Luisenthal: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

The Rennsteig-Leiter hiking route connects Luisenthal with Oberhof and offers views of the Ohra Reservoir and its walkable dam.

You can rent a holiday apartment in Luisenthal.

Surroundings and History

Near Luisenthal are the Ohrdruf forced labor camp and Gleichen Castle. Oberlautenberg, Schneekopf, Brand, and Mittlerer Höhenberg are also located in the surrounding area.

Further afield in the region around Luisenthal are the Arnstadt Palace Museum and Tenneberg Castle.

Nature

Luisenthal is a forested holiday destination in the Thuringian Forest and lies in an approximately four-kilometer-long, wooded valley between the surrounding hills.

Luisenthal provides access to around 120 kilometers of signposted and marked hiking trails.

Travel by public transport for this hiking route involves taking the train to Gotha and then bus 860 to Luisenthal.

Geographical Location

Luisenthal is a municipality in the district of Gotha in Thuringia.

The Ohra Reservoir is located above Luisenthal in the Schwarzwald area belonging to the municipality.

Culture

Local attractions include the Herzog Alfred Memorial Church and the Stutzhaus Brewery Museum.

Present-day Luisenthal was formed in 1952 by merging the formerly independent municipalities of Luisenthal, Stutzhaus, and Schwarzwald.

The name Luisenthal was given to a copper smelting settlement in 1753 in honor of Duchess Luise Dorothée of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.

Other places in the district of Gotha: Döllstädt, Hohenkirchen, Friemar, Gräfenhain, Ballstädt, Emleben, Emsetal, Finsterbergen.

To the overview of the higher-level destination: Gotha.