Hohenstein

Hohenstein is a peak in Bad Rodach, Landkreis Coburg, Bavaria and has an elevation of 405 metres. Hohenstein is situated nearby to the village Holzhausen, as well as near the hamlet Niederndorf.

Type: Peak with an elevation of 405 metres
Description: mountain in Germany
Also known as: “Hoher Stein”

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.