Discover Udersleben
Accommodation in Udersleben
Udersleben combines a church with a clearly established name and a decades-long craft tradition with historical traces in the surrounding area. The church is called St. Galli Church; broom-making has been a tradition in the village for decades. Jägers Kreuz adds a stone cross to these themes, standing right beside the hiking trail from Bad Frankenhausen to the glider airfield near Udersleben. The wider destination of Bad Frankenhausen/Kyffhäuser offers further, distinct landscape and cultural themes.
Local history in Udersleben
Udersleben was first mentioned in a document in 1252. Broom-making is a distinctive part of the village’s history, with a tradition stretching back decades. Together with St. Galli Church, it offers a range of points of interest if you are also interested in local culture and history during your trip. The date of the first documented mention and the craft tradition represent different aspects of the village.
Near Udersleben, Jägers Kreuz rises from the forest floor right beside the hiking trail from Bad Frankenhausen to the glider airfield near Udersleben.
In the wider destination of Bad Frankenhausen/Kyffhäuser
Bad Frankenhausen lies at the foot of the Kyffhäuser, set amid a floodplain landscape of fields, pastures, and orchards.
At the Panorama Museum in Bad Frankenhausen, Werner Tübke’s monumental painting “Early Bourgeois Revolution in Germany” is on display. The panoramic rotunda is 14 metres high and has a circumference of 123 metres; the painting depicts more than 3,000 figures. Its dimensions and the large number of figures convey the scale of this artwork. You can experience it on a public guided tour or with an audio guide.
The Upper Church in Bad Frankenhausen also tells its own story of construction. It was completed as a Gothic basilica in 1382 and funded by the local salt-boiling guild. Its name, architectural style, and funding each highlight a different aspect: the Upper Church is also known as the Church of Our Lady on the Hill, and the salt-boiling guild is part of its history as its benefactor.
The Hausmannsturm was a keep built around 1210, with a palas, and was incorporated into the newly built town wall. For orientation: the Hausmannsturm can be reached via Poststraße; there is a car park at Kurpark.
The Kyffhäuser-Therme in Bad Frankenhausen is a brine spa and uses brine from the certified, locally sourced Kyffhäuser spring. Its bathing and wellness areas are currently closed for modernisation. Take this into account when weighing up the regional themes for your stay.
Choose accommodation to suit your interests
When looking for a holiday apartment, it helps to first decide which themes you want to shape your trip. If you would like to focus on Udersleben’s local history, St. Galli Church, and its broom-making tradition, you can search specifically for a holiday apartment in Udersleben. The landscape, Panorama Museum, Upper Church, and Hausmannsturm are part of the wider destination of Bad Frankenhausen/Kyffhäuser and offer separate points of interest there. This way, you can choose your destination based on what appeals to you most.
For the wider travel overview: Bad Frankenhausen.
