Weißenfels: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes
Anyone wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Weißenfels can continue their search for accommodation afterwards. Neu-Augustusburg Palace was built between 1660 and 1694 on the foundations of the former Weißenfels Castle and served as the residence of the Weißenfels ducal line until 1746.
Culture and History
The Weißenfels Museum presents exhibitions on the Duchy of Saxe-Weißenfels and the history of the town. It also houses the largest shoe museum in the German federal states formerly referred to as East Germany. The Heinrich Schütz House is the composer’s only surviving original residence and presents his life and work across three floors.
The Castle Church of St. Trinity is an early Baroque church and is considered one of the finest churches of its kind in central Germany. The princely crypt contains richly decorated tin and wooden sarcophagi belonging to the dukes of Saxe-Weißenfels.
The Gustav Adolf Memorial presents a large diorama of the Battle of Lützen featuring around 10,000 tin soldiers, as well as an exhibition on the Thirty Years’ War. It also commemorates the autopsy of the Swedish King Gustav II Adolf in 1632 at the former Geleitshaus.
Landscape
The Bismarck Tower in Klemmberg Park offers expansive views across the Saale Valley.
Nature and Activities
The Weißenfels Local Nature Garden is a 12,600-square-metre nature and animal attraction with around 200 animals, landscaped enclosures, a bog garden, a rock garden and the nature trail “Path of the Senses”.
The Weißenfels all-weather toboggan run offers rides at speeds of up to 40 kilometres per hour, as well as mini golf and other activities. The central boat rental service in Weißenfels provides rowing boats, pedal boats, motorboats that do not require a licence, canoes, inflatable boats and kayaks.
The bicycle and boat rental service is located directly on the Saale Cycle Route and offers bicycles, including e-bikes.
For further location options, also visit the pages for Leißling, Burgwerben and Storkau.
For the overview of the wider travel region: Burgenland District.
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