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 ...
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Gardens, Museums
Kirms-Krackow House
Museum and City Gardens A stone’s throw from the Herderkirche, behind a simple façade, 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 Palace
From Church to Palace Mildenfurth Palace, 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 ...
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 ...
projects
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 ...
projects
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 ...
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, ...
