Hildburghausen is a district in Thuringia , Germany . It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the district of Schmalkalden-Meiningen , the city of Suhl , the districts of Ilm-Kreis , Saalfeld-Rudolstadt and Sonneberg , and the state of Bavaria (districts of Coburg , Haßberge and Rhön-Grabfeld ). Located roughly halfway between the mountain chains of the Rhön and the Thuringian Forest , the district is densely forested and covered by hilly countryside. Its territory is similar to that of the former Ernestine duchy, Saxe-Hildburghausen .
1-594: Kloster Veßra is a municipality in the district of Hildburghausen in Thuringia , Germany . Vessra Abbey (now an open-air museum) was founded and supported by the Henneberg family and abandoned after the Reformation. The church was used as a parish church until 1939 when it caught fire. It also had a close association with the von Bibra family in the 15th century. This Hildburghausen district location article
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