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Town in Hesse, Germany
Photo: Alexander Nowak, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Bad Hersfeld is a town in North Hesse that Hersfeld is known across Germany for the Bad Hersfelder Festspiele (festival). The festival has taken place each year since 1951 at the ruins of a monastery which are said to be Europe's biggest Romanesque church ruin.
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Reichsabtei Hersfeld
ruins of Benedictine imperial abbey
sexton’s house
the town’s oldest timber-frame house, built in 1452.
Restaurant and cafe.
Parkrestaurant und Tiroler Stube.
Restaurant in "Zum Stern" and Gourmet-Restaurant L'Étable
By plane
Even though there is an airport in nearby Kassel, chances are you will be flying into Frankfurt Airport (FRA)
By car
The A4, A5 and A7 intersect just west of the town.
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Calden · International · KSF
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