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Eisenach

Eisenach

Eisenach is a town in Thuringia, Germany with 42,000 inhabitants, 50 kilometres west of Erfurt, 70 km southeast of Kassel and 150 km northeast of Frankfurt.

Plan a trip to Eisenach From Erfurt

It is the main urban centre of western Thuringia, and bordering northeastern Hessian regions, is near the former Inner German border. A major attraction is Wartburg castle, which has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999.

Get in

Getting to Eisenach

  1. 01
    Eisenach
See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Wartburg Castle

    Auf der Wartburg 1 (From stop 3A at Eisenach bus station take Bus #3),.

  2. 02
    Bachhaus

    A museum dedicated to the life and works of the Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach.

  3. 03
    Lutherhaus

    One of the oldest surviving half-timbered houses in Thuringia.

  4. 04
    Stadtschloss
Eat

Where to eat

Ristorante Michelangelo, Karlsplatz 21 (city centre), michelangelo-eisenach@outlook.de. Cafe Toccata, fax: +49 3691 88 35 25. Burger King.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.