Goethe’s praise:
“A More than Beautiful Place”
This is what Goethe wrote to his friend Charlotte vom Stein, although he was only on a visit to Eisenach. Luther and Bach went to school here and both the one’s tranlation of the Bible and the other’s music found their way into the whole world from here…
The Wartburg
The Ideal Castle
When UNESCO justified its choice of the Wartburg when it listed it a World Heritage Site it stated that it was in many respects the “ideal castle”. Does it need any more prompting to pay the castle a visit than this praise?
Heldburg
The Franconian Lantern
A German Castle Museum, the first of its kind, will open at the Heldburg on the border between Thuringia and Franconia. It will be dedicated to research the “Myth of Castles” and lend additional appeal to their enduring fascination.
