Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #4 in Eisenach, Germany

The Wartburg is a castle originally built in the Middle Ages. It is situated on a precipice of 410 metres (1,350 ft) to the southwest of and overlooking the town of Eisenach, in the state of Thuringia, Germany. It was the home of St. Elisabeth of Hungary, the place where Martin Luther translated the New Testament of the Bible into German, the site of the Wartburg festival of 1817 and the supposed setting for the possibly legendary Sängerkrieg. It was an important inspiration for Ludwig II when he decided to build Neuschwanstein Castle.

Wikipedia: Wartburg (EN), Website, Heritage Website

Eisenach Castle is a ruined medieval hilltop castle complex at 385 m above sea level. The archaeological monument is located in the urban area of Eisenach, on the wooded hill of the same name, about 500 m south of the Wartburg.

Wikipedia: Eisenacher Burg (DE)

Das verfluchte Jungfernloch is a small rock cave on the eastern slope of a hill overlooking the Kälbergrund Valley in Eisenach, Germany, roughly 500m south of the Wartburg.

Wikipedia: Das verfluchte Jungfernloch (EN)

The Kartausgarten Eisenach is the oldest botanical garden in the Wartburg city of Eisenach and is now located in the listed villa area of the Südstadt.

Wikipedia: Kartausgarten (Eisenach) (DE)

The monument to the history of the German workers' movement at the Eisenach Party Congress Memorial 1869 – also known under the propagandistic working title Party – Power of the Class – is a monument in the city of Eisenach.

Wikipedia: Denkmal zur Geschichte der deutschen Arbeiterbewegung an der Gedenkstätte Eisenacher Parteitag 1869 (DE)

The Golden Lion Memorial commemorates the founding congress of the Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP) in Eisenach in 1869.

Wikipedia: Gedenkstätte Goldener Löwe (DE)

Bach monuments were erected in honour of the composer Johann Sebastian Bach, especially from the 19th century onwards and in German-speaking countries.

Wikipedia: Bachdenkmal (DE)

The Bach House in Eisenach, Thuringia, Germany, is a museum dedicated to the composer Johann Sebastian Bach who was born in the city. On its 600 m2 it displays around 250 original exhibits, among them a Bach music autograph. The core of the building complex is a half-timbered house, ca. 550 years old, which was mistakenly identified as Bach's birth house in the middle of the 19th century. In 1905, the Leipzig-based Neue Bachgesellschaft acquired the building. In 1907, it was opened as the first Bach museum.

Wikipedia: Bach House (Eisenach) (EN), Website