You can rent a holiday apartment in Saale-Holzland.
New Hummelshain Castle is a hunting and residential palace dating from the late 19th century and is described as an important example of historicist architecture in the district. This particularly appeals to travellers interested in architectural history.
Landscape
The Saale-Holzland district is officially described as rural in character.
Culture
The heritage of the district’s historic hunting culture includes the Rieseneck hunting complex and the Herzogstuhl woodland structure.
Orientation
Eisenberg is the district capital of the Saale-Holzland district and the seat of the district administration.
Nearby points of interest in Saale-Holzland include Christiansburg, approximately 14.0 kilometres to the northeast, Dornburg Rococo Palace, approximately 15.5 kilometres to the northwest, and Köstritz Castle, approximately 18.5 kilometres to the east.
Further afield, Gleis-Berg, approximately 11.1 kilometres to the northwest, Kunitzburg, approximately 12.0 kilometres to the northwest, Leuchtenburg, approximately 13.3 kilometres to the southwest, Napoleonstein Windknollen, approximately 15.1 kilometres to the northwest, and Kapellendorf Moated Castle, approximately 23.2 kilometres to the northwest, are also mentioned.
Getting Around
Hiking routes in the district include the 7-kilometre Renthendorf–Hellborn circular trail and the Tautenburg circular trail through the Tautenburg Forest. For travellers interested in hiking, these provide two specific, named routes in Saale-Holzland.
Bürgel is presented with a Pottery Town circular trail, while Kahla is associated with a medieval old town, Martin Luther and a porcelain-making tradition.
Renthendorf is associated with Christian Ludwig Brehm, a 19th-century pastor and ornithologist.
A themed hiking route around the solar system is mentioned for Tautenburg.
Geographical Setting
The district stretches from the Saale Valley, where the lowest elevation is 118 metres, up to 475 metres in the south.
Bad Klosterlausnitz is described as a state-recognised spa town in the Thuringian Holzland.
Further town and municipality pages: Bad Klosterlausnitz, Bürgel, Crossen An Der Elster, Dornburg-Camburg, Eisenberg, Golmsdorf, Gösen, Großbockedra, Großlöbichau, Heideland, Hermsdorf, Hügelland/Täler, Hummelshain, Jena, Jenaprießnitz, Kahla, Mörsdorf, Neuengönna, Orlamünde, Reichenbach, Renthendorf, Rothenstein, Schkölen, Seitenroda, Serba, Stadtroda, Tautendorf, Tautenhain, Tröbnitz, Waltersdorf, Weißbach, Weißenborn, Zöllnitz.
