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Wartburg Castle, Eisenach

Germany Thuringia Eisenach

Wartburg Castle, Eisenach
Photo: CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A medieval castle on a hill above Eisenach in Thuringia, founded in 1067 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Martin Luther hid here in 1521 and 1522 and translated the New Testament into German in a simple room you can still see. The castle also holds the richly decorated Hall of the Minstrels' Contest and mosaics of St Elisabeth.


It's a steep walk of about 30 minutes up from the town, or a shuttle bus. Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, and the Bach House museum is in town.

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