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Heringen (; also: Heringen/Helme in order to distinguish from 
Heringen
Heringen (Werra) () is a small town in Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in eastern Hesse, Germany lying right at the boundary with Thuringia.
Geography
Location
The nearest major towns and cities are Bad Hersfeld (28 km to the west), Eisena ...
in Hesse
Hesse or Hessen ( ), officially the State of Hesse (), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt, which is also the country's principal financial centre. Two other major hist ...
) is a town in the district of Nordhausen, in 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 ...
, 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 Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
. It is situated on the small river Helme Helme may refer to:
* G.W. Helme Snuff Mill Historic District, historic district in Helmetta, New Jersey
* Helme (river), a river in central Germany
* Helme Parish, a rural municipality in Valga County, Estonia
* Helme, Estonia, a small borough ( ...
, 8 km southeast of Nordhausen Nordhausen may refer to:
*Nordhausen (district), a district in Thuringia, Germany
** Nordhausen, Thuringia, a city in the district
** Nordhausen station, the railway station in the city
*Nordhouse, a commune in Alsace (German: Nordhausen)
* Narost, ...
.
Notable people
*Hermann Hendrich
Hermann Hendrich (31 October 1854 in Heringen, Thuringia – 18 July 1931 in Schreiberhau in Niederschlesien) was a German painter.
Life
Hermann Hendrich was born in the vicinity of the storied Kyffhäuser, his parents were Auguste Frieder ...
(1854-1931), painter
Buildings
In the northwestern part of Old Heringen is the Heringen Castle. It was to be destroyed in the 1960s and was renovated from 2003 to 2014.References
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