Eilenburg: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

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Nature

Eilenburg Zoo is located in a four-hectare urban park. It is home to 300 animals from 50 species, a monkey enclosure and facilities with domestic animals; a nature trail leads through wetland and forest habitats. Eilenburg City Park covers around 12 hectares and is centrally located.

Culture and History

The town museum is housed in the historic Roter Hirsch building. It presents Eilenburg's 1,060-year history and contains an original classroom from the 1920s. The town museum offers guided tours of the vaulted cellar, which must be booked in advance; historical school lessons can also be arranged there. Visitor groups can tour the vaulted cellar on request.

The stable temperatures of the vaulted cellar contributed to the reputation of Eilenburg beer from the 16th to the 20th century. Eilenburg's medieval prosperity was closely linked to brewing, and Martin Luther stayed in Eilenburg. The 60-metre-high water tower was built in 1916 for a celluloid factory.

The Heinzelmännchen Fountain in Eilenburg's market square refers to the local Heinzelmännchen legend, which was recorded by the Brothers Grimm. Castle Hill is associated with this legend and features a historical circular trail, the Sorbenturm tower and the Hundertstüfchen staircase; it also offers views over the Leipzig Lowland Bay and the Dübener Heide.

Getting Around

Eilenburg can be reached by train, suburban railway, bus, car or bicycle. The floodplain landscape around Eilenburg is associated with cycling and hiking. In the broader regional context, Northern Saxony has an established network of hiking and cycling trails extending across the Dübener Heide, the Dahlener Heide, the Wermsdorf Forest and the Elbe-Mulde floodplains.

The Eilenburg Loop is directly connected to the Mulde Cycle Route. The Josef-Dotzauer ski jump allows jumps of around 30 metres.

Further destinations: Dahlen, Jesewitz, Schönwölkau, Zinna, Mockrehna, Elsnig, Schkeuditz, Cavertitz

To the main travel overview: Northern Saxony.