Nordthüringen

The northern Thuringian town of Sondershausen is particularly famous for its castle and the nearby adventure mine.

At Worbis Bear Park, the predators of Europe live on a 9-hectare open space that offers plenty of room to roam and a natural environment.

Half-timbered houses, winding alleyways and cosy cafés invite you to linger in the old town of Mühlhausen.

A varied leisure programme awaits guests at Badehaus Nordhausen.

Hanstein Castle, one of the largest and most beautiful castle ruins in central Germany, sits prominently on a hilltop.

Since 2005, the Goethe Chocolaterie & Schaumanufaktur in Oldisleben has been offering chocolate creations made from hand-picked ingredients.

In the Eichsfeld district, you can visit castles and palaces that range from romantic, overgrown ruins to magnificent half-timbered buildings.

Characterised by picturesque half-timbered houses, the historic old town in Heilbad Heiligenstadt welcomes its guests.

On the site of the former inner-German border crossing Duderstadt-Worbis, the Eichsfeld Borderland Museum offers an exploration of recent German history.

As an excursion destination for the whole family, the Possen leisure and recreation park attracts visitors with its animal park, bouncy cushion landscape, high ropes course and holiday homes.

The climatic health resort of Neustadt on the southern slopes of the Harz Mountains is picturesquely situated in the midst of deciduous and coniferous forests.

The gigantic model railway layout "Kultur mit Pfiff - Modellbahn Wiehe" in the small town in northern Thuringia is the largest all-year model railway exhibition in the world.

Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp was originally founded as a subcamp of Buchenwald concentration camp.

Even the poet Theodor Storm admired the landscape of today's Eichsfeld-Hainich-Werratal Nature Park.

Dense forests and bizarre rock formations await visitors to the Südharz Nature Park.