ハレ-ザール-ウンシュトルトの天然記念物・トップ20

On geo-trails you can explore the realm of shell limestone and enjoy beautiful views, a real experience.

A magnet for cyclists and day-trippers, just don't forget the old hiking trails, otherwise you'll lose the hikers.

Well, it is probably the highlight of the region, but there are also opinions that claim the site is somewhere else.😉

Museum & Exhibitions High above the wine-growing town of Freyburg lies Neuenburg, the sister castle of Wartburg, founded around 1090 by the Thuringian Count Ludwig the Springer. The first mighty complex was built by 1150. The rise of the Landgraves of Thuringia was accompanied by further magnificent expansion. By 1230, Neuenburg was already around three times as large as Wartburg! The Romanesque double chapel built around 1170/75 is still an architectural gem today. On behalf of Hermann I, Heinrich von Veldeke completed the Eneasroman around 1185, the first Middle High German knightly-courtly verse epic ever. Neuenburg experienced the end of its high medieval heyday under Landgrave Ludwig IV and his wife, Saint Elisabeth.

The Koniks make the shell limestone plateau, which is already worth seeing, a highlight. When we were here in March 2024, we saw 12 ponies that were anything but shy - at the same time, there were more people than horses here that Sunday. Important: the ponies must not be fed!

There is also a rest area here and an information board from the nature trail

The Luther Trail now also leads this way: https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/sachsen-anhalt/halle/burgenland/pilgern-lutherweg- Extension-tourismus-eisleben-naumburg-100.html https://www.lutherweg.de/news/lutherweg-sachsen-anhalt-erhaelt-sued Extension.html https://www.outdooractive.com/de/route/wandel/saale-unstrut/lutherweg-eisleben-querfurt-freyburg-naumburg/260620375/#dm=1

UNSTRUT Source near Kefferhausen in Eichsfeld (400m); Length 192 km; Estuary Großjena near Naumburg into the Saale The Unstrut rises west of Kefferhausen near Dingelstädt in northern Thuringia in southern Eichsfeld. In the Sachsenburg or Thuringian Gate it breaks through the Hainleite. In its lower reaches it flows in numerous loops through the Burgenland district in southern Saxony-Anhalt; below Memleben it is initially flanked by the Ziegelroda Plateau, near Laucha by the Dorndorf Plateau, near Freyburg by the limestone-rich Silent Mountains and flows into the Großjenaer Blumengrund near Naumburg Saale. SAALE Source near Zell in the Fichtelgebirge (728m); Length 413 km; Estuary near Barby into the Elbe The Saale rises in the Fichtelgebirge in Upper Franconia between Zell and Weißenstadt. The upper reaches of the Saale between Zell and Hof are quite leisurely. The river then runs straight through the Thuringian Slate Mountains. The Saale is dammed several times here. The area of the middle Saale begins with the river exiting the Thuringian Slate Mountains and entering the Triassic plate and hill country. After leaving the Saale-Unstrut-Triasland Nature Park near Naumburg, the lower reaches of the river begin. This runs in a flat landscape to the mouth of the Elbe near Barby. Source: http://www.reportagereisen.de/unstrut_01.html