page_title: Bad Colberg-Heldburg
section_title: Culture
hierarchical_section_title: Bad Colberg-Heldburg / Culture
caption_attribution_description: English: 17th Thuringian Montgolfiade Deutsch: 17. Thüringer Montgolfiade
context_page_description: Bad Colberg-Heldburg is a former municipality in the region Heldburger Land in the district of Hildburghausen, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 16 km south of Hildburghausen, and 18 km west of Coburg. It was created in 1993 by the merger of the former municipalities of Bad Colberg, Gellershausen, Heldburg, Holzhausen, Lindenau and Völkershausen. Since 1 January 2019, it is part of the town Heldburg.
context_section_description: Northeast of the town is the Veste Heldburg in which the German Castle Museum (Deutsches Burgenmuseum). After years of renovation and construction of the fortress, the museum was opened on September 8, 2016, the Thuringian Minister President. The museum includes 40 rooms, which were concerned with the meaning and function of castles. In addition to their structural development and life on castles, represented both in peace and in times of war. 
  Also worth seeing is the old town with its restored half-timbered buildings from the early modern period. It is surrounded by a city wall from the 16th century. Get in addition to wall sections five of the original 14 towers and the Untertor as one of the former four city gates. The Protestant church of Our Lady (Unserer lieben Frauen)(Johann Gerhard in 1606 became general superintendent of the duchy for 9 years), on the west side of the square dates from the period 1502–1537, the tower is older. 
  The Town Hall is a half-timbered building with skylights and is located on the market in the city center.
  Heldburg is home to the Thüringer Montgolfiade, a famous hot air balloon festival.
caption: 17th Thuringian Montgolfiade in August 2011
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