Tautendorf: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Tautendorf was one of the former Roda monastery villages and is named after its German founder, Tuto. You can rent a holiday apartment in Tautendorf.

Geographical Location

Tautendorf lies on the watershed between the river systems of the Saale and the White Elster.

Culture and History

The writer and scholar Ernst Gotthelf Gersdorf was born in Tautendorf in 1804 and later headed the Leipzig University Library.

The Neue Schenke in Tautendorf was historically a station on the old trade route from Nuremberg to Leipzig; it offered an inn and stables for travellers and their horse-drawn wagons.

Köstritz Castle is located in the area surrounding Tautendorf. In the wider region around Tautendorf are Christiansburg, Dornburg Rococo Castle and Schleiz Castle.

Landscape

The Taubenberg, Teichberg, Schindelberg and Mühlberg hills are located in the immediate vicinity of Tautendorf.

The agriculturally characterised area around Tautendorf forms the entrance to the Roda Valley, whose valley extends from east to west.

Things to Do

The wider surroundings of Tautendorf offer hiking and cycling opportunities in wooded valleys, including the Zeitzgrund nature conservation and recreation area. Cycling and hiking are therefore among the specific activities described in the surrounding area.

Tautendorf is part of the Saaleland travel region.

Tautendorf was first mentioned in documents in 1283.

Getting There

Tautendorf is located directly on the A9 motorway and is connected via the L1062 and L1073 state roads.

The Eisenberg Mühltal Cycle Route runs through the immediate vicinity. It is an eight-kilometre-long paved route along a stream and is suitable for cycling and hiking.

To the overarching travel overview: Saale-Holzland.

More Destinations

More places within the same destination:

Golmsdorf, Zöllnitz, Tröbnitz, Crossen An Der Elster, Stadtroda, Hermsdorf, Seitenroda, Großlöbichau.