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Ortsteil of Geratal in Thuringia, Germany

# Liebenstein

Liebenstein is a village and a former municipality in the district Ilm-Kreis, in Thuringia, Germany.

![Liebenstein](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Burg_Liebenstein_und_Rhein.jpg/1920px-Burg_Liebenstein_und_Rhein.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

Liebenstein · Jörg Braukmann

The place

Liebenstein is a village and a former municipality in the district Ilm-Kreis, in Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 January 2019, it is part of the municipality Geratal.

Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebenstein), CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

## Worth seeing in and around Liebenstein

3 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. Ehrenburg The Ehrenburg is a castle overlooking the city of Plaue in Thuringia. 3.1 km · castle in Thuringia, Germany · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehrenburg_(Plaue%29)
2. 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. 100 m · castle in Germany · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebenstein_Castle_(Thuringia%29)
3. 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. 3.8 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 Liebenstein

**Airports:** Erfurt-Weimar (ERF), 24 km · Leipzig/Halle (LEJ), 120 km · Kassel (KSF), 125 km\
**Stations:** Plaue (Thür) railway station, 4 km\

- Schkeuditz → Liebenstein 119 km · quickest by road, 1h 52m · €16–23 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/schkeuditz-to-liebenstein) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Schkeuditz&to=Liebenstein)
- Calden → Liebenstein 124 km · quickest by road, 2h 14m · €16–22 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/calden-to-liebenstein) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Calden&to=Liebenstein)
- Nuremberg → Liebenstein 147 km · quickest by road, 2h 16m · €19–26 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/nuremberg-to-liebenstein) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Nuremberg&to=Liebenstein)
- From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Liebenstein)

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 Liebenstein

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 Liebenstein. 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 489 km
2. [Zermatt](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/zermatt) CH 8 ways of moving, 26 sources 576 km
3. [Helsingborg and the Öresund crossing](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/helsingborg) SE 6 ways of moving, 13 sources 599 km
4. [Cinque Terre](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/cinque-terre) IT 7 ways of moving, 23 sources 744 km
5. [Isle of Wight](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-wight) GB 11 ways of moving, 22 sources 855 km

If you know how people move in Liebenstein – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cliebenstein&title=Liebenstein&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fliebenstein), and the note gets an entry.

Around it

## Next door to Liebenstein

- [Plaue](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/plaue) municipality in Thuringia, Germany 3.4 km
- [Gossel](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gossel) municipality in Thuringia, Germany 3.4 km
- [Geratal](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/geratal) municipality in Thuringia, Germany 3.7 km

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