Frauensee () is a village and a former

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in the

Wartburgkreis Wartburgkreis is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the west of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) the districts Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis, Gotha, Schmalkalden-Meiningen, and the districts Fulda, Hersfeld-Rotenburg and ...

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Thuringia Thuringia (; officially the Free State of Thuringia, ) is one of Germany, Germany's 16 States of Germany, states. With 2.1 million people, it is 12th-largest by population, and with 16,171 square kilometers, it is 11th-largest in area. Er ...

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. Since July 2018, it is part of the town

Bad Salzungen Bad Salzungen () is a town in Thuringia, Germany. It is the capital of the Wartburgkreis district. Geography Location Bad Salzungen is situated on the river Werra, east of Tiefenort and south of Eisenach. Divisions In July 2018 the form ...

Geography

The countryside around Frauensee is dominated by the Frauensee Forest (''Frauenseer Forst'') with its '' kuppen'', hills and high points, including the: '' Lehnberg'' (), '' Gertenberg'' (), ''

Buchenberg Buchenberg is a municipality in the district of Oberallgäu in Bavaria in Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the A ...

'' (), '' Schälrück'' () and ''

Langer Rück Langer is a surname originally of German origin. For the etymology, meaning, and pronunciation of the name, and for the Hiberno-English slang word, see Wiktionary. People with the family name Langer include: Academics and scientists * Alois La ...

'' (). The '' Schafberg'' () is located right on the edge of Frauensee. The region is part of the Frauensee Hills (''Frauenseer Hügelland'') and forms the northern part of the Salzungen Werra Upland. It is located right (north and east) of the Werra roughly in the triangle formed by Bad Salzungen, Philippsthal and Berka. It is part of the

East Hesse Highlands The East Hesse Highlands () describes a heavily wooded range of hills lying mainly in the German state of Hesse, but also extending a little way into Lower Saxony to the north, Thuringia to the east and Bavaria to the southeast. The region is sandwi ...

References

Former municipalities in Thuringia Wartburgkreis {{Wartburgkreis-geo-stub