Some of the outstanding features of this region are the beautiful half-timbered houses. In Lauterbach, approximately 60,000 garden gnomes are produced annually. Next comes Alsfeld also famous for its half-timbered houses. The Council of Europe honoured Alsfeld as a prime example of Old Town refurbishment. Capital city of the Red Riding Hood Land.
Local costumes are still worn everywhere.
The red caps worn by unmarried girls on their heads were taken by the Brothers Grimm as a model for their Little Red Riding Hood. Go on a tour downtown at this site and find out something of the Grimm Brothers. Eschwege - main town of the Werra District. A rewarding experience is an excursion into the Rheinhardswald, a forest area 30 km in length. At the Trendelburg Turm in the Marburg District - Rapunzel was asked to let down her hair.