Cities and Culture

An enormous variety in the arts and cultural life awaits the visitor to the towns and cities of Thuringia. Half-timbered houses, royal palaces and sights without number are evidence of the sheer wealth of the history of this area.

This history is closely linked with the lives and works of the most important representatives of German cultural and intellectual life. Museums, theatres, exhibitions and concert halls invite you to encounters with the works of the poets Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller, of the composers Johann Sebastian Bach and Franz Liszt or the painters Lucas Cranach and Otto Dix.

Luther’s Wartburg, the German classics heritage and the Bauhaus in Weimar count among the protected sites of the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage.

Welcome to medieval Erfurt, to classical Weimar, to Eisenach with the mighty Wartburg Castle and to Jena, the city of the sciences.

Erfurt

A journey into the Middle Ages. The capital city of Thuringia features one of the largest and best-preserved medieval city centres in Germany. more – Erfurt

Weimar

European Capital of Culture. The European Capital of Culture in 1999 boasts no less than 16 UNESCO World Heritage sites. more – Weimar

Jena

Thuringia’s Science City. Thuringia’s centre of science and technology houses, for example, the oldest planetarium in the world. more – Jena

Eisenach

Luther, Bach and Wartburg. The town where Johann Sebastian Bach was born is also the home of Germany’s most famous castle where Martin Luther worked. more – Eisenach