The Rennsteig is a ridge walk as well as a historical boundary path in the Thuringian Forest, Thuringian Highland and Franconian Forest in Central Germany. The long-distance trail runs for about 170 k
'R' sign on the Rennsteig
Historic Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt border stone
Thuringia is a landlocked state in central Germany. With 2.1 million people, it is 12th-largest by population, and with 16,171 square kilometers, it is 11th-largest in area. It is the country's center
Rennsteig
…of Thuringia. Even today it forms a clear border between the Franconian part of South Thuringia from the otherwise Thuringian–Upper Saxon lands of Thuringia. The Rennsteig as a language border separates the East Franconian dialects (Hennebergisch, Itzgründisch and Upper Franconian) from the Thuringian…
Thuringian landgravian lion, depicted in the Fürstenzug
Thuringian palatine eagle, depicted in the Fürstenzug
Marriage of the Thuringian landgrave Henry Raspe and Beatrice of Brabant
Meuselbach-Schwarzmühle at the Thuringian Highland