--- title: "Geratal – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Geratal, Germany: Geratal is a municipality in the district Ilm-Kreis, in Thuringia, Germany. Nearby: Liebenstein Castle, Wirrbachtalbrücke. Every way…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/geratal" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/geratal.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Frankenhain-Friedhof-3.JPG/1920px-Frankenhain-Friedhof-3.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- Municipality in Thuringia, Germany # Geratal Geratal is a municipality in the district Ilm-Kreis, in Thuringia, Germany. ![Geratal](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Frankenhain-Friedhof-3.JPG/1920px-Frankenhain-Friedhof-3.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) Geratal · CTHOE The place Geratal is a municipality in the district Ilm-Kreis, in Thuringia, Germany. It was created with effect from 1 January 2019 by the merger of the former municipalities of Frankenhain, Geraberg, Geschwenda, Gossel, Gräfenroda and Liebenstein. The name refers to the river Gera. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geratal), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Geratal 2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name. 1. Liebenstein Castle Liebenstein Castle is a castle in Liebenstein in the Ilm-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany. It was originally built in the 12th century by the counts of Käfernburg; the castellans were the counts' ministeriales, the lords of Liebenstein. 3.4 km · castle in Germany · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebenstein_Castle_(Thuringia%29) 2. Wirrbachtalbrücke The Wirrbachtalbrücke is an arch bridge in Geschwenda, Thuringia, Germany. The bridge is located on the Bundesstraße 88, above the Wirrbach river of the Thuringian Forest. 2 km · arch bridge in Germany · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirrbachtalbr%C3%BCcke) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## Getting to Geratal **Airports:** Erfurt-Weimar (ERF), 27 km · Leipzig/Halle (LEJ), 124 km · Kassel (KSF), 124 km\ - Schkeuditz → Geratal 123 km · quickest by road, 2h 2m · €18–25 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/schkeuditz-to-geratal) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Schkeuditz&to=Geratal) - Calden → Geratal 124 km · quickest by road, 2h 18m · €16–22 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/calden-to-geratal) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Calden&to=Geratal) - Nuremberg → Geratal 144 km · quickest by road, 2h 21m · €19–26 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/nuremberg-to-geratal) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Nuremberg&to=Geratal) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Geratal) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Geratal Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Geratal. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Vlieland](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vlieland) NL 10 ways of moving, 47 sources 488 km 2. [Zermatt](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/zermatt) CH 8 ways of moving, 26 sources 573 km 3. [Helsingborg and the Öresund crossing](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/helsingborg) SE 6 ways of moving, 13 sources 602 km 4. [Cinque Terre](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/cinque-terre) IT 7 ways of moving, 23 sources 741 km 5. [Isle of Wight](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-wight) GB 11 ways of moving, 22 sources 852 km If you know how people move in Geratal – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cgeratal&title=Geratal&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fgeratal), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Geratal - [Liebenstein](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/liebenstein) municipality in Thuringia, Germany 3.4 km - [Frankenhain](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/frankenhain) municipality in Thuringia, Germany 2.1 km - [Geschwenda](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/geschwenda) municipality in Thuringia, Germany 2.2 km [The place page for Geratal](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/geratal) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Germany](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-DE) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/geratal, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. 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