ヴァイセンフェルスの天然記念物・トップ20

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!

The shell limestone plateau with forests and open land in the south of Saxony-Anhalt was used for military purposes for decades and was dedicated to nature conservation as a national natural heritage site in 2009. A variety of species-rich habitats can be found on the 182 hectare natural heritage area: mixed deciduous forests, poor lowland hay meadows and dry limestone grasslands on an extensive high plateau, sparsely vegetated steep slopes and remnants of former vineyards. Together with the neighboring “Dead Valleys”, the Rödel is one of the orchid-richest areas in Saxony-Anhalt. See: https://www.naturstiftung-david.de/roedel

A beautiful landscape that now shows a great change of color in autumn. Of course the Koniks are the real attraction, but sometimes they don't feel like showing off. So just enjoy the space and the peace at the top of the Rödel. The viewing platform provides extensive information about this special habitat, grazing and the origin of the free-roaming horses.

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

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

The horses move freely in the area - so an encounter is not guaranteed.