Engenstein: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Engenstein was first mentioned in official records in 1311; the place name is associated with a distinctive narrowing in the Biber Valley. You can rent a holiday apartment in Engenstein. Anyone interested in local history and the meaning of place names will find a specific point of reference here.

Engenstein is a locality in the municipality of Schleusegrund in the district of Hildburghausen, Thuringia.

Schmiedtswiesenkopf, Ersteberg, Audeberg and Großer Burgberg are located in the area around Engenstein.

In the wider regional surroundings of Engenstein are Oberes Schloss Heldritt, Callenberg Palace, the European Museum of Modern Glass and Falkenegg Castle.

Engenstein is a linear village in the Biber Valley.

Historical information about the Engenstein castle site records a narrow supply path called Eselsweg, which led into the Bibergrund below. For travelers interested in local historical traces, Eselsweg is a specific detail.

Bibergrundstraße, designated as district road 523, runs downstream from Engenstein toward neighboring Lichtenau.

The municipality of Schleusegrund, to which Engenstein belongs, is a recreational area in the Thuringian Forest and is connected with the Rennsteig, the source areas of the Werra and Schleuse rivers, forests, mountain meadows and Schönbrunn Reservoir.

The Engenstein castle site is an abandoned late medieval fortified spur castle site southeast of the locality and lies at approximately 460 meters above sea level.

Other local pages for comparison: Steinbach, Schönbrunn.

For the higher-level travel overview: Schleusegrund.