ワイラーのおすすめツーリングルート

A small but really nice old town.

Beautiful historic town center, worth a detour.

It's worth a stop! Information boards on both sides of the bridge tell the rich history of both towns. A detour to the historic town center is definitely worthwhile. I especially recommend a visit to the small castle and a climb to the tower (€1). From there, you'll enjoy a fantastic view of the surrounding area and the bridge.

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.

https://www.grenzerinnerungen.de/index.php 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.

beautiful small lake, but swimming is officially prohibited

Vacha a place with German history

Vacha's name goes back to a settlement on both sides of the Werra, where fishing was carried out using weirs and traps. When the area was first mentioned as part of the old Via Regia trade route, it was probably only sparsely populated. A real town has existed here since 1180. However, its location on the famous trade route not only brought Vacha a significant boom in crafts and trade, but also a steep decline in times of war. In the Thirty Years' War alone, troops used the trade route and left Vacha badly destroyed and plundered. Only 14 families remained in the town. Napoleon also retreated via the Via Regia after losing the Battle of the Nations in Leipzig. In Vacha there are countless information boards that have been researched with great care and give a good impression of life there. They tell stories from everyday life and about all the celebrities who passed through Vacha or came from here. So you can spend some time here. At the market square you can also enjoy hot meals all day long in a fast food restaurant serving Greek, Indian and Turkish cuisine.