14 Sights in Meiningen, Germany (with Map and Images)
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Explore interesting sights in Meiningen, Germany. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 14 sights are available in Meiningen, Germany.
Sightseeing Tours in Meiningen1. Goetz-Höhle
The Goetz cave is a demolition column cavity in Thuringia. It is located on the western outskirts of Meiningen am Dietrichsberg in the middle of the mountain slope to the Werra. The cave is a natural and ground monument and is considered the largest cave of this type in Germany. It is also the only developed and accessible gap and column cavity in Europe. The fissures and columns were created about 25,000 years ago by slipping the slope to the Werra, which is still going on.
2. Meierei am Landsberg
The dairy on the Landsberg, also called Gut Landsberg, is a former ducal property in the southern Thuringian district town of Meiningen. The property at the foot of the 378 m high Landsberg once belonged to the Herzoghaus Sachsen-Meiningen together with the Landsberg Castle. The dairy is under monument protection.
3. Bechsteinbrunnen
The Bechstein Fountain, also known as the Fairy Tale Fountain, is a fountain built in 1909 in the city of Meiningen. It is dedicated to the writer, archivist, collector of fairy tales and legends Ludwig Bechstein (1801–1860). The fountain, created by Robert Diez, is located on a main path in the English Garden.
4. Auf der Flucht erschossen
The German Unity Sculpture Park – Monument to Unity and Freedom is an open-air exhibition of works of art made of steel, glass and wood that commemorates the overcoming of Germany's division from 1945 to 1990. It is located at the former Eußenhausen–Meiningen border crossing between Bavaria and Thuringia.
Wikipedia: Nationaldenkmal Skulpturenpark Deutsche Einheit (DE)
5. Stadtkirche Unserer lieben Frauen
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Our Lady, also known as St. Mary's, is a three-nave hall church and a landmark of the city of Meiningen. The town church is the most important sacred building in Meiningen and fulfils the function of a parish church for the Protestant congregations of the region.
6. St. Veit
The Evangelical Lutheran village church of St. Veit is located in Sülzfeld, a district of Meiningen, in the district of Schmalkalden-Meiningen in Thuringia, and belongs to the parish of Hermannsfeld in the church district of Meiningen of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany (EKM).
7. St. Johannis Kirche
St. John's Church is the Evangelical Lutheran parish church of the parish in Herpf, a district of the southern Thuringian district town of Meiningen. The church belongs to the parish of Stepfershausen in the Meiningen church district of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany (EKM).
8. Unsere Liebe Frau
The Roman Catholic parish church of Our Lady is located in Meiningen in the Thuringian district of Schmalkalden-Meiningen. It is the parish church of the parish of St. Marien Meiningen in the deanery of Meiningen in the diocese of Erfurt. She bears the patronage of Our Lady.
9. Büchnersches Hinterhaus
The Büchnersche Hinterhaus in the southern Thuringian district town of Meiningen is a listed half-timbered house in the Henneberg-Franconian style. It is considered to be the oldest precisely dated half-timbered house in the former capital and residence of Saxe-Meiningen.
10. Dorfkirche Wallbach
The Dorfkirche Wallbach is an Evangelical Lutheran church in Wallbach, a district of the district town of Meiningen in southern Thuringia. The church belongs to the parish of Metzels in the Meiningen church district of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany (EKM).
11. ehem. Meininger Landtag
The Landtag building in Meiningen was the seat of the Landtag of the Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen and the Free State of Saxe-Meiningen. The listed building is located in the eastern part of the old town near the main post office.
12. Staatstheater Meiningen
The Staatstheater Meiningen, also called the Meiningen Theatre, is a four-division theater in the Thuringian town of Meiningen, Germany. The theater was founded in 1831 and was called ″Meininger Hoftheater″ until 1920.
13. Henneburg
Henneberg Castle, also known as Henneburg, is a ruined castle located east of today's Meiningen district of Henneberg in southern Thuringia and was the eponymous ancestral seat of the Princely Counts of Henneberg.
14. Heinrichsbrunnen
The Heinrichsbrunnen is a historical ornamental fountain in Meiningen, which is centrally located on the market square. The stone sculpture on the Brunnenstock represents Emperor Henry II of the Holy Roman Empire.
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