Martinfeld: Holiday apartments and holiday homes

Martinfeld Castle was built in 1611 by the von Bodungen family as a manor house. This gives those interested in culture a specific historic building in the village to visit.

You can rent a holiday apartment in Martinfeld.

Culture and history

Martinfeld is home to the castle, the Catholic Church of St Ursula and her companions, as well as historic half-timbered houses around the village green. The church was built in 1723 and contains a Gothic altar centre from 1510, a baptismal font from 1600 and a Baroque altar from Beuren Abbey.

Martinfeld is documented in a deed of donation from 1071 associated with Emperor Henry IV and Hersfeld Abbey.

The pilgrimage site of Klüschen Hagis lies between Martinfeld and Wachstedt on the northern edge of the Westerwald.

Location

Martinfeld is a district of the municipality of Schimberg in the Eichsfeld district of Thuringia.

Surroundings

The area surrounding Martinfeld includes Schloß Wolfsbrunnen, Rothestein and Großer Leuchtberg.

Further afield in the regional surroundings of Martinfeld are the ruins of Bilstein and Arnstein.

Landscape

The immediate surroundings of Martinfeld include Martinfelder Schimberg, Kirchberg and Bornberg.

The area around Martinfeld is hilly and wooded.

Hiking

The first 24.5 km stage of the Leine-Werra Nature Park Trail leads from Heilbad Heiligenstadt to Martinfeld. For hiking enthusiasts, this is a clearly defined stage with Martinfeld as its destination.

Martinfeld lies in the Rosoppe Valley south of Heilbad Heiligenstadt; the Rosoppe is a tributary of the Frieda.

A second, 15.1 km stage of the Leine-Werra Nature Park Trail connects Martinfeld with Großbartloff and follows a route around the Westerwald.

For further comparisons with other places, you can also view Haynrode, Leinefelde-Worbis, Schönhagen, Breitenworbis, Sonnenstein, Uder, Helmsdorf and Deuna.

For the overview of the wider destination: Eichsfeld.