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The Thuringian Castles and Gardens Foundation covers all areas of responsibility associated with the state administration of castles. It bears responsibility for the conservation of ...
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UNESCO World Heritage Site
The UNESCO World Heritage Convention In order to protect and preserve cultural and natural heritage of ‘outstanding universal value’ for all humankind, UNESCO (the United ...
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Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
The Thuringian landscape of royal residences has its roots in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. The Empire, which shaped a political culture ...
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Göllingen Monastery
Exhibition: ‘Learning to See – Between Monastery and Preserves’ Monastery complex with exhibitionVisitor CentreApril – October 10 am – 5 pmNovember – March: only the ...
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Kranichfeld Upper Castle
Tickets for the exhibition at Oberschloss Kranichfeld 1 April to 1 November 2026Tues – Sun and public holidays10 am – 5 pm
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Dornburg Palaces Museum
Tickets for the Dornburg Palaces Season: April to October2 April to 1 November 2026Daily except Wednesdays, 10 am to 5 pmAlso open on Wednesdays on ...
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Monastery Church St Peter and Paul
Monastery Church St Peter and Paul Opening period1 April 2026 to 1 November 2026 Opening hoursTue – Sun 10 am – 6 pm (last admission ...
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Visit Upper Castle Kranichfeld
Exhibition: ‘Learning to See – In Search of Clues in the Upper Castle’ This multimedia exhibition offers an insight into some 900 years of castle ...
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Visit St Wigbert’s Monastery
Exhibition: ‘Learning to See – Between Monastery and Preserved Food’ This multimedia exhibition takes visitors on a journey through the approximately 1,000-year history of St ...
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Paradise Gardens
Paradise Gardens – Garden Paradises Myths and creation stories often depict gardens as realms of joy and bliss. The Bible describes the earthly paradise as ...
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Visit the Church of St Peter in Erfurt
Exhibition: ‘Paradise Gardens – Garden Paradises’ In the former monastery church of St Peter and Paul in Erfurt, the Thuringian Castles and Gardens Foundation is ...
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Flower Power Biedermeier
Flower Power in the Biedermeier period. The Green Revolution around 1820 Indoor garden – garden room: the Biedermeier period (1815–1848) marked the beginnings of green ...
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Visit the Kirms-Krackow House
Museum in the Kirms-Krackow House The Kirms-Krackow House estate was developed from several plots of land. The front and rear buildings, connected by narrow side ...
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Visit the palaces of Dornburg
Dornburg Palaces Museum The tour of the Dornburg Palaces Museum takes visitors through two buildings: the Rococo Palaces and the Renaissance Palaces. Visitors can also ...
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Extracurricular Learning Centre – Schwarzburg
All the programmes offered by the learning centre The learning centre’s programmes demonstrate how regional history in rural areas can be utilised for out-of-school learning. ...
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Exhibition: George II
Duke – Client – Artist George II of Saxe-Meiningen and Heldburg Castle To mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of George II of Saxe-Meiningen ...
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Accessibility
Legal Basis As the website operators, we aim to design the website in accordance with the relevant accessibility regulations. We are subject to the following ...
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Easy Read
Welcome to the websiteof the Thuringian Palaces and Gardens Foundation!This page is written in plain language. There are many palaces, castles and gardens in Thuringia.You’ll ...
Castles
Upper and Lower Sachsenburg
Guardians at the Thuringian Gate Anyone who has ever driven through the Thüringer Pforte may well have spotted them – the Upper and Lower Sachsenburg. ...
Castles, Museums
Ranis Castle
16th-century Renaissance castle Ranis Castle stands on a rugged rocky outcrop above the Orla Valley. Even from a distance, one can see the complex towering ...
Castles
Liebenstein Castle Ruins
Situated above Plaue in the Ilm district Numerous myths and legends surround the ruins of Liebenstein Castle in the Ilm district. Stories are told of ...
Castles
Kapellendorf Water Castle
Noble’s castle – den of thieves – official residence It was pledged as security by impoverished lords; for the city of Erfurt, it was a ...
Castles
Henneberg Castle Ruins
The origins of influential counts Not far from the Thuringian-Bavarian border stands the Henneberg, with its castle ruins of the same name. The isolated conical ...
Castles, Museums
Kranichfeld Upper Castle
Renaissance castle of the House of Reuss Surrounded by picturesque mountains and forests in the Weimarer Land region, visible from afar, lies Kranichfeld Upper Castle. ...
Castles
Gleichen Castle Ruins
Erfurt outpost in Wandersleben In the heart of the Thuringia-Inselsberg National Geopark, not far from Gotha and Erfurt, stand the ‘Drei Gleichen’. This ensemble of ...
Castles
Weimar Residential Palace, Bastille Ensemble
Bastille Ensemble Standing resolute before the Weimar Residence Palace is the Bastille Ensemble – the oldest part of the palace complex, a surviving remnant of ...
Gardens, Museums
Kirms-Krackow House
Museum and City Gardens A stone’s throw from the Herderkirche, behind a simple facade, lies a light-filled courtyard leading onto one of Weimar’s most charming ...
Monasteries, Museums
Veßra Monastery
Monastic Culture and Rural Life Architecturally, the former Premonstratensian monastery at Veßra ranks among Thuringia’s most significant Romanesque monuments. It was founded in 1131 by the ...
Gardens, Museums, Palaces
Sondershausen Palace and Park
A Journey through the Ages and a Home for the Arts In terms of architectural and art history, Sondershausen Palace is one of Thuringia’s most ...
Gardens, Museums, Palaces
Schwarzburg Palace and its Palace Garden
From Monarchy to Democracy Historical eras and milestones – from the monarchy to the dawn of democracy and the rise of National Socialism – continue ...
Gardens, Museums, Palaces
Wilhelmsburg Palace and its Palace Gardens
A Hessian Palace in Thuringia Schmalkalden is worth a visit for several reasons. For one thing, because of its historical significance at the time of ...
Gardens, Museums, Palaces
Bertholdsburg Palace and its Gardens
Thuringia’s Oldest Residential Palace Bertholdsburg Palace stands in a strategically favourable position at the end of a ridge along the once-important trade route from Erfurt ...
Palaces
Heidecksburg Palace
Residence of the House of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt High above Rudolstadt rises Heidecksburg Palace, the former residence of the princes of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. Rococo en miniature et en ...
Gardens
Heidecksburg Palace Garden
Hippomania at Court Garden culture held great importance, and the princes themselves devoted attention to this art. This was true of Ludwig Friedrich II of Schwarzburg‑Rudolstadt, from ...
Gardens, Museums, Palaces
Heidecksburg Palace and the Palace Gardens
Residence of the House of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Heidecksburg Palace, which towers above the small town of Rudolstadt, offers magnificent views of the Saale Valley; from 1571 ...
Monasteries, Museums
Paulinzella Monastery
Hunting Lodge, Administrative Building, Tithe Barn, Herb Garden In his diary of 1817, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe noted that, some forty years earlier, he had “travelled ...
Gardens
Molsdorf Palace Park
Traces of Baroque garden art can still be experienced at Molsdorf Palace Park. When the present‑day landscape park was designed towards the end of the ...
Palaces
Molsdorf Palace
A Residence of Joy of Life For 14 years, Count Gustav Adolf von Gotter called Molsdorf Palace his home. He had transformed a former moated ...
Gardens, Museums, Palaces
Molsdorf Palace and Park
A Residence of Joie de Vivre (Joy of Life) Molsdorf Palace lies in a valley of the River Gera, south-west of Erfurt. One of Thuringia’s ...
Monasteries, Palaces
Mildenfurth Monastery and Castle
From Church to Castle Mildenfurth Castle, near Weida, is a curiosity among Thuringia’s architectural monuments. Originally founded in 1193 by Heinrich II, Bailiff of Weida, as a ...
Palaces
Greiz Summer Palace
A Beautiful Refuge in the River Elster Valley On the banks of the River White Elster lies the “Pearl of the Vogtland”. Above all, the ...
Gardens
Princely Greiz Park
A Landscape Park in the Late Classical Style Particularly noteworthy are the flower garden and pleasure ground remodelled by Reinecken, the further developed pinetum with ...
Gardens, Museums, Palaces
Summer Palace and Princely Greiz Park
The jewel of the Vogtland The Summer Palace stands on the southern edge of the Fürstlich Greizer Park, in the floodplain of the White Elster. ...
Palaces
Friedenstein Palace
The Baroque Friedenstein Palace in Gotha The Baroque Friedenstein Palace is the impressive testimony to the art of the newly established Duchy of Saxe-Gotha. Duke ...
Gardens, Museums, Palaces
Friedenstein Palace and the Ducal Park
Largest Palace Complex in Thuringia Friedenstein Palace is one of Thuringia’s most significant palace complexes in terms of art and cultural history. Following the founding ...
Gardens
Ducal Park Gotha
Baroque Orangery complex The park and gardens surrounding Friedenstein Palace are a testament to various epochs of garden art, unique in this complexity within Thuringia. ...
Monasteries
St Wigbert Monastery
Hidden Romanesque Treasure in Göllingen It is among the oldest monasteries in Thuringia, and its most important patron is still venerated as a saint in ...
Monasteries
Georgenthal Monastery
Former Cistercian Monastery in the District of Gotha On the northern edge of the Thuringian Forest, around 16 kilometres south of Gotha, lie the remains of ...
Monasteries
The Church of St Peter in Erfurt
The Church of St Peter in Erfurt It was destroyed, misused, and stripped of its dignity – the Monastery Church of St Peter and St ...
Gardens, Palaces
Wilhelmsthal Palace and Park
Summer Residence of the Weimar Court The Wilhelmsthal Palace and Park complex is situated in the immediate vicinity of Eisenach and the Rennsteig. From 1698 ...
Palaces
Wilhelmsthal Palace
In Telemann’s Footsteps “Up to then it had gone with me like cooks who have a row of pots on the fire, from some of ...
Gardens
Wilhelmsthal Palace Park
Summer Residence with Pückler Park near the Wartburg Eight kilometres south of Eisenach lie Wilhelmsthal Palace and Park in the River Elte Valley. The Elte ...
Castles, Museums
Heldburg Castle
Franconian Beacon in Thuringia He directed productions, designed costumes and stage sets, wrote treatises on director’s theatre, and restored the Meiningen Court Orchestra to new ...
Castles, Museums
Weißensee Castle / Runneburg Castle
The Little Sister of Wartburg Castle Proudly rising above the small town of Weißensee is the castle of the same name. The fortification was built ...
Castles
Ehrenstein Castle Ruins
An Imposing Landmark Between Weimar and Rudolstadt, above the small village of Ehrenstein, rise the impressive castle ruins of the same name. Once, the Counts ...
Castles
Brandenburg Castle Ruins
The largest twin-castle complex in Central Germany In the picturesque Werra Valley, around 17 kilometres west of Eisenach, there is not just one castle – ...
Gardens
Altenstein Palace Park
Garden architecture and freestanding rock formations A special kind of landscape park characterises the surroundings of Altenstein Castle in Bad Liebenstein. Located at the western ...
Palaces
Altenstein Palace
Summer Residence of the Theatre Duke Just a few kilometres from Thuringia’s oldest spa town, Bad Liebenstein, lies Altenstein Palace. Built in the Neo-Renaissance style, ...
Castles
Bad Liebenstein Castle Ruins
A Picturesque Landmark To the north-east of the spa town of Bad Liebenstein rises the castle ruins of the same name. As early as 400 ...
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Mission Statement
Mission Statement of the Thüringer Schlösser und Gärten The Thüringer Schlösser und Gärten considers itself a public‑facing institution dedicated to the preservation, development, interpretation, and ...
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Garden Culture
Experience the diversity of our parks and gardens Outstanding works of garden art can be discovered in Thuringia. Important garden artists such as the members ...
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The Thuringian Palace Landscape
On the Road to UNESCO World Heritage Status The Thuringian Palace Landscape embarked on its journey towards UNESCO World Heritage status in 2021. Although the proposal ...
Palaces
Dornburg Palaces
Balcony of Thuringia Three palaces, three characters – the unique ensemble of the Dornburg Palaces perches on a rock above the River Saale Valley. The ...
Gardens, Museums, Palaces
Dornburg Palaces and Gardens
Three palaces above the Saale valley The Dornburg Palaces are enthroned on a rugged cliff high above the Saale valley, connected by gardens of different ...
Gardens
Dornburg Palace Gardens
Dornburg Palace Gardens Covering approximately 4 hectares, the Dornburg Palace Gardens comprise several distinct areas: the landscape garden at the Renaissance Palace, the geometrically designed ...
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Wilhelmsthal Castle and Park near Eisenach
Summer residence revitalised As part of the planning measures for the New Palace, the focus is on infrastructure and new utilisation perspectives. The aim is ...
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West wing and west tower
West wing and west tower As part of the sub-project, the west wing and the west tower, including the façades and arcade pillars, are being ...
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Privacy policy
1. An overview of data protection General information The following information will provide you with an easy to navigate overview of what will happen with ...
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Imprint
Stiftung Thüringer Schlösser und GärtenSchloss HeidecksburgSchloßbezirk 107407 Rudolstadt Represented by:Dr. Doris Fischer, Direktorin Contact Phone: +49 (0) 3672-4470Fax: +49 ( 3672-447119E-mail: stiftung@thueringerschloesser.de VAT ID Sales ...
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The foundation
Welcome to the Stiftung Thüringer Schlösser und Gärten The palaces and gardens, monasteries and castles of Europe offer educational experiences and enjoyable education. Thuringia is ...
Gardens, Museums, Palaces
Altenstein Palace and Park
Summer Residence of the Theatre Duke Just a few kilometres from Thuringia’s oldest spa town, Bad Liebenstein, lies Altenstein Castle. Built in the Neo-Renaissance style, ...
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