Völkershausen
Völkershausen is a village in Stadt Heldburg, Hildburghausen, Thuringia. Völkershausen is situated nearby to the village Gellershausen, as well as near the hamlet Trockenwerk Westhausen.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in Germany
- Also known as: “Voelkershausen”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Heldburg Fortress and St. Cyriakus.
Heldburg Fortress
Photo: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Heldburg Fortress is a high medieval hilltop castle. In the 16th century it was rebuilt into a renaissance castle. It rises on a 405-metre-high former volcanic cone, a part of the 'Heldburger Gangschar' volcanic region, 113 metres above the town of Heldburg in the Heldburger Land, the southern tip of the district Hildburghausen in Thuringia. Heldburg Fortress is situated 3 km southeast of Völkershausen.
Burgruine Straufhain
Castle
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Burgruine Straufhain is a castle, which is situated 3½ km north of Völkershausen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gellershausen and Seidingstadt.
Seidingstadt
Village
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Seidingstadt is a village, which is situated 2½ km north of Völkershausen.
Holzhausen
Village
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Holzhausen is a village, which is situated 3½ km east of Völkershausen.
Völkershausen
- Categories: Ortsteil and locality
- Location: Stadt Heldburg, Hildburghausen, Thuringia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.3111° or 50° 18′ 40″ northLongitude
10.7061° or 10° 42′ 22″ eastElevation
298 metres (978 feet)Open location code
9F2G8P64+CCOpenStreetMap ID
node 309864551OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Irish—“Völkershausen” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Völkershausen”
- French: “Völkershausen”
- German: “Völkershausen (Heldburg)”
- German: “Völkershausen”
- Irish: “Völkershausen”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Trockenwerk Westhausen and Westhausen.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Schwarzer Graben /Heldburger Gangschar and Heldburger Gangschar.
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