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Landkreis Rhön-Grabfeld

Mellrichstadt

The Friedensweg – Former Inner-German Border and Peace Memorial

Landkreis Rhön-Grabfeld

Mellrichstadt

The Friedensweg – Former Inner-German Border and Peace Memorial

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The Friedensweg – Former Inner-German Border and Peace Memorial

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Location: Mellrichstadt, Landkreis Rhön-Grabfeld, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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Sopho, Micha, Frieda & Bella 🐶🐾

February 11, 2021

The Friedensweg along the Thuringian-Bavarian border extends from the former border crossing point Henneberg (Golden Bridge) to Birx in the Hohe Rhön.
The hiking trail leads along the former border to the Dachsberg near Hermannsfeld with the World Peace Cross and a border tower of the former border system.
The hiking trail leads along the former border and works through German-German history from 1945-1990.
The Friedenweg leads mostly through the biosphere reserve of the Rhön and thus gives the hiker an insight into a still intact nature.
The 40km trail is marked with the blue F-signs.
The hiking trail leads along the former border to the Dachsberg with the World Peace Cross and a border tower of the former border system.
On October 3, 1991, the Peace Cross was inaugurated.
The first lines of Gotthilf Fischer's peace song are carved into the cross, which symbolizes peace and reconciliation.
Along the way there are 40 boards with information about the former inner-German border and its consequences.

(Source: start-rhoen.de)

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April 18, 2021

A number of boards have been set up on the Friedensweg, which show events and occurrences at the border with text and pictures.

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Matthias

March 2, 2025

Beautiful landscape and paths along the Green Belt

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The Friedensweg – Former Inner-German Border and Peace Memorial

1. World Peace Cross on Dachsberg – Henneburg Castle Ruins loop from Henneberg

2. Henneburg Castle Ruins – World Peace Cross on Dachsberg loop from Hermannsfeld

3. World Peace Cross on Dachsberg – Fasanerie Hunting Lodge loop from Henneberg

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