Places to visit in Thuringia, Germany
7 places to visit in Thuringia, Germany, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Duchess Anna Amalia Library, Jewish Medieval Heritage of Erfurt, Park an der Ilm and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in your Thuringia volume.
4 UNESCO World Heritage sites · 1 Famous place to visit · 2 Hidden gems
UNESCO World Heritage sites in Thuringia (4)
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Duchess Anna Amalia Library
A Rococo library hall in Weimar, built in 1766 and named after the duchess who opened it. It holds a major collection of German literature, and Goethe served as its overseer. A fire in 2004 damaged the building and many volumes.
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Jewish Medieval Heritage of Erfurt
A group of buildings in the old town of Erfurt that includes the Old Synagogue, one of the oldest in Europe, and a medieval mikveh. A hoard of medieval coins and jewellery was found here in 1998. The group is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Park an der Ilm
A large landscape park along the Ilm river in Weimar, created in the 18th century under the influence of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. It contains Goethe's garden house, the Roman House and a mock ruin, and it is part of Classical Weimar.
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Wartburg
A medieval castle standing 410 metres above the town of Eisenach in Thuringia. Martin Luther took refuge here in 1521 and translated the New Testament into German in a small room. The castle is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Famous places to visit in Thuringia (1)
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Buchenwald Memorial
A memorial and museum on the Ettersberg hill near Weimar, on the site of a Nazi concentration camp that held more than 250,000 people from 1937 to 1945. Many were killed or died there, and the grounds and exhibitions now serve as a place of remembrance.
Hidden gems in Thuringia (2)
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Erfurt Cathedral
Also called St Mary's Cathedral, the largest and oldest church building in the Thuringian city of Erfurt. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Erfurt. It stands on the Domberg hill beside the Severikirche, and the two churches rise above the Domplatz square.
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Krämerbrücke
A medieval arch bridge in Erfurt lined on both sides with half-timbered shops and houses along a cobblestone street. It is one of the few remaining bridges in the world that still have inhabited buildings on them.
Collecting in Thuringia
What are the best places to visit in Thuringia?
LOQAH lists 7 places in Thuringia. The best known include Duchess Anna Amalia Library, Jewish Medieval Heritage of Erfurt, Park an der Ilm, Wartburg and Buchenwald Memorial. Each has a stamp of its own to collect when you are there.
How many LOQAH stamps are there in Thuringia?
7, and more are added over time. Each place has LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own.
How do I collect a stamp in Thuringia?
Open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment; at the place itself the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge.
I have been to places in Thuringia before. Can I add them?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Thuringia and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline. Each one goes into your volume with the date, if you know it.
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