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Hills of Thuringia

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The Kohnstein is a hill in Thuringia, Germany, 2 kilometres southwest of the village of Niedersachswerfen and 3 kilometres northwest of the centre of the town of Nordhausen. Gypsum mining created tunnels in the hill that were later used as a fuel/chemical depot and for Nazi Germany factories, including the Mittelwerk V-2 rocket factory that used Mittelbau-Dora slave labour.

The Hainleite () is a Muschelkalk ridge of hills up to in northern Thuringia, Germany.

The Hülfensberg (called Stuffenberg in the Middle Ages) is a 448 m high, heavily wooded mountain in the Geismar municipality in the Eichsfeld district, Thuringia, Germany. The mountain has been a pilgrimage site since the late Middle Ages, and on its summit are a church containing a 12th-century crucifix, a Franciscan friary, a chapel dedicated to Saint Boniface, and a large free-standing cross.

thumb|View from the Untere Sachsenburg over the [[Thuringian Gate to the northwestern end of the Schmücke with the bridge over the Unstrut carrying the B 85 and B 86]] thumb|The Thuringian Gate from the south: on the horizon is the Kyffhäuser Monument; the forested ridge with the Obere and [[Untere Sachsenburg on the left is the eastern end of the Hainleite; opposite on the right is the start of the Schmücke.]] The Schmücke (), also called the Kahle Schmücke, is a hill ridge up to and only about 7 km² in area. It lies within the districts of Kyffhäuserkreis and Sömmerda in the German stat

thumb|right|The Krayenberg from the north The Krayenberg () is a hill near Tiefenort, Germany. Since 500 BCE it was a rampart and served as a refuge for the central part of the Werratal. It became important for German history due to the Krayenburg, which was built on its top after 786, and destroyed starting with the Thirty Years' War. Today, the well-maintained ruins, a restaurant and a hotel define a tourist location in the Werratal.

mountain in Thuringia, Germany

mountain in the Ohmgebirge hills, Germany