GO VISTA: Reiseführer Thüringer Wald

About the Travel Destination Thuringian Forest

The Thuringian Forest is no longer a hidden gem. Over the past twenty years, the green heart of Germany has transformed into a popular holiday region, where natural beauty and cultural diversity come together. Poets, thinkers, and musicians such as Goethe and Schiller, Luther and Friedrich Fröbel, Bach and Liszt have left their mark on the region, particularly in Weimar, Erfurt, Eisenach, Ilmenau, and Oberweissbach. Architectural highlights like the Elisabethenburg Castle in Meiningen, numerous museums, and various show mines such as the Marienglashöhle, as well as technical monuments like the Tobiashammer, tell the story and traditions of the Thuringian Forest. In Lauscha and many other places, one can encounter the traditional craft of Christmas ornament manufacturing and watch glassblowers and porcelain makers at work.