The Saxon Landwehr and the neighboring Henneberg Landwehr are former defense structures between the Electorate of Saxony, Henneberg and Würzburg possessions. Their remains (ramparts and ditches) can be found today in the area south of the Thuringian Forest, the Saxon Landwehr entirely in the Hildburghausen district in the south of Thuringia.

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The construction of the continuous landwehr began after 1440, about 70 years after the Coburg care and with it the border regions of Heldburger Land, Hildburghausen and Eisfelder Land had …

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1. Lindenau Bakehouse – Historic Center of Heldburg loop from Hellingen

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2. View of the Coburg Countryside – Altenstein Castle Ruins loop from Albingshausen

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590m

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3. Gompertshausen Border Monument – Reuthsee loop from Untereßfeld

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Location: Hellingen, Hildburghausen, Thuringia, Germany

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Saxon Landwehr – Riether and Hellinger Hag

1. Lindenau Bakehouse – Historic Center of Heldburg loop from Hellingen

2. View of the Coburg Countryside – Altenstein Castle Ruins loop from Albingshausen

3. Gompertshausen Border Monument – Reuthsee loop from Untereßfeld

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