Image Coa: | Wappen Tiefenort.png |
Type: | Stadtteil |
Town: | Bad Salzungen |
Coordinates: | 50.8333°N 20°W |
State: | Thuringia |
District: | Wartburgkreis |
Elevation: | 240 |
Area: | 34.71 |
Population: | 3869 |
Stand: | 2016-12-31 |
Postal Code: | 36469 |
Area Code: | 03695 |
Website: | www.tiefenort.de |
Tiefenort is a village and a former municipality in the Wartburgkreis district of Thuringia, Germany. Since July 2018, it is part of the town Bad Salzungen. It is situated on the river Werra, 5 km west of Bad Salzungen, and 8 km east of Vacha, Germany.
An 1137 document of the Hersfeld Abbey already contains a reference to Tiefenort (Diffeshart).The establishment of the township was closely related to thecastle Krayenburg, which dates back to 786 (at least).
Within the German Empire (1871-1918), Tiefenort was part of the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.