss Beichlingen
147 min walk • Beichlingen Castle is located in the village of Beichlingen about 9 km north of Kölleda in Thuringia.
4.9 miNW
51°21'14"N • 11°6'7"E
Regionalmuseum, Bad Frankenhausen
126 min walk • Museum
0.4 miSW
Forts and castles
Untere Sachsenburg
11 min walk • The Lower Sachsenburg, also called Unterburg or Hakenburg, is the ruin of a hilltop castle near Sachsenburg, a district of the municipality of An der Schmücke in the Kyffhäuserkreis in Thuringia.
5.3 miNW
Forts and castles
Oberburg, Bad Frankenhausen
135 min walk • Hausmannsturm is a high medieval fortification on a tiny hilltop above the town of Bad Frankenhausen on the southern edge of Kyffhäuser in the Kyffhäuser district of Thuringia. The castle is a protected monument whose grounds are used for tourism.

Thuringian Gate

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Thuringian Gate – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)