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| Creuzburg | ||
| federal state | Thuringia | |
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| Residents | 2.338 (2017) | |
| height | 200 m | |
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The small town well worth seeing Creuzburg is lying in Werra Valley in Thuringia, 12 km northwest of Eisenach. Creuzburg is mainly known to cycle tourists, as two long-distance cycle routes come together here.
background
getting there
Creuzburg is on the B 7, the kassel With Eisenach connects. The short B 250 flows out to the west of the city Wanfried and Hit time in this street. The next motorway exit is the junction 
39a Eisenach-West on the A 4. For some time now, the B 7 has been diverted around the city. Creuzburg does not have a railway connection. The nearest long-distance train station is Eisenach.
Creuzburg is on Werra valley cycle path and on Herkules-Wartburg cycle path .
mobility
The old town can be explored on foot.
Tourist Attractions
The eponymous one is located above the city Creuzburg. It is essentially Romanesque and was rebuilt several times between the 16th and 18th centuries. The Creuzburg was the preferred residence of Landgravine Elisabeth of Thuringia (1207-1231).
One of the outstanding sacred buildings is the one built in 1215 Nikolaikirche in the center, which was badly destroyed in 1945 and rebuilt from 1968, and the Liborius Chapel from 1499, which is right next to the old one Werra Bridge from 1225 is located. The Werra Bridge is the oldest preserved stone bridge north of the Main.
Another church is that Gottesackerkirche, also called St. Marien, which was abandoned in the 1970s and is now used as an exhibition venue.
In Creuzburg you can also find remains of the old ones City fortifications.
activities
- Creuzburg is on Werra valley cycle path.
- Canoeing is recommended on the Werra. Canoe rental
shop
kitchen
- 1 Torklause, Bahnhofstrasse 8, 99831 Creuzburg. Tel.: 49 36926 82286, Fax: 49 36926 98475, Email: [email protected]. Room rental is also possible: single room € 30, double room € 50 (each with breakfast).Open: Tue - Fri 5:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m., Sat Sun 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m., closed on Mondays.
- 2 To the linden tree, Bahnhofstrasse 38, 99831 Creuzburg. Tel.: 49 36926 90321.
Practical advice
- 1 Tourist Information Creuzburg, At Creuzburg Castle, 99831 Creuzburg. Tel.: 49 36926 98047. Open: (also for the Museum Burg Creuzburg): Apr - Oct: Tue - Sat 12 p.m. - 5 p.m., Sun 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Nov - Mar: Thu - Sun 12 p.m. - 4 p.m. During the holiday season in Thuringia and Hesse: Tue-Sun 10 am-5pm. Last admission to the museum is 1 hour before closing.
nightlife
accommodation
- 1 Biohotel Restaurant & Café Saline, Wilhelmsglücksbrunn, 99831 Creuzburg. Tel.: 49 36926 7100320. The hotel also includes holiday apartments and a farm shop.Open: Restaurant: daily 12 noon - 10 p.m. (kitchens close at 8.30 p.m.), shorter in the winter months.Price: single room including breakfast from € 57, double room including breakfast from € 79.
- 2 Hotel Alte Posthalterei, Plan 1, 99831 Creuzburg. Tel.: 49 36926 6014, Fax: 49 36926 6015, Email: [email protected]. The hotel also has a pub and a beer garden.Open: Restaurant: daily 10 a.m. - 11 p.m.Price: single room from 50 €, double room from 70 €; Breakfast per person € 7.50 extra.
- 3 Hotel & Restaurant "Auf der Creuzburg", Burgberg 1, 99831 Creuzburg, Germany. Tel.: 49 36926 71304, Fax: 49 36926 71306. The vaulted cellar has 20 seats, the restaurant and the ballroom has 80 seats.Open: Restaurant: Closed on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Sun 11 a.m. - 10 p.m., Fri, Sat 11 a.m. - 11 p.m.Price: single room from 50 €, double room from 80 € each including breakfast.
trips
- Eisenach (12 km southwest, B 7) - Wartburgstadt.
- Hit time (14 km north, B 7 / B 250) - Normannstein Castle.
literature
- Rainer Schill, Astrid Thiel: Creuzburg an der Werra: Pictures from bygone days, Geiger-Verlag, ISBN 3892647437
- Council of the City of Creuzburg (ed.): Creuzburg. 775 years of the city of Creuzburg. 1213-1988. From the history of the city. Progress printer, Erfurt 1988.
- Horst Schmidt, Hans-Henning Walter: Creuzburg - history of the Creuzburg salt works, Eisenacher Schriften zur Heimatkunde 39, Eisenach 1988.
- Tourist Office Creuzburg (Ed.): The Creuzburger Heimatbüchlein. Publishing house Frisch, Eisenach, undated, ISBN 3-931431-24-X .
- Christine Müller: Landgrave towns in Thuringia. The urban politics of the Ludowingians in the 12th and 13th centuries, Böhlau-Verlag, Cologne Weimar Vienna, 2003, pp 210-233.
Web links
- http://www.creuzburg-online.de/ - Official website of Creuzburg
