The castle, or schloss, in Bad Frankenhaused is one of the historic sights in this spa town. It was built from 1340, and was in...

The Hausmannsturm in Bad Frankenhausen is a tower which was part of the original fortification system of the town from the 13th century. The tower...

A hill outside Bad Frankenhausen was the site of the decisive battle in the Peasants’ War. On this hill a circular monument was built, which...

The Barbarossa Cavern is located in the Kyffhäuser mountains region, to the north of Rottleben. It is handily linked to the railway line passing through....

Sondershausen’s principal attraction is its palace (Schloss). It was built between the 16th and 19th centuries over a large area in the centre of town....

Burg Querfurt, or Querfurt Castle, is the main attraction of the small town. It towers over all the other buildings in the old town area...

Nordhausen is a small town, yet its Dom (Cathedral) is a splendid and fine building worthy of a much bigger town. It was built in...

Burg Hohnstein is a 900 year old castle built into a rocky outcrop in Saxon Switzerland, close to Neustadt Harz and Buchholz. Inside the walls...

Just outside Nordhausen was the Dora Concentration Camp – set up originally as an offshoot of the Buchenwald camp, but later to become a fully...

Gernrode’s main attraction is the Church of St. Cyriakus. This Romanesque building was founded in the 10th century and used as a women’s collegiate church....

The Selketalbahn is the oldest narrow gauge steam railway line in the Saxony Anhalt region. It is located in Gernrode, where its sheds and yards...

The former 16th century hospital on Juri-Gagarin-Ring (the former boundary of the city) is now the Museum für Thüringer Volkskunde, or Museum of Thuringian Folklore....

Erfurt’s City Museum is the best place to visit to get a run down of the history of Thuringia’s oldest city. The museum covers over...

The Augustiner Monastery in Erfurt was built in the early 13th century for Augustinian monks. It was made noteworthy by the fact Martin Luther spent...

The most famous bridge spanning the River Gera in Erfurt is the Krämerbrücke. This medieval structure is very unusual, and dates from around 1325. Along...

The Anger Museum in Erfurt is situated on the Anger street in the centre of the town. It is a museum of decorative and sacred...

The Michaeliskirche is the Church of St. Michael in the quieter Erfurt historic street of Waagegasse at the junction with Allerheiligenstrasse. It is an early...

Behind the Town Hall building in Erfurt is the Kleine Synagoge (Small Synagogue) building. This features a Neoclassical style, and was built in 1840 to...

The Fish Market (Fischmarkt) is one of the old town squares in Erfurt. It dates back to the beginnings of the old town, and is...

The Neue Mühle is an old mill down by the river in central Erfurt. It is the last of these structures in the city still...