Top 7 Castles around Goldisthal

Eisfeld Castle, a Franconian manor house from the 9th century, is essentially a medieval castle complex. The Stone House (palace) was built around 1090 and the keep in the 12th century. The castle has undergone many changes over the centuries. Since 1316, with the privilege of walling the town, the castle has formed the north-eastern part of Eisfeld's new town. In 1360 the bower was built and in 1558 the "new building" was built, which opens onto the town through a vaulted gateway built in 1580 and today forms the gatehouse. The economic wing (kitchen wing), built in 1555, between the palace and bower, gave the castle complex a closed horseshoe shape. The kitchen wing was replaced in 1886 by a prison building in the Wilhelminian style. Source: https://www.museum-eisfeld.info/seite/318423/schloss.html

One of the landmarks of the town of Eisfeld is the castle, which is essentially a medieval castle complex. Today it houses the town's museum with an extensive porcelain exhibition, historical workshops, toys, town history and regional folklore. The museum is a treasure trove that is waiting to be discovered with many opportunities to try things out, marvel and learn. Take your time to discover Eisfeld Castle. The Eisfeld Museum also includes the Otto Ludwig Poet Memorial for the poet born in Eisfeld in 1813 and the Inner German Border Memorial - Eisfeld-Rottenbach Border Crossing, which are also worth a visit. Source: https://www.museum-eisfeld.info/

A visit to the Schaumburg ruins is definitely worth it! The view from above over the Thuringian to Coburger Land is worth seeing.

Rauenstein is a village in the southern Thuringian district of Sonneberg. It is part of the municipality of Frankenblick. Rauenstein is located in the Grümpen valley on the southern edge of the Thuringian Slate Mountains, about 2 km west of Effelder. The place near the older Rauenstein Castle of the same name was first mentioned in a document in 1445. Historically, the castle, owned by the von Schaumberg noble family for centuries, was the determining factor of the place. In 1783, Duke George I of Saxony-Meiningen licensed the Rauenstein porcelain factory founded by Johann Friedrich Greiner right next to the castle, which became the town's most important source of income and already had 180 employees in 1851. In 1910 the place was opened up by the Eisfeld – Sonneberg railway line. (Source: Wikipedia)

The absolute highlight of the HINTERINDIEN.DE tour no. 83

This rest area is located behind the church building, just a few steps up. Small square with seating and covered.

You can stay overnight at the Schaumburg, here is some information about it. You can relax on the Schaumburg domain in scenic and historically attractive surroundings. You stand by that -four comfortable holiday apartments for two to six people- -a spacious holiday apartment with a garden terrace -four romantically furnished double, twin and single rooms, tree house ensemble, consisting of living and sleeping quarters. Source: https://domaene-schaumburg.de/zimmer.html

Only ruins remain of the once proud fortress, but regardless of this, the castle ruins are worth seeing and the largest archaeological monument in the district of Sonneberg. The city of Schalkau recognized the value of the ruins of Schaumberg for the development of tourism in the Schalkauer Land and initiated extensive security and demolition measures at the beginning of the 1990s in order to preserve the monument and open it up for tourism. Source: https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burg_Schaumberg_(Th%C3%BCringen)