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The Saalfeld Fairy Grottoes are colorful caves full of stalactites and stalagmites. Once a slate mining pit known as Jeremias luck, the beautiful grottoes were declared the “most colorful grottoes of the world” by the Guinness Book of Records. They have long been famous for their countless colorful mineral formations

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Thüringer Landesmuseum Heidecksburg

Thüringer Landesmuseum Heidecksburg

9.72km from Experience Saalfeld Fairy Grottoes

Heidecksburg Palace is the former residence of the princes of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt in Thuringia Rudolstadt and lies, the cityscape dominant, some 60 meters above the old town. Today the Thuringian State Museum Heidecksburg and the Thuringian State Archives Rudolstadt are housed in the castle.

Fröbelturm

Fröbelturm

15.04km from Experience Saalfeld Fairy Grottoes

The Fröbelturm is a high 29,75 m observation tower near the city of Mountain Oberweißenbach in the Thuringian mountains. It was erected in the years 1888–1890 on the summit of the 784.2 m high Kirchberg by the Thuringian Forest Association as a token of thanks for Friedrich Froebel, the founder of the kindergartens. There is a restaurant in an annex.

Oberweißbacher Bergbahn

Oberweißbacher Bergbahn

15.1km from Experience Saalfeld Fairy Grottoes

The Oberweißbacher Bergbahn is a railway line in the Thuringian Slate Mountains. Since 1922 it has connected the Obstfelderschmiede stop on the Schwarzatalbahn with the community of Cursdorf. The railway consists of a 1.351-kilometer wide-gauge funicular railway and an adjoining 2.635-kilometer long, standard-gauge, and electrified adhesion line. The latter is often referred to as a flat section to distinguish it from the cable car.

Naturpark Thüringer Schiefergebirge/Obere Saale

Naturpark Thüringer Schiefergebirge/Obere Saale

26.39km from Experience Saalfeld Fairy Grottoes

The Thuringian Slate Mountains extend between the Thuringian Forest and the Thuringian Vogtland. Mostly in the east, it extends as far as Federal Motorway 9, according to other definitions it overlaps with the Thuringian Vogtland and thus extends to the Elstertal near Greiz. The western border is defined on the one hand as the western border of the Thuringian Slate Mountains-Obere Saale Nature Park, which runs behind Saalfeld, and on the other hand, the Thuringian Slate Mountains reach just befo

Skiarena Silbersattel GmbH

Skiarena Silbersattel GmbH

26.47km from Experience Saalfeld Fairy Grottoes

The Silbersattel ski arena is the largest alpine ski area in Thuringia . It covers around 65,000 m². There are slopes of all difficulty levels with a total length of approx. 4.5 km in the ski area. There is a double chairlift, two drag lifts and a baby lift for passenger transport . The Silbersattel ski arena is the largest of its kind in Thuringia and at the same time offers the steepest slope in the Free State with an 80% incline. Floodlights allow skiing and snowboarding in the evening too. T

Leuchtenburg castle

Leuchtenburg castle

26.74km from Experience Saalfeld Fairy Grottoes

Leuchtenburg Castle towers 400 meters high above the valley, visible from far afield. This castle complex is almost 1000 years old and here you can feel the breath of history and discover internationally renowned architecture. it currently houses the Bavarian State Ministry of Finance. It was once home to the Leuchtenberg Gallery on the first floor.

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Thuringia

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Thuringia is known for its quartet of magnificent ancient cities and Wartburg Castle, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Because of its vast mountainous and forested region, it is also designated as "the green heart of Germany".

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