Windknollen nature reserve
Northwest of Jena lies the 391-metre-high Windknollen, a unique paradise for native orchids, field birds and butterflies. Since 2020, the entire nature reserve has been in the care of the NABU Foundation...
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Northwest of Jena lies the 391-metre-high Windknollen, a unique paradise for native orchids, field birds and butterflies. Since 2020, the entire nature reserve has been in the care of the NABU Foundation...
The 160 m long, legendary karst cave is left in its natural state. The Zinsel Cave is an active water cave in the Lower Muschelkalk rocks and is considered to be the longest known and easiest cave to...
The Dohlenstein and the Pafffenberg are a FFH protected area in Thuringia. Located south of Jena, the FFH area "Dohlenstein and Pfaffenberg" covers an area of 88.99 hectares. In the west and...
The oldest church in the rural community stands in the middle of the village of Teutleben. The well-preserved Romanesque architectural style suggests that it was built in the 12th century. "ANNO 1586 DEN 9. JULI" is inscribed on the...
The Wild Rose Promenade is located in Luitpold Park, near the tennis court. In summer, you can enjoy more than 80 rose bushes here on a romantic walk and admire the flowering shrubs....
Many world champions have started their jumping careers here - at the foot of the 916-meter-high Inselsberg: ski jumpers such as Werner Lesser, Dieter Neuendorf, Hans-Georg & Dietmar Aschenbach, Jochen Danneberg,...
The ninth stop on the Goethe Adventure TrailAfter a strenuous climb, you expect a view over the countryside. But this expectation is surprisingly transformed when you become part of the panorama yourself. Is it...
The Rockenstein is a foothill of the Himmeldunkberg. HimmeldunkbergThe Himmeldunkberg, consisting of basalt and tuff, lies in the south-western part of the Lange Rhön, which is part of the Hohe Rhön, and is 888 m high. 2...
If you leave Arnstadt in a south-westerly direction from the Church of Our Lady and follow the nature trail marked with gray-green oak leaves, you will reach a steeply sloping hill after about three quarters of an hour through the famous Jonastal...
The sky observation point is located in the middle of Bad Salzschlirf's spa gardens, near the Gradier Pavilion. It is equipped with a polar star finder, which can be used to find the North Star. With the star chart on the...