Region of forest land covering about two-thirds of the county of Suhl in S Germany between the Weisse Elster (E) and R Werra (W); formerly included in the German state of Thuringia, becoming part of East Germany in 1945; popular tourist region; winter sports resort at Oberhof.
The Thuringian Forest (Thüringer Wald in German language) running northwest to southeast, forms a continuous stretch of rounded hills in the German state of Thuringia.
The Thuringian Forest is famous for Wartburg Castle (where Martin Luther stayed for some time in exile) and winter sports resorts. In modern literature, the forest has become famous as a nearby local and strategic barrier for the translocated fictional towns of Badenburg and Grantville, WV in the popular alternate history book series that began with the novel 1632 (novel), one act of which involved a battle at the Wartburg Castle, and its destruction, and an Calvary raid mounted through the Forest by Catholic forces in the setting during the Thirty Years' War.
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