Attraction · Eisenach · Updated on 1 November 2026.
Wartburg is an attraction in Eisenach, Thuringia, Germany. This place has an audio tour of about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch. 9 of the 50 well-known points of interest nearby are within 1 km. Within 50 m you'll find a public toilet, a bench and a water point.
Audio tour · Wartburg
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You're standing at the Wartburg, the castle perched on a rocky ridge above the town of Eisenach, in Thuringia. There's only one way in: across the drawbridge and through the outer gate. Both have barely changed since the Middle Ages.
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The Wartburg in Eisenach is an attraction in the state of Thuringia. The castle is a UNESCO site. It is known as the place where Maarten Luther translated the Nieuwe Testament in 1521, and where Elisabeth lived. You will find the Wartburg in Eisenach at Auf der Wartburg 1. Nearby are the Elisabeth von Thüringen memorial and the Cranach-Denkmal.
You enter through the drawbridge and the outer gate. The largest building is the Palas, built between 1157 and 1170. Inside you will find the Sängersaal with frescoes and the room of Elisabeth, full of glass mosaic. At the top there is also a festival hall. In the half-timbered Vogtei you can visit the Lutherstube, the room where Maarten Luther stayed. Nearby, the Neue Kemenate displays art by, among others, Lucas Cranach de Oudere.
Count Lodewijk de Springer began building the castle around 1067. The name most likely comes from Warte, meaning a lookout post. A legend says the count had earth from his own land brought up the mountain so he could swear that the castle stood on his ground. Around 1200, the Wartburg was one of the most important princely courts in the empire. Poets such as Walther von der Vogelweide and Wolfram von Eschenbach visited. In 1207 a song contest is said to have taken place here, on which Richard Wagner later based his opera Tannhäuser.
A free toilet is 26 metres away from the Wartburg in Eisenach, near the Tugendpfad. Within 500 metres there are 6 public toilets in total. There are also plenty of benches at the Wartburg in Eisenach where you can rest. The nearest bench is 41 metres away at the Burghof, and within 500 metres there are 34 benches. For drinking water at the Wartburg in Eisenach, head to the tap at the Burghof. This point is 49 metres away and is the only water tap within a radius of 500 metres.
You can visit several places from this castle. The memorial to Elisabeth von Thüringen is 235 metres away, and the Cranach-Denkmal is 238 metres away. Further on, you will find an attraction 250 metres away and the Elisabethplan 252 metres away. If you would like to walk a little further, the Burgruine Metilstein is 556 metres away. The Bachhaus Eisenach museum is 1,283 metres away. In the Outdoor Pitstop app, you can listen to an audio story about the Wartburg on site. The story lasts 2 minutes.
The nearest pitstop of each kind within 1 km, as the crow flies. No bike pump or honesty box within 1 km.
50 well-known points of interest nearby, those with an audio tour first. 9 of the 50 well-known points of interest nearby are within 1 km.
The Wartburg sits on a rock above Eisenach.
Yes, there is a water tap 49 metres away at the Burghof.
The nearest public toilet is 26 metres away at the Tugendpfad.
Yes, the nearest bench is 41 metres away at the Burghof.
The Wartburg has been on UNESCO's World Heritage List since 1999.
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