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Kyffhäuserkreis

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Thuringia

Kyffhäuserkreis

The Top 20 Natural Monuments in the Kyffhäuserkreis

Kyffhäuserkreis’s landscape is a beautiful place to explore — something that you can best experience by visiting one of our 20

beautiful natural monuments in the Kyffhäuserkreis. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!

Last updated: October 31, 2025

Barbarossa Cave (Touringen Stamp Point No. 135)

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The Barbarossa Cave covers 13,000 square meters and is one of only two existing show caves in the world, made of anhydrite rock, making it a geological rarity. The unique …

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Gypsum hill in the Kyffhäuser

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The South Harz gypsum karst landscape stretches for around 100 kilometers in length but only a few kilometers in width on the southern slope of the Harz Mountains. Here you …

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Elisabeth Spring

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Really tastes like salt.

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Esperstedter Ried Nature Reserve

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Unique inland salt spots can be admired here.

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Princes' Cave (Kyffhäuser)

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A small cave that you can explore here without a guide.

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Barbarossa Cave

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top target. Cave, soon a geoinformation center and beer garden...👍
Update: Now also the stamp office of touringen.de

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Old beech forest trail

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Many of the old giants have died, but many young trees are growing everywhere.

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Solgraben Artern

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In addition to the Solgraben, the brine source also feeds the municipal brine swimming pool.

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Kyffhäuser Nature Trail

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A beautiful hiking trail especially for families with children. You can learn a lot about the animals living in the Kyffhäuser Mountains and, of course, meet Barbarossa if you look closely to the left and right of the path 😁

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Ebeleben Palace Park

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This park, which still exists today in its basic form, was designed along axes based on the French model. The park's heyday was in the last quarter of the 18th …

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