Thuringia Hotels Eisenach: Re-opening of the Wartburg Hotel

Thuringia Hotels Eisenach: Re-opening of the Wartburg Hotel – The infamous Wartburg in Eisenach provides yet again a classy accomodation. After only four months of extensive renovation, the traditional hotel at the Wartburg was re-opened.

For another time, the tenant of this outstanding lodging is the Arcona Hotels & Resorts Group. This renowned enterprise operates the hotel since already approximately ten years.

However, the tradition of the hotel at the Wartburg goes back to the year 1914. At that time, the today’s 5-star accomodation was established and received monumental protection meanwhile.

Wartburg Hotel: Historical setting an culinary highlights

According to this fact, the renovation took place carefully, with the restoring of the external facade under strict editions of the monumental protection and even the use of particularly burned roofing tiles.

Besides, in 24 of the 37 hotel rooms a new color and light concept is used and until the upcoming celebration “100 years hotel on Wartburg“, also the remaining rooms will be renewed.

Speaking about Thuringia food and culinary traditions, the hotel at the Wartburg will also be more broadly set up.

Further, besides classy Thuringian an Regional menues, kitchen-chef Peter Herrmann will also offer meals from the European wine regions as well as quality ingredients of organic food.

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Erfurt city trip: Merchant`s Bridge Festival

Erfurt city trip: Merchant`s Bridge Festival – With the annual “Krämerbrückenfest” (Merchant`s Bridge Festival), the city of Erfurt celebrates a medieval festival of superlatives since 1975, which scores besides the stunnung atmosphere with lots of arts and crafts of bygone eras.

Known as the ideal opportunity to visit the capital of the “Green Heart of Germany” Thuringia, interested visitors can expect picturesque streets, historic squares and imposing buildings in between Domplatz, Wenigemarkt and around the Merchants Bridge all located in the medieval Old Town.

The festival, which will take place from 06/18/2010 to 06/20/2010, comes up further with culturally sophisticated contributions and al lot of medieval theater, artists, jugglers and musicians.

As the highlight of the entire event, the famous medieval market offers traditional goods from original Thuringian craftsmen – all in a historic setting with specially designed tents, huts and inspiring costumes.

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Discover Christmas traditions in Thuringia – Part 1

In Advent, Thuringia tourists can discover Christmas traditions on numerous markets and festivals. To give you the perfect guide when and where to go at “the best time of the year”, we would like to present you our new sequence “Christmas travel in Thuringia”.

1. Weimar – reflection on Christian origins

The city of Weimar is well-known for its Classic history, with famous litaries such as Goethe or Schiller. So beeing a traditional destination, this year`s pre-Christmas period will reflect on the origins of Christmas festivities. The local market, the so called “Weimar Christmas”,  will open with a customary choir concert and provide the presence of the pastors of the Protestant, Catholic and Russian Orthodox church on November 24^th.

The Oktoberfest in Thuringia – Beer and Tradition

History

The Oktoberfest has its origins in the wedding between the Bavarian Crown Prince Ludwig and the Princess Therese of Thuringia on October 12th in 1810. Since then, a big celebration took place every year in Munich – the festival you might associate with the term “Oktoberfest”. But after the German reunion, this historical fact let to an advancing awereness in Thuringia for having an own Oktoberfest at the tradition-rich green state!

The Oktoberfest at the Cathedral Square, Erfurt

Especially the medieval-breathed city of Erfurt is predestinated to celebrate this important folk festival. According to the Munich pendant, the Oktoberfest in Thuringias capital kicked of in autumn, and this year from the 26.09. – 12.10. at the Cathedral Square.

Shows and entertainment reached from nostalgia to modern rides, but also a large marquee provided variety and fun for the whole family. It all started officially – like the years before – with the Bock beer tapping by the mayor – and from this point, the celebration had its centre of attraction right there.

Another real attraction was the world’s largest portable Ferris wheel “Bellevue”. The enclosed gondolas ride up to 56 meters in height. Further, a lot of spectacular carousel rides invited visitors – and among other things, for the first time a ghost train, where guests were shaked and tipped in their seats.

Many new visitors from all around the world

Finally, a couple of hundreds of thousands visitors attended the Erfurter Oktoberfest. Statistics from the hotel and lodging sector confirmed also a significant increase in foreign visitors to this popular event – a good sign for even more attractions and rackets in 2009!