Orlamünde: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

A local footpath leads from the lower town of Naschhausen via the fairytale Hainweg to the upper town. You can rent a holiday apartment in Orlamünde. This is a tangible local experience for anyone who wants to explore the town on foot between the lower and upper towns.

Landscape

The upper town lies high above the valleys of the Saale and Orla rivers and offers views across the surrounding river landscape.

Getting Around

Orlamünde railway station is located on the Saalbahn railway line; the Orlabahn continues along the Orla towards Pößneck.

Culture

The Heidecksburg, Leuchtenburg and Dürrengleina hill are located in the area around Orlamünde.

Further afield in the region around Orlamünde are Kapellendorf moated castle, the Upper Castle (Kranichfeld), the Fairy Grottoes and the Goethe National Museum in Weimar.

Nature

Forstberg is located in the immediate surroundings of Orlamünde.

Townscape

Orlamünde lies where the Orla flows into the Saale and is divided into a lower town and an upper town on a long Buntsandstein sandstone ridge.

History

The historic upper town includes the Kemenate, the town hall, the Upper Gate, the remains of a former Wilhelmite monastery and St. Mary's Church, consecrated in 1194.

Orlamünde is located in the Saale-Unstrut tourism region between Jena and Rudolstadt.

The museum in the Kemenate presents cultural-historical and ethnographic collections on life in Orlamünde and the surrounding region in earlier times.

Getting Around

Orlamünde is a waypoint on the Luther Trail, with stages to Neustadt an der Orla and from Großkochberg.

More local pages: Neuengönna, Weißenborn, Gösen, Jenaprießnitz, Weißbach, Heideland, Kahla, Großbockedra.

To the overarching travel overview: Saale-Holzland.