The Thuringian woodland is a wooded region between the Elster and Saale valleys.
places
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- 1 Bad Klosterlausnitz
- located in the middle of the woodland; Leisure pool crystal.
- 2 Bad Köstritz
- located on the eastern edge; Black beer brewing and dahlia breeding.
- 3 Eisenberg
- The largest city in the Holzland region and not far from the A 9; Christianenburg Palace, especially the southern area, is a hiking area.
Bad Klosterlausnitz
Bad Köstritz
Eisenberg
- 4 Hermsdorf
- Hermsdorf is best known for the motorway junction named after him. Not far away is with the Teufelstalbrücke what was once the longest reinforced concrete arch bridge in the world.
- 5 Stadtroda
- located between Hermsdorf and Jena-Lobeda; Zeitzgrund.
Hermsdorf
Stadtroda
Other goals
- Eisenberger Mühltal - Hiking area with many restaurants (mills).
- The Heathland (actually a large community), which lies north of the Holzland between Elster and Saale.
- Zeitzgrund - Hiking area with several restaurants (mills).
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getting there
By train
Almost parallel to the A4 leads the Holzlandbahn of Jena to Gera. Regional express trains on the route run here every hour Goettingen – Erfurt – Glauchau/Altenburg. RE stops are Stadtroda and Hermsdorf-Bad Klosterlausnitz, the smaller stations are served by a regional train every two hours. In the east the area is covered by the railway line Leipzig – Gera affects. In the west runs the Saalebahn, on which regional trains run on the Naumburg - Jena - Saalfeld route.
In the street
The area runs through the area in an east-west direction , which is in the middle of the woodland, at the Hermsdorfer Kreuz, with the
crosses.
mobility
The Thuringian wood country is covered by the tariff area of Verkehrsverbund Mittelthüringen (VMT) covered. Association tickets are therefore also valid in city buses and trams, as is the Saxony (Saxony-Anhalt / Thuringia) ticket.
Tourist Attractions
activities
kitchen
- Meat roast is a fist-sized piece of pork from shoulder or comb, seasoned with salt, pepper, marjoram, marinated and ideally cooked in birch wood smoke on a roast stand. Bread, sauerkraut and mustard are often served with the meat roast.
Meat roast
- 1 Gasthof zum Rosenbusch, Dorfstrasse 38, 07646 Großbockedra. Tel.: 49 (0)36428 61705. Open: Tue-Sa 11: 30-13: 30, 18: 00-22: 00, Sun 10: 30-22: 00.Price: 10-13 EUR. Original Thuringian dumplings every Sunday
nightlife
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climate
Since the area is on a plateau, it is usually 1 to 2 degrees cooler than in the valleys of the Saale and Elster.