Germany – Eisenach (En)
Eisenach is a town in central Germany known for the medieval Wartburg Castle, which sits on a high rock overlooking the countryside. For the house where the religious reformer Martin Luther lived for much of his childhood and for being the birthplace of the musician Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750).
Where to stay
We stayed in one of the two motorhome areas in the city (50.9813, 10.3234 lat, long) next to the automobile museum and next to the Lidl supermarket. In this area, you have electricity included for 17 euros per day. To fill and empty you go to the other area located on Karl-Marx-Strasse. In 5 minute’s walk and you are in the city centre, so the location is great.
What to see
Eisenach is a small German town that contains three or four important points. We walked and the first thing we find is the theatre square continuing straight you reached the main street which is pedestrian and full of shops, bars and restaurants.
We then arrived at the picturesque market square with half-timbered houses and notable buildings of the city in baroque style such as the Town Hall and the Church of St. George, where the famous composer was baptized, and where he later worked there as an organist. When we got to the church they were closing but the kind security guard let me go in and see the inside, where the first thing you find is a huge statue of Bach.
Another place to see is Bach’s birthplace, now converted into a museum with a collection of his personal objects, furniture and musical instruments, and the house where Martin Luther lived for much of his childhood, he would later return to stay at Wartburg Castle where he translated the New Testament from Greek to German.
We ended the day in an Irish pub watching England and Spain playing in the European soccer championship. The pub where you could smoke inside!
Next stop Ziegenhain on the bank of the Zieg River, where our friend Cato lives and where we stayed at her house to visit different places like Kassel, one of the most exciting cultural cities in Germany thanks to the legacy of the Brothers Grimm, which you can see in the next posts!
