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Bridge of Unity and House on the Border (Hoßfeld House)

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Bridge of Unity and House on the Border (Hoßfeld House)

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Bridge of Unity and House on the Border (Hoßfeld House)

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    January 5, 2023

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    Building of the former Hoßfeld printing works. The property was expanded in 1924 with an extension beyond the Hessian state border to Thuringia, so the border went right through the …
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    August 30, 2025

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    Lots of information about the medieval stone arch bridge over the Werra River (now the "Bridge of Unity") and the white house opposite, the House on the Border. The Hoßfeld House, with its residential building and printing shop, was built in 1890 directly on the Thuringian border.
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    The Werra Bridge Vacha, also known as the Bridge of Unity since 1990, is a 225-meter-long stone arch bridge from the Middle Ages that connects Vacha in Thuringia with Philippsthal in Hesse, spanning the Werra River. During the division of Germany, the bridge lay directly on the inner-German border, making it a symbol of German reunification after 1990.
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    Location: Vacha, Wartburgkreis, Thuringia, Germany

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