Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Eisenach, Germany
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4.1 km
70 m
Experience Eisenach in Germany in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Individual Sights in EisenachSight 1: Residenzhaus
The residential palace was a building in the old town of Eisenach, which was largely demolished in the 18th century. The preserved parts are now known as the Old Residence and Residence House and are listed as historical monuments. The castle was located on the southern edge of the Eisenach market, immediately south of the Georgenkirche.
Sight 2: Stadtschloss Eisenach
The Eisenach City Palace is a castle on the north side of the market square of the city of Eisenach in Thuringia. It was the residence of the Dukes of Saxe-Eisenach and later a residence of the Grand Dukes of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. Today, it houses offices of the city administration (cultural office), the Eisenach city archive and, since 1931, the Thuringian Museum.
Sight 3: St. Georg-Brunnen
The Georgsbrunnen-also "Gülden-Mannsbrunnen"-is a running fountain built in 1549 in the Wartburgstadt Eisenach in Thuringia and monument to city history. It is reminiscent of the city saint of Sankt Georg and was also a symbol of urban market jurisdiction in the late Middle Ages.
Sight 4: Georgenkirche
The Georgenkirche is the city and main church of Eisenach, centrally located in the southern area of the market. Martin Luther preached here during the Reformation, making it one of the oldest Protestant places of worship. Johann Sebastian Bach was baptized in it. It served as a court church for a time and was the episcopal church of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Thuringia until the merger of the Protestant church provinces of Saxony and Thuringia to form the Evangelical Church in Central Germany on 1 January 2009.
Sight 5: Wingolfsdenkmal
The Wingolf Monument, located on the Pfarrberg in the centre of Eisenach, is the central place of remembrance for the fallen of the Wingolfsbund, the oldest umbrella organisation of Christian student fraternities. Originally built to commemorate the fallen brothers in the Franco-German War of 1870/71, it now also commemorates the victims of the two world wars. In 2003, the monument, including the staircase, was extensively renovated.
Sight 6: Schwarzer Brunnen
The Black Fountain in the Wartburg town of Eisenach is a running fountain built in 1817 and a monument to the city's history. It commemorates the gunpowder explosion that took place here on the evening of September 1, 1810.
Sight 7: Haus Sonne
The former Gasthof und Jugendclub Sonne is an architectural monument in the center of the city of Eisenach in Thuringia.
Sight 8: Alte Posthalterei
The Alte Posthalterei is a listed building in Eisenach in Thuringia, Germany. It is considered one of the few surviving purely classicist buildings in Eisenach.
Sight 9: St. Elisabeth
The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Elisabeth is located in Eisenach in the Thuringian Wartburgkreis. It is the parish church of the parish of St. Elisabeth Eisenach in the deanery of Meiningen in the Diocese of Erfurt. It bears the patronage of St. Elisabeth of Thuringia.
Sight 10: Ärztedenkmal
The Doctors' Monument in Eisenach was erected in 1926 in memory of the German doctors who died in the First World War. In 1997, it was reconstructed on the occasion of the 100th German Medical Congress in Eisenach and is now dedicated by the German Medical Association "to all doctors who were victims of war, terror and tyranny in the exercise of their profession".
Sight 11: Landestheater Eisenach
The Landestheater Eisenach is a theater in the Thuringian city of Eisenach. It has the ballet and young drama sections. Transferred to the Meiningen-Eisenach Cultural Foundation with effect from 1 January 2009 and since then partly used by the Meiningen State Theatre, it offers opera, operetta, musicals, ballet/dance theatre, drama, youth and children's theatre, puppet theatre and concerts in its repertoire. The Landestheater Eisenach cooperates with the Thuringia Philharmonic Orchestra Gotha-Eisenach and the Theater Rudolstadt, among others.
Sight 12: Automobile Welt Eisenach
Automobile Welt Eisenach is a car museum located in the old East German town of Eisenach adjacent to the banks of the Hörsel river. It is situated on the old Automobilwerk Eisenach factory site, one of the world's oldest, and opened as a museum in 2005 utilising building O2 from 1935.
Sight 13: Alte Mälzerei
The Alte Mälzerei is a Wilhelminian building complex consisting of residential and malthouse buildings, an annex used as a coffee roastery, as well as warehouses and outbuildings in Eisenach in Thuringia. The largely completely preserved technical facility from the company's founding period is remarkable. The industrial monument has been owned by the Lippmann+Rau Foundation for Music Research and Art since 2016.
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