Schmalkalden-Meiningen: Holiday apartments and holiday homes

Hiking is a documented visitor activity in the Schmalkalden-Meiningen district. The official regional positioning refers to idyllic paths, and a dedicated hiking guide lists numerous routes. This suits a trip centred around hiking.

For anyone wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Schmalkalden-Meiningen, this overview provides an outline of the region’s geographical and cultural characteristics.

Nature and hiking

Geographical classification

The Schmalkalden-Meiningen district extends from the ridge of the Rennsteig in the Thuringian Forest in the north to the Hohe Rhön and the Grabfeld in the south.

Meiningen is the district capital and the largest city in the district, making it the most important administrative and urban point of reference for Schmalkalden-Meiningen.

The official district portal presents the area between the Rhön and the Rennsteig as a destination with a remarkable natural setting.

Schmalkalden-Meiningen belongs to the Southwest Thuringia planning region and is therefore integrated into a permanent, higher-level regional context within Southwest Thuringia.

Culture

The Schmalkalden Luther House is located in the surrounding area of Schmalkalden-Meiningen. Dornkopf, Roßberg and Umpfen-Berg are also located in the surrounding area. For travellers interested in culture and history, the Schmalkalden Luther House is a suitable example in the surrounding area.

Bibra Castle, Weilar Palace and Hallenberg are located in the wider regional surroundings of Schmalkalden-Meiningen.

Landscape

Ruppberg is located in the immediate vicinity of Schmalkalden-Meiningen.

Other places

For further regional orientation: Birx, Brotterode-Trusetal, Springstille, Benshausen, Oberschönau, Oberhof, Floh-Seligenthal, Roßdorf, Unterkatz, Ellingshausen, Obermaßfeld-Grimmenthal, Kaltensundheim, Grabfeld, Schwallungen, Rhönblick, Frankenheim/Rhön, Henneberg, Vachdorf, Hümpfershausen, Wallbach, Kurort Brotterode, Altersbach, Bermbach, Fambach, Friedelshausen, Schmalkalden, Steinbach-Hallenberg, Struth-Helmershof, Wasungen, Wernshausen, Oepfershausen, Walldorf, Rohr / Thuringia, Zella-Mehlis, Meiningen, Erbenhausen, Kühndorf, Sülzfeld, Schwarza, Christes, Rotterode, Trusetal-Laudenbach, Breitungen/Werra, Viernau, Jüchsen, Unterschönau, Rosa, Trusetal, Kleinschmalkalden.

For the higher-level travel overview: Thuringia.