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Eisenach and the Wartburg castle

Cultural tours to Eisenach:

„In the footsteps of great composers“

„In the footsteps of Johann Sebastian Bach“

-> Why you should travel to Eisenach

-> Highlights

-> Travel excursions and ideas

-> Arriving

Why you should travel to Eisenach:

- birthplace of Johann Sebastian Bach
- Wartburg castle (UNESCO) where Martin Luther translated the New Testament from Greek into German
- Luther's House
- near Gotha with its impressive Friedenstein castle which houses the oldest theatre in the world

Highlights in Eisenach:

Travel excursions and ideas: 

Luther and the Reformation: Luther Monument, Luther House, Luthers House of birth and his Last Residence, Church of St Peter and Paul in Eisleben where Luther was baptised, Augustinian Monastery and Michaeliskirche Church in Erfurt, Houses of Luther and Melanchthon, Cranach Buildings Luthertown Wittenberg

Music: Eisenach Theatre, Bach´s House (with demonstration of historic instruments from his era) and Richard-Wagner collection, Bach ancestral home in Wechmar, Bach Church and exhibition in Arnstadt’s Palm Tree House, Dornheim Church where Bach married, Ekhof-Theatre in Gotha

Railway culture: Rennsteigbahn, Railway Museum Arnstadt, Ride with the »Wartburg Express «

Christmas: historical Christmas market on the Wartburg Castle

Historic sites: Golden Lion Monument, market fountain, City gate Nikolaitor, Nikolai Church, Monument Burschenschaftsdenkmal, Reuter Wagner Museum, Sparkassen-Museum in the Wartburg Castle, Narrow House

Castles, parks and gardens: Wartburg Castle, Eisenacher City Castle

Industrial culture: Automobile World Eisenach

Excursions from Eisenach: tour through the Thuringian Forest via Tabarz with Inselsberg to Schmalkalden and Ilmenau, Weimar city of classics incl. Goethe's summer house, the Schillers House und Anna Amalia Library, Panoramic tour to the “Drei Gleichen” castles, incl. castle visit (with views) and Arnstadt, musical town Leipzig

Arriving:

	Leipzig/Halle airport (approx. 125 miles) , Erfurt airport (approx. 40 miles, connections to German major cities)
	via the motorway A 4 (Frankfurt/Main-Dresden)
	long-distance connections to major German cities, arrival into Eisenach main station (city centre)

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