Bad Frankenhausen/Kyffhäuser
Accommodation in Bad Frankenhausen
Bad Frankenhausen/Kyffhäuser lies at the foot of the Kyffhäuser, surrounded by a landscape of river meadows, fields, pastures and orchards. It is also home to a monumental painting, historic buildings and a brine spa. This gives the town a variety of focal points for a shared trip with different interests. When looking for a holiday apartment, you can consider whether you would like to focus your stay primarily on the landscape, art, architectural history or brine.
File:Bad Frankenhausen, Anger 1-20151023-001.jpg
Photo: Tilman2007 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
River meadows at the Kyffhäuser
Fields, pastures and orchards give the river-meadow landscape its distinct character. Together with its location at the foot of the Kyffhäuser, they shape the landscape around Bad Frankenhausen. This offers a different way to experience the town than visiting its art and historic sites: here, the landscape itself takes centre stage. If you would also like to consider the surroundings when choosing your destination, this combination of river meadows and the Kyffhäuser is one of the area’s defining features.
Werner Tübke’s monumental painting
The Panorama Museum presents Werner Tübke’s monumental painting “Early Bourgeois Revolution in Germany.” The panoramic rotunda is 14 metres high and has a circumference of 123 metres; the painting depicts more than 3,000 figures. Its title, scale and wealth of figures make it a memorable destination for anyone interested in art and history. The measurements give you a concrete sense of the rotunda’s dimensions, while the large number of figures draws attention to the many people depicted.
You can experience the Panorama Museum as part of a public guided tour or with an audio guide. This gives you two different ways to visit the museum: join a public guided tour or use the audio guide. If you are planning your trip with others, you can make the museum visit a cultural highlight in its own right, without assuming that everyone’s interest in art is the same as their interest in the town’s other attractions.
Upper Church and Hausmann Tower
The Upper Church, also known as the Church of Our Lady on the Mountain, was completed in 1382 as a Gothic basilica. It was funded by the local salt-boiling guild. Its history links the church’s construction to a specific local organisation. It therefore offers a distinct starting point for exploring the cultural history of Bad Frankenhausen.
The Hausmann Tower represents a different part of the town’s history. It was a keep, built around 1210 with a palas, and formed part of the newly constructed town wall. The tower is accessible via Poststraße; a car park is located at Kurpark. For your own directions, you can consider these details separately: Poststraße is the stated access route to the Hausmann Tower, while the car park is at Kurpark.
Brine spa and planning your trip
The Kyffhäuser-Therme is a brine spa that uses brine from the certified, local Kyffhäuser spring. This adds another focus for your stay alongside the landscape, art and historic buildings. If you choose Bad Frankenhausen, you can decide which of these themes you would like to shape your trip most. A holiday apartment in Bad Frankenhausen is the right search option if you are looking for accommodation in this town.
More local pages: Udersleben, Kyffhäuserland, Ebeleben, Oberheldrungen, Gorsleben, Helbedündorf, Oldisleben, Bendeleben.
Back to the general travel overview: Kyffhäuserkreis.
