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The largest German water reservoir
elgin99 Says: 28 kilometers long and water volume of 215 Billion m³, built 1938.All water sports are possible there. You can make tours with boats and ships.Walking, hiking, biking through wide intact nature. or fishing at the sea. Also there are many winter sports possibilities.If you...
elgin99 Says: Very beautiful park for children. Many fairy puppets and scenes, all in "lifesize", games for kids, animals, adventure games. And restaurants for mother and father... and grandma´s.
elgin99 Says: This stone is the only one of this kind in Germany. It means the border between three free republics of Germany: Thuringia, Bavaria, Saxonia.Nice walk from Gefell part Gebersreuth to the little water and stone which is the border between the old Fürstentum Reuss, Königreich...
elgin99 Says: Only 10 km far from my hometown. It´s a republic spa since 1832 and in compete with moor spa Lobenstein (also 10 km far from Gefell).Spas, moor, mineral for helath. Every year one hot-air balloon festival.
Biggest working steam machine and technical museum
elgin99 Says: The biggest working steam machine of Europe. For technic freeks a ncie short trip.named Heinrichshütte; historical foundry
Harmonie: only 3 miles, but not in Thuringia
elgin99 Says: Good restaurants in our Thuringian region? Difficult thing. Only the Marktstuben (hotel tip) is a very good one. Okay, might be I have special wishes. :)))But only 3 miles far from us you find the "Harmonie" in Lichtenberg/Bavaria. Local meals and French cuisine - what you...
Casino Bad Steben: Where you can lose your money
elgin99 Says: If you have too much money you can lose it there, only 10 km far of my hometown Gefell.This Market Bad Steben is a spa of Bavarian republic.
elgin99 Says: By car you will reach our region very quickly and direct via A9. From the North of Germany or the South. This railway is one of the longest with many other crossing railways. If you will arrive with airplane in Munich or Berlin, rent a car and come here.
elgin99 Says: From every big town to Hof in Bavaria, esp. from Munich, Berlin, Dresden, Leipzig, Frankfurt/M. existing good ways by train. Then it´s not far (taxi, car, bus) to our region.
elgin99 Says: If you be invited to a wedding in Thuringia, you will see a wooden block of tree out of the registry office, often also at entrance of the restaurants or homes wherein are the celebrations. The new married couple has to show if they can "work together in same rhythm"....
Outdoor, weather gear, ticks warning
elgin99 Says: You need weather gear and walking shoes in our area. Because the region has 600 ms altitude it is more chill. You need repellent agaist midges and ticks in spring and summer! If you like to swim, don´t forget this clothes. Ticks warning!
elgin99 Says: Directly at border to Bavaria, 6 km far from Gefell, you find the little town Hirschberg with a beatiful nature park named Hag. Belong the river Saale, partly a border river, you walk through wonderful nature. Nice walk tours, a bridge above the water, with one of the...
elgin99 Says: Walking through our region means relaxing. At the end of a tour most people like to have a beautiful view above landscape.One of these is from the place Heinrichstein (start picture of Gefell page) and another that view from Marienstein. Marienstein is a refuge on a little...
elgin99 Says: These are typical houses of our region. The so called Blue Gold is the front material and nearly all houses roofing by slate. Warm, long-living and from home mines.
elgin99 Says: The Blue gold of the region is slate. Many houses have slate roofs or complete walls with slate.The slate mining has tradition since centuries. In Lehesten one can visit such a mine or one of few roofer's schools of Germany. The pupils of this roofer school have created a...
elgin99 Says: Steamboat trips over the Thuringian Sea are possible from April up to the late autumn. In town Saalburg there are the tickets You can buy directly there or with advance order. The whole year offers the society also some highlights. Night journeys, with Dixieland or jazz band...
elgin99 Says: Water sport in every form. Canoe driving, windsurfing, sailing, water-ski, to oar? The Thuringian Sea has to offer everything what means great fun on the water, except from high waves. Several oar competitions and regattas take place during the year. Naturally one must not...
elgin99 Says: Miles through peaceful landscape, wonderful around the water or to little lakes, mountainbiking through the forests and up to the hills... so much possibilities to have fun with bikes! Rent a bike - also this is a way.
elgin99 Says: Riding on horses - a lot of people like it very much. In our region you have so much possibilities, to learn and/or to do. Miles through the forests and nice quite landscape.
elgin99 Says: Surfing on our water reservoir is an experience. Do you want learn it? A lot of schools exist here. Best place is near to town Saalburg, Kloster.
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The Region of My Former Homeland
My formerly home around Gefell was three miles from the Bavarian frontier close to the town of Hof/Saale. So also the North of Bavaria was after reunification in 1990 my home region, too. The...
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