Saalfeld

Saalfeld is a town in Thuringia. It is the county seat of the district of Saalfeld Rudolstadt within the southeast of the country and is positioned in an about 250 km ² large city areas with 75,000 inhabitants, which incorporates, among others, the towns of Rudolstadt and Bad Blankenburg. The 3 cities cooperate with every other in the framework of the City Triangle Hall Arch. Saalfeld is located at the Saale in the middle of the corridor arch. Southwest of the city begins the Thuringian Slate Mountains.

The most famous attraction is the fairy grottoes. In addition, the metropolis is a first rate railway junction. Saalfeld is classed as center middle with sub capabilities of an higher middle. Together with Rudolstadt and Bad Blankenburg it paperwork a tripolar center. Saalfeld become first documented in 899 and is consequently one of the oldest foundations in East Thuringia. Here became a Carolingian royal palace whose chapel is the church of the district Graba.