Berka/Werra: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

You can rent a holiday apartment in Berka/Werra. Berka/Werra has a documented history dating back to 786 and developed along the medieval north-south trade route known as the “Kurze Hessen”. The historic center includes three former city gates and a town hall built in 1667. For travelers interested in history, this town center is a specific cultural point of reference.

Culture

The historical heritage includes the former “Zur Post” inn, the fortified St. Lawrence Church, and the Gothic half-timbered building “Alter Stern”, which is associated with Martin Luther’s visit in 1521.

The Blumenstein ruins are located in the area surrounding Berka/Werra. The wider regional area also includes Friedewald Castle, Altenstein Palace, the Öchsen, and the ruins of Gisslingskirche.

Geography

Berka/Werra lies in the Berka Basin in the central Werra Valley in western Thuringia, on the eastern bank of the Werra; Hesse begins beyond the western floodplains.

Water

Berka/Werra is a starting point or intermediate stop for a 26-kilometer canoe and kayak section of the Werra in the direction of Hörschel. The route includes two weirs where the boats have to be carried around them. For travelers interested in canoeing, this section is a specifically described option.

There is a leisure camp and a canoe rental facility on the Werra at the southwestern edge of Berka; at the eastern edge, there is an outdoor swimming pool with a 50-meter pool and facilities for children.

Nature

The surroundings of Berka/Werra are characterized by the Werra Valley, the Berka-Gerstungen Basin, the Salzunger Werra Uplands, and the southeastern edge of the Richelsdorf Mountains; below the town, the Suhl flows into the Werra.

Hohe Rod, Lerchenberg, and Langenberg are located in the immediate vicinity of Berka/Werra.

The wider context of the Werra-Suhl Valley includes the Werraaue nature reserve near Berka and Untersuhl.

Berka/Werra is located in central Germany and is connected by road to the A4 corridor between Frankfurt am Main and Erfurt.

More places for travel planning: Hallungen, Ebenshausen, Diedorf, Zella, Urnshausen, Krayenberggemeinde, Dankmarshausen, Treffurt.

To the higher-level travel overview: Wartburg.