Pfaffenholz

Pfaffenholz is a forest in Thuringia, Germany. Pfaffenholz is situated nearby to the village Bad Colberg, as well as near the hamlet Einöd.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Artenschutz-, Forschungs- und Fledermauszentrum des Deutschen Kuratoriums - Grenzlandfonds and Billmuthausen.

Artenschutz-, Forschungs- und Fledermauszentrum des Deutschen Kuratoriums - Grenzlandfonds

Heritage site

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Artenschutz-, Forschungs- und Fledermauszentrum des Deutschen Kuratoriums - Grenzlandfonds is a heritage site.

Billmuthausen

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Billmuthausen was a village in Germany, founded in 1340. It was destroyed by East German authorities in 1978 as it stood too close to the Inner German border, the border between the post-war states of East and West Germany.

Heldburg Fortress

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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 northwest of Pfaffenholz.