City tour Freyburg

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Discover sights and historical places in Freyburg (Unstrut).

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Tour highlights:

1 Market
Around the market are the town hall, hotels, restaurants, and the Freyburg Tourist Association. Formerly, the gilded equestrian statue of Duke Christian of Saxe-Weissenfels stood on the square. The torso of the monument, destroyed in 1948, is now located in the courtyard of Neuenburg Castle. The former location is marked by a metal enclosure with an inscription, as the marketplace was redesigned in 2003 as part of an architectural competition under the motto Tuscany of the North.

2 Town Hall
The foundation stone for the town hall, built on Romanesque foundations and vaulted cellars, was laid in 1425. The current appearance is characterized by renovations after the city fires of 1551 and 1682, which also severely affected the town hall.

Market 1, 06632 Freyburg (Unstrut)

3 St. Marien City Church
The construction of the late Romanesque church, also referred to as the sister of Naumburg Cathedral, dates back to the period between 1210 - 1230 and was probably initiated by Thuringian Landgrave Ludwig IV (reigned from 1217-1227). The church is fundamentally Romanesque. In the early 15th century, the apse was demolished and replaced by a Gothic choir. The southern side apse also fell victim to an attached sacristy. At the end of the 15th century, the nave was demolished and replaced by a hall nave.

Kirchstraße 8, 06632 Freyburg (Unstrut)
May - October: Mon - Fri 10.00 am - 12.00 pm, 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm
Sat/Sun/Holidays 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm

4 Schlifter Vineyard
The vineyard with its historic vineyard cottage is one of the steepest terraced vineyards in the region, with a slope of up to 54%. Due to the breathtaking views from the steep slopes, it is a popular photo motif for guests. Additionally, it houses a so-called Celebrity Vineyard, where all German and local wine majesties as well as important guests of the city of Freyburg were allowed to plant a vine.

5 Shooting House
The first documented news from 20.08.1603 Order and Laws contains 28 shooting articles. In that year, the first shooting club in Freyburg was founded. In 1659, the shooting guild acquired the meadow Hinterm Schlag as a shooting range, where a shooting house already stood. The current shooting house was completely renovated in 1996 and is available to guests as an event venue. To this day, the Freyburg Shooting Club 1603 e. V. uses the cellar shooting range.

Schützenstraße 6, 06632 Freyburg (Unstrut)

6 Jahn Memorial Hall
The building, inaugurated in 1903, served as the first Jahn Museum and memorial to the German gymnastics festivals. The artistically designed, leaded windows were donated by the cities that hosted the gymnastics festivals. Today, it serves as a popular venue for parties, conferences, and associations.

Opposite of Schützenstraße 9, 06632 Freyburg (Unstrut)

7 City Fortifications
The largely preserved city wall originally had three city gates (Kirchtor, Obertor, Eckstädter Tor), a gate, and 14 towers, and is about 1200 meters long. The three gates connected the city with its former suburbs/villages. The petrification of the city fortifications took place piece by piece in the 14th and 15th centuries.

8 Jahn Memorial Gymnasium
It was built in the German Empire by the German Gymnastics Association (DT) as a memorial for Friedrich Ludwig Jahn and was inaugurated in 1894 in the presence of 3,000 gymnasts from all over Germany. Later, it was gifted to the city of Freyburg with the condition that it be used exclusively for gymnastics. Today, it is a practice venue for clubs and school sports.

Oberstraße 9, 06632 Freyburg (Unstrut)

9 Freyburg-Unstrut Winemakers Association e.G.
On 28.12.1934, a group of Freyburg winemakers joined together to secure grape processing and cellar operations independently. The 27 founding members contributed 31 hectares to the association. Today, there are 400 members who cultivate around 400 hectares of vineyards. Guests can receive comprehensive advice on Saale-Unstrut wine at the Freyburg Wine Gallery. Special wine tastings are held at ANISIUM, which are topped off with a tour of one of the most beautiful wooden barrel cellars in Germany.

Querfurter Straße 10, 06632 Freyburg (Unstrut)
Wine Gallery: Mon - Fri 7.00 am - 6.00 pm
Sat 10.00 am - 6.00 pm, Sun 10.00 am - 4.00 pm

10 Rotkäppchen Sparkling Wine Cellars
Since 1856, Rotkäppchen Sparkling Wine Cellars has been producing sparkling wines of exquisite quality. Today, the Rotkäppchen-Mumm Sektkellereien company is one of the leading sparkling wine producers in Germany. Particularly noteworthy in the historic sparkling wine cellars are the historic atrium dating from the turn of the century, the five-story cellar complex, and the mighty cathedral cellar with the largest Cuvée wooden barrel in Germany.

Sektkellereistraße 5, 06632 Freyburg (Unstrut)

11 Eckstädter Gate
The gate with tower and gate bastion is located in the southwest of the city and connected it with the Eckstädter suburb. The south side of the foregate is embedded in the residential building Eckstädter Platz 10. The Eckstädter Gate itself was built / petrified in 1385 and consisted of a foregate, a bailey, and a main gate next to the tower. The northern part of the barbican (barbican) is still preserved.

12 Napoleon Gate
The gate was located in the south of the city wall towards the Unstrut until 1888. The gate tower was converted into a residential building. Since Napoleons passage in 1813, it was called the Napoleon Gate, as it is said that he directed the crossing of his troops over the Unstrut from this point.

13 Burgmühle
The mill, once belonging to Neuenburg, was built at the end of the 11th century. In 1632, the Saxon Elector Johann Georg had a new mill building erected. It was used as a fulling, oil, saw, and grain mill. Turbines for electricity generation were installed at the end of the 19th century. Since 2015, electricity is generated here again from hydropower. In the restaurant, you can enjoy delicious food and wines from Saale-Unstrut.

Mühlstraße 10, 06632 Freyburg (Unstrut)

14 Ducal Vineyard
The terraced vineyard located below Neuenburg Castle is a landmark of the region with its distinctive Rococo vineyard house. In its current form, it represents a baroque vineyard garden that was established at the end of the 18th century.

Mühlstraße 23, 06632 Freyburg (Unstrut)
Wine dispensing: April - October: Mon - Thu 12.00 pm - 6.00 pm
Fri - Sun 12.00 pm - 7.00 pm

15 Neuenburg Castle
The castle was founded around 1090 by the Thuringian Count Ludwig the Jumper and splendidly expanded in the 12th/13th centuries under the Landgraves of Thuringia. The architectural highlight is the Romanesque double chapel. In the Renaissance and Baroque periods, the castle served as a hunting lodge for Saxon princes.

Schloß 1, 06632 Freyburg (Unstrut)

16 Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Museum
The museum, housed in the residence of Father of Gymnastics Jahn since the 1936 Olympic Games, documents the life of the founder of the German gymnastics movement. Jahn, who lived in Freyburg since 1825 (initially in political exile), was buried in the courtyard of the house in 1936.

Schloßstraße 11, 06632 Freyburg (Unstrut)
April to October: Tue - Sun 10.00 am - 5.00 pm
November to March: Tue - Sat 10.00 am - 4.00 pm
Opening hours may vary due to current construction work.

17 Kirchtor
The southeastern city gate of Freyburg, which connected the city with the church suburb, was demolished in 1861 for the construction of a new school building with an associated staircase. The court cellar and the court stairs later received their name from the district court, which was established after 1880 in the school building.

Height Jahnplatz 1, 06632 Freyburg (Unstrut)

18 Rectorate and District Court
The original core building of the rectorate dates from the 2nd quarter of the 16th century. Peter Leinewetter is the first recorded rector in 1555. He had an apartment on the upper floor. A boys school was established on the ground floor. A short time later, a Magtleinschule was also added. In 1834, due to lack of space, the boys school moved to new classrooms in the town hall. Over the years, the city needed significantly more space for all the curious children of the city. In 1861, to the right of the boys school, the foundation stone was laid for the new school and the future district court, which was inaugurated two years later. Less than 20 years later, the district court moved in, and the present Friedrich Ludwig Jahn School was opened. The old rectorate served as a residential building until the 1980s. Today, the building houses a library.

Hinter der Kirche 2, 06632 Freyburg (Unstrut)

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