Morgenröthe: Space Travel, Bell Founding and Forest Trails

Morgenröthe combines impressive technological history with experiences in the forest. A particular attraction is the German Space Travel Exhibition: More than 1,000 space-travel exhibits are presented across two floors. This makes the town an interesting destination for anyone who wants their holiday to include not only scenery, but also unusual exhibitions and regional history.

Space travel with outdoor area and clear orientation

The German Space Travel Exhibition includes a planet park and a children's playground in the outdoor area. This allows a visit to the exhibition to be complemented by time spent outdoors. The exhibition is accessible at ground level, and the upper floor can be reached by lift. Due to its construction, the basic module of MIR is not accessible without barriers. You should take this specific limitation into account when planning your day if the accessibility of individual areas is important for your trip.

Bell founding and blast furnace as regional history

Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz also provides a visible link to a long tradition of cast-iron bell founding. More than 9,000 church bells were made there; the historic blast furnace can be visited. The FLM Ironworks; Morgenröthe Bell Foundry has been preserved as an open-air museum of technological and regional historical importance. In addition, Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz is home to a restored blast furnace, one of the few surviving testimonies to the smelting of pig iron in the Vogtland and Ore Mountains in the 17th and 18th centuries. Anyone interested in craftsmanship, industrial history and the development of regional towns and villages will find several different ways to explore this subject here.

Forest trails, lake and natural forest reserve

For a more active holiday, the 11.5 km circular trail is a good option. It starts at the German Space Travel Exhibition in Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz and leads through the forest to Lake Vogtland and Grünheide Forest Park. Along the way, there are opportunities for swimming, a large playground, a forestry educational trail and places to stop for refreshments. The length of the circular trail is a useful figure for planning your day, while the various stops appeal to different interests and offer different opportunities for breaks.

The forest-area circular trail also passes through the “Drei Bächel” natural forest reserve, with a 230-year-old stand of spruce trees. Another route, the Rautenkranz circular hiking trail, passes the Cottafelsen rock and, after crossing a bridge at the B 283, leads to the fallow deer enclosure. This means that, alongside the space exhibition, you can also choose nature observation and trails through the forest. When planning your trip, you can therefore weigh up a focus on cultural history, the 11.5 km circular trail and the Rautenkranz circular hiking trail.

Choose a holiday apartment to suit your travel plans

When looking for a holiday apartment in Morgenröthe, it helps to decide first what you want the main focus of your holiday to be. If the trip is primarily intended to include the space exhibition and the history of bell founding, cultural discoveries will take centre stage. Anyone planning to visit the 11.5 km circular trail, Grünheide Forest Park or Lake Vogtland should plan their day around the route selected. Accommodation in Morgenröthe can therefore serve as the starting point for a holiday that combines technological history, regional tradition and experiences in nature, without requiring every day to follow the same pattern.

Further destinations for orientation: Neuensalz, Zwoschwitz, Tannenbergsthal, Bad Elster, Plauen, Zwota, Lengenfeld, Mühlental.

For the higher-level travel overview: Vogtland.