Lauscha: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

At Lauscha’s workshops and visitor glassworks, visitors can watch glassblowers at work and take part in hands-on glassblowing activities, such as making a glass ornament or a glass bead. You can rent a holiday apartment in Lauscha.

Nature

Lauscha is located in the mountains of the Thuringian Slate Mountains in the southern Thuringian Forest, amid gentle hills and an appealing natural landscape.

Bornhügel is located in the immediate vicinity of Lauscha.

Culture

The Lauscha Museum of Glass Art presents the history of the local glass industry and the work of Thuringian glass artists. Anyone interested in regional craft and art history will find a tangible cultural connection to Lauscha there.

The Lauscha glassblowing tradition dates back to the founding of a village glassworks in 1597. The town is also associated with the origin of glass Christmas tree ornaments; the manufacture of these ornaments was added to the Register of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Germany in 2021.

Burg Sonneberg, Buhler and Loosbrand are located in the surrounding area of Lauscha.

In the wider regional area around Lauscha are the European Museum of Modern Glass, Ersteberg, Burg Neuhaus and Lauterburg Ruins.

Getting Around

The Glassblowers' Trail runs for approximately 22 kilometres from Lauscha to Sonneberg and connects the glassmaking heritage with the surrounding woodland landscape.

Lauscha has a railway station with train connections and a regular bus service to neighbouring towns.

The Rennsteig passes through Lauscha’s district of Ernstthal. There, well-developed hiking trails provide access to hikes in the surrounding mountains.

Other places for orientation: Schalkau, Effelder-Rauenstein, Spechtsbrunn, Judenbach, Goldisthal, Frankenblick, Neuhaus Am Rennweg, Neuhaus-Schierschnitz.

To the overview of the surrounding destination: Sonneberg.