They spread like wildfire," says Fanny Hurtig, a forester in the central German Thuringian Forest, as she tears the bark off trees that had to be chopped down prematurely. The eastern state of ...

One day you could be surveying the Thuringian Forest from a medieval tower; another, listening to Bach in the composer's hometown; the next, sipping mulled wine at a Christmas market. Just a three ...

A spectacular landscape of new experiences and encounters rewards explorers of all kinds With routes like the Rennsteig, an ancient 105-mile trail that follows a ridgeway in the Thuringian Forest ...

He crosses the Thuringian Forest along the Rennsteig trail. It takes him through colorful autumn woodlands, past castles, mountains, rivers and wildlife observation points.