Waverly is the sister city of Eisenach
by MD2nd
Waverly is a city in Bremer County, Iowa, United States. The population was 8,968 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Bremer County, and is part of the Waterloo–Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The sister city of Waverly is the German city of Eisenach, which is famous for the Wartburg castle. Waverly is also the home of Wartburg College which is named after this castle. Wartburg College, maintained by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, is a four-year liberal-arts college in Waverly that opened in 1852. As of the 2006–2007 school year, the college had an enrollment of 1,800 students.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waverly,_Iowa
Gotha
by Nemorino
Gotha is a city of 49,000 inhabitants, on the main railroad line between Eisenach and Erfurt.
I have been to Gotha twice, but I'm afraid I haven't seen much besides the railroad station and the Adult Education Center.
The KZ Buchenwald -just 40km from Eisenach
by globetrott
The former KZ of Buchenwald is just about 40 km from Eisenach and a few kilometers north of Weimar and you will still see lots of remains of this terrible part of German history there. On my main picture you will read the cynic motto of the KZ in Buchenwald : "Jedem das Seine" (everybody gets what he/she deserves) . You can read this motto only from inside the KZ. I came in the evening, when the main gate of the site was locked already, but I was able to walk along the fence and find entrance through a side-gate next to the former crematorium.
Buchenwald is about 5 km north of Weimar
The museum is open for visitors
april - October : 10.00a.m.-06.00p.m.
november - march : 10.00a.m. - 04.00p.m.
last entry always 30 min. before closing-time!
closed at dec. 24th+26th+31st and jan. 1st !
It is always CLOSED on Mondays !!
BUT the gate-house and the Krematorium is
open for visitors between 10.00a.m. and 03.00p.m.
The Hall of Minstrels
by magor65
One of the best known rooms in the Palas is the Hall of Minstrels. The reason for its fame is the legendary Sangerkrieg - singing contest.
At the beginning of the 13th century Wartburg was the leading centre of culture in Europe. The fine arts were generously sponsored by Landgrave Hermann I who organised the contest of minstrels called the Praise of Princes. As the legend goes in 1206 six poets were invited to take part in the contest and it was decided that the loser would be hanged. As can be guessed, most contestants praised their host Hermann, but there was one who chose to sing about his own prince - the duke of Austria. No wonder then that the minstrel was the one to lose the contest. However, thanks to merciful landgravine the man's life was spared.
The Contest of Minstrels was immortalized in Wagner's opera - Tannhauser.
Luther - museum
by globetrott
The museum inside of Lutherhaus is worth seeing especially when you are familiar with the life of Martin Luther. According to the ledgend Martin Luther had spent 3 years of his life (between 1498 and 1501) as a young child in this house. In 1898 it became a restaurant, called "Lutherkeller" and after the bombings of WW II a Luthermuseum was installed there and shows the different steps in the life of Martin Luther.
The museum is open daily 10.00a.m. - 05.00p.m.
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Villa in Eisenach
Villa in Eisenach
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