Karl Schwarzschild Observatory
#587 among destinations in Germany
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The Karl Schwarzschild Observatory is a German astronomical observatory in Tautenburg near Jena, Thuringia. ()
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Karl Schwarzschild Observatory – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Jenzig, Botanical Garden, Camsdorf Bridge, Schkölen Castle.
- 4.6 miSWMountain
Jenzig, Jena
118 min walk • The Jenzig is a distinctive Muschelkalk mountain in Jena, Germany. At 385.3 m above sea level, the Jenzig is one of the highest mountains in the Saale Valley area and is located northeast of the city center.
- 6.4 miSWBotanical garden, Park, Garden
Botanical Garden, Jena
164 min walk • The Botanischer Garten Jena is the second oldest botanical garden in Germany, maintained by the University of Jena and located at Fürstengraben 26, Jena, Thuringia, Germany. It is open daily; an admission fee is charged.
- 6.2 miSWBridge
Camsdorf Bridge, Jena
157 min walk • The Camsdorf Bridge is a bridge over the Saale river in Jena, Germany. It connects the city center of Jena with the suburb of Wenigenjena and is considered to be the oldest stone arch bridge in Jena.
- 6.3 miNEForts and castles
Schkölen Castle
162 min walk • Schkölen Castle is a partially preserved water castle stand at a height of 210 metres above sea level in the centre of the town of Schkölen in the county of Saale-Holzland-Kreis in the German state of Thuringia. Until 1977 the ruins of the water castle lay almost forgotten and overgrown with briars in the middle of the little town.
- 6.4 miSWMuseum, Art gallery, Art museum
Romantikerhaus, Jena
164 min walk • The Romantics' House Literature Museum is located in the former home of philosophers Johann Gottlieb Fichte and Jakob Hermann Obereit in Jena.
- 5.1 miSNature, Natural attraction, Forest
Wöllmisse
131 min walk • The Wöllmisse is a high plateau which rises east of the Saale Valley in the State of Thuringia, Germany. The densely wooded Wöllmisse borders the Roda Valley in the South, the Saale Valley to the West, the Gembdenbachtal in the North, and the town of Bürgel and the Gleistal Valley in the East.
- 3.5 miSEMonastery
Bürgel Abbey
91 min walk • Bürgel Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in the village of Thalbürgel of the town of Bürgel in Saale-Holzland-Kreis district in Thuringia in Germany.
- 6.4 miSWMuseum
Oriental Coin Cabinet Jena, Jena
163 min walk • Oriental Coin Cabinet Jena is a collection of oriental coins at Jena University, in Jena, Germany, founded in 1840.
- 2.6 miNWForts and castles
Renaissance-Schloss
66 min walk • The ensemble of three Dornburg castles is located on the edge of a shell limestone rock plateau above the Saale River in Dornburg-Camburg, north of Jena in the German state of Thuringia.
- 2.6 miNWForts and castles, Park, Palace
Dornburger Schlösser
67 min walk • The ensemble of the three Dornburg castles is located on the edge of a shell limestone rock plateau above the Saale River in Dornburg-Camburg, north of Jena in the German state of Thuringia.
- 5.6 miSW