Philippsthal (Werra) is a market community in Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in eastern Hesse, Germany, right at the boundary with Thuringia.
Pamorama of Philippsthal with the potash works' tailings heap. In the background are the northernmost mountains of the Rhön (Landecker Berg and Dreienberg). The peak at left is the Soisberg.
Schloss Philippsthal
Potash works with tailings heap in Philippsthal (Werra)
Hersfeld Abbey border stone at the old Werra Bridge between Philippsthal and Vacha
The festival and spa town of Bad Hersfeld is the district seat of the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in northeastern Hesse, Germany, roughly 50 km southeast of Kassel.
View of the monastery ruins from the tower of the town church
View from the Johannesberg over Bad Hersfeld
Copperplate engraving of Hersfeld in 1655 (Matthäus Merian the Younger)
The town's landmark, the tower of the Hersfelder Stadtkirche (Town church)