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The Drachenhöhle Syrau is a stalactite cave in Syrau in Saxony. It invites you into the subterranean world of bizarre rock shapes. Quarry master Ludwig Undeutsch discovered the cave by chance in 1928 while working on the Syrau limestone quarry. The 15 meter deep stalactite cave offers visitors the opportunity to marvel at fascinating rock and clay formations - a special feature of the roof cave - as well as extraordinary sintered forms during a 40-minute tour.

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Göltzschtalbrücke

Göltzschtalbrücke

14.51km from Drachenhöhle Syrau

The Göltzschtalbrücke in the Saxon Vogtland district is the largest brick bridge in the world. The viaduct with a total of 98 sheets is regarded as landmarks of the Vogt contiguous and spans two tracks on the railway yard Leipzig the valley of Göltzsch between locations Reichenbach in Vogt country and Netzsckau. Göltzsch Viaduct is also the name of a much smaller viaduct built-in 1938 where Bundesautobahn 72 crosses the Göltzsch River. It sits about 10 km due southeast near the village of Weis

Museum Burg Mylau

Museum Burg Mylau

15.48km from Drachenhöhle Syrau

The Mylau Castle is a fortification on a rock spur in Mylau in the Saxon Vogtland. It is one of the best-preserved medieval castles in Saxony and has been a listed building since 1980. "Not just a castle" - under this motto, evidence from the early industrial history of Saxony is also presented at Mylau Castle.

Zeulenroda Meer

Zeulenroda Meer

15.61km from Drachenhöhle Syrau

The Zeulenroda dam was built from 1968 to 1975 and is colloquially known as the Zeulenrodaer Meer . It is operated by the Thuringian long-distance water supply . The inauguration was in 1977. It is dammed by a 307 m long and almost 35 m high rock embankment made of diabase bulk material. An inclined clay plug as an inner seal, which is up to 12 m thick and extends 5.5 m into the subsoil, seals the around 360,000 m³ of bulk material.

Burgk Castle

Burgk Castle

25.87km from Drachenhöhle Syrau

Burgk Castle on the River Saale is the oldest and largest castle complex in the Thuringian Upper Region and is considered not only one of Thuringia's major cultural monuments but also one of Germany's most beautiful castles. It lies on an exposed site on a rock plateau above the village of Burgkhammer and the eponymous reservoir on a bend in the Saale.

Naturpark Thüringer Schiefergebirge/Obere Saale

Naturpark Thüringer Schiefergebirge/Obere Saale

27.34km from Drachenhöhle Syrau

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

Museum Burg Posterstein

Museum Burg Posterstein

37.63km from Drachenhöhle Syrau

Museum Burg Posterstein is a hilltop castle on a rocky outcrop on the right bank of sprat in Posterstein in Altenburger Land in Thuringia. The hilltop castle emerged from a small ministerial castle from the late 12th century that was built over in the Renaissance period. It now houses a history museum with changing exhibitions & events.

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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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