Puff schmalkalden

Puff schmalkalden. The regular service between Zell Mehlis and Wernshausen provides regional connections through to the main-line stations at Eisenach , Erfurt and Würzburg.

One of the reasons that the town grew where it did was the proximity to rich veins of iron ore.

Built between and as a secondary residence of the Hessian landgraves, the castle is considered a unique jewel…. A stairway with sitting steps leads to the south bank of the river Schmalkalde.