Hildburghausen: Stadt- und Kreisbibliothek - Marktbrunnen
Hildburghausen has served as the district seat of southern Thuringia since 1994. Its centre occupies the Werra valley between the Thuringian Forest and the rolling Grabfeld uplands, a setting that gives this small town a distinctly regional character. Marktbrunnen stands on the Marktplatz, the broad civic square framed by orderly rows of historic façades. The Stadt- und Kreisbibliothek is the municipal and district library, adding a public cultural function to the centre. Hildburghausen was the residence of the dukes of Saxe-Hildburghausen from 1680 until 1826; that ducal past still informs the town’s formal streets and buildings. Today it remains an administrative, retail and service centre for communities across the Landkreis Hildburghausen.
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Hildburghausen lies on the Werra in southern Thuringia, Germany, where the river valley opens between the foothills of the Thuringian Forest. This former ducal residence was the seat of the Duchy of Saxe-Hildburghausen from 1680 until 1826. The historic Stadttheater Hildburghausen, founded in 1755 as a court theatre, remains one of the town’s defining cultural institutions. The surrounding Werratal is a rural area close to the Bavarian border, with farmland and low wooded ridges shaping the route into town. Move on to other webcams in southern Thuringia to compare landscapes and settings around the Werra valley.
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