Thuringian-Franconian Highlands, Lauscha

#3 among attractions in Lauscha

Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature

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The Thuringian-Franconian Highlands are a natural region of Germany which is designated as D48 or 39 by the BfN. It consists mainly of a ridge of mountains up to just under 1,000 m high between the Central Upland areas of the Thuringian Forest, Thuringian Slate Mountains, Franconian Forest and Fichtel Mountains, and which runs from west and south Thuringia through Upper Franconia and southeast to just before the Czech border and the so-called Bohemian Massif. ()

Local name: Thüringisch-Fränkisches Mittelgebirge Coordinates: 50°28'43"N, 11°12'22"E

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Thuringian-Franconian Highlands – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Rauhhügel, Thuringian Highland, Rückersbiel, Apelsberg.

4.5 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Rauhhügel
116 min walk • The Rauhhügel is an 812.9 m high mountain located in the Thuringian Highland, Thuringia. It is located close to the municipalities of Schmiedefeld and Lichte and the Leibis-Lichte Dam in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district in the Thuringian Forest Nature Park within walking distance of the Rennsteig.
2.3 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Thuringian Highland, Lauscha
59 min walk • The Thuringian Highland, Thuringian Highlands or Thuringian-Vogtlandian Slate Mountains is a low range of mountains in the German state of Thuringia.
3.8 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Rückersbiel
96 min walk • The Rückersbiel a 755.6 m high mountain located in the Thuringian Highland, Thuringia. It is located close to the municipality of Lichte and the Leibis-Lichte Dam in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district in the Thuringian Forest Nature Park.
3.1 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Apelsberg
79 min walk • The Apelsberg is a 785.3 m high mountain located in the Thuringian Highland, Thuringia. It is located close to the municipality of Lichte and the Leibis-Lichte Dam in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district in the Thuringian Forest Nature Park.
5.4 miNE
Museum
Schloss Wespenstein
138 min walk • Wespenstein Castle is located in the town of Gräfenthal in Thuringia, directly on the border with Bavaria. It secured the pass section of a medieval army and trade route from Leipzig via Saalfeld to Nuremberg over the ridge of the Thuringian Slate...
3.9 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Sauhügel
99 min walk • The Sauhügel is a 721.7 m high mountain located in the Thuringian Highland, Thuringia. It is located close to the municipality of Lichte and the Leibis-Lichte Dam in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district in the Thuringian Forest Nature Park within walking distance of the Rennsteig.
3.9 miN
Museum
Morassina
101 min walk • Morassina is an inactive mine in Schmiedefeld, Thuringia, Germany. Today it is a tourist attraction known for its stalactites.
5 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Kieferle
129 min walk • The Kieferle, near Steinheid in the county of Sonneberg, is a mountain, 867.2 m above sea level, in the Thuringian Highland and the second highest mountain of this range, which forms the eastern part of the Thuringian Forest.
4.3 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mutzenberg
109 min walk • The Mutzenberg is a 770.0 m high mountain located in the Thuringian Highland, Thuringia. It is to be found close to the municipality of Lichte, and the Leibis-Lichte Dam in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district in the Thuringian Forest Nature Park.
5.9 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Hettstädt
151 min walk • The Hettstädt is a mountain between Oberweißbach/Thür. Wald and Neuhaus am Rennweg. At 808 metres, it is one of the highest mountains in the Thuringian Highland. It is best accessed from the road between Cursdorf and Neuhaus am Rennweg.
5.2 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Spitzer Berg
133 min walk • The Spitzer Berg is a 790.3 m high mountain located in the Thuringian Highland, Thuringia. It is located close to the municipality of Lichte and the Leibis-Lichte Dam in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district in the Thuringian Forest Nature Park within walking distance of the Rennsteig.