Altenstein Palace, Bad Liebenstein

Name: Altenstein Palace
Address: Bad Liebenstein, Germany

#1 among attractions in Bad Liebenstein

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Schloss Altenstein is a schloss, or palace, upon a rocky hill on the south-western slope of the Thuringian Forest, not far from Eisenach, Thuringia, Germany. It was the summer residence of the Dukes of Saxe-Meiningen, and is surrounded by 160 hectares of English landscape garden, which contain, among other objects of interest, a cavern 300 metres long, through which flows a large and rapid stream. ()

Local name: Schloss Altenstein Completed: 1730 (295 years ago)Architectural style: Renaissance revivalCoordinates: 50°50'7"N, 10°21'7"E

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Altenstein Palace – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: mini-a-thür, Großer Inselsberg, Rhön Cycleway, Kilianstein.

4.5 miN
Amusement, Amusement park
mini-a-thür
115 min walk • The mini-a-thür amusement park is located in Ruhla, Thuringia. The permanent exhibition features 1:25 scale models of Thuringian landmarks during the summer months in an outdoor area. In winter, the models are stored in a museum hall.
5.3 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Großer Inselsberg
136 min walk • Großer Inselsberg is a mountain in the Thuringian Forest with a height of 916.5 m above sea level, located on Rennsteig in the districts of Gotha and Schmalkalden-Meiningen.
5.5 miW
Mountain
Rhön Cycleway, Bad Salzungen
140 min walk • The Rhön Cycleway is a cycle path in Germany that runs for 180 kilometres from Bad Salzungen to Hammelburg. Its route takes it through 3 states: from Thuringia via Hesse to Bavaria.
5.6 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Rock
Kilianstein
143 min walk • The Kilianstein is a free-standing rock tower on the Hopfenberg hill in the eastern part of the Sembach valley in central Germany. It stands about 800 m east of the village of Winterstein on the northern slopes of the Thuringian Forest in Germany. The pinnacle is about 15 metres high and some 500 m above sea level.
5.6 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Hopfenberg
142 min walk • The Hopfenberg is a wooded hill near Winterstein in the borough of Waltershausen, in the county of Gotha in the German state of Thuringia.
1 miS
Park, Outdoor activities, Zoo
Tierpark Bad Liebenstein, Bad Liebenstein
26 min walk • The Bad Liebenstein Zoo is a small zoo at the foot of the castle hill in the small town of Bad Liebenstein in southern Thuringia.
1.3 miS
Forts and castles
Burg Liebenstein, Bad Liebenstein
33 min walk • The ruins of Liebenstein Castle is a former hilltop castle at 460 m above sea level on the southwestern slope of the Thuringian Forest. It is located north above the town of Bad Liebenstein on the castle or Burgberg.
5.3 miS
Forts and castles
Schloss Herrenbreitungen
135 min walk • Breitungen is a municipality in the Schmalkalden-Meiningen district, Thuringia, Germany. It is situated on the river Werra, southeast of Bad Salzungen.
5.8 miN
Forts and castles
Scharfenburg
149 min walk • The Scharfenburg, at times also called Scharfenberg, is the ruin of a more than 900-year-old hilltop castle in the district of Thal of the town of Ruhla in the Wartburgkreis in Thuringia.
4.8 miN
Tower
Carl-Alexander-Turm
123 min walk • The Ringberg with the Carl Alexander Tower is a 638.9 m above sea level mountain in the Thuringian Forest near Ruhla in Wartburgkreis, Thuringia. Apart from some castle towers and monuments, the Alexander Tower on its summit is the only preserved...
3.6 miE
Town
Brotterode, Brotterode-Trusetal
91 min walk • Brotterode is a town and a former municipality next to the Rennsteig in the Thuringian Forest, in the Schmalkalden-Meiningen district, in Thuringia, central Germany. Since 1 December 2011, it is part of the town Brotterode-Trusetal. It is situated 11 km north of Schmalkalden, and 19 km southeast of Eisenach.