Wanfried is a town in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis in northeasternmost Hesse, Germany. It is classified as a Landstadt, a designation given in Germany to a municipality that is officially a town (Stadt), but whose population is below 5,000. It literally means “country town”.
Wanfried – extract from the Topographia Hassiae by Matthäus Merian 1655
Eschwege, the district seat of the Werra-Meißner-Kreis, is a town in northeastern Hesse, Germany. In 1971, the town hosted the eleventh Hessentag state festival.
Eschwege at river Werra.
The Dietemann, symbol of Eschwege, blows his horn on the hour after emerging from the Eschweger Schloss Tower.
Copper engraving of Eschwege in 1655 (Matthäus Merian)
Eschwege: View of the Werra bridge and “Brückenhausen”