Hiking Highlight
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This Highlight is in a protected area
Please check local regulations for: Naturpark Thüringer Schiefergebirge/Obere Saale
Location: Hirschberg, Saale-Orla-Kreis, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany
A hall crossing was certainly the reason for the construction of a castle and thus the prerequisite for the development of the city Hirschberg. From the castle only remains of the tower stump remains. In 1154 Hirschberg was first mentioned in a document (Wikipedia).
December 6, 2019
From 1945 to 1989 was Hirschberg border town on the inner German border (in the restricted area, in addition to the usual barriers also separated by a wall of Bavaria) and from 1966 namesake of the border crossing on the A 9 (Rudolphstein on the Bavarian side).Source and more information
de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirschberg_(Saale)
September 10, 2019
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