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Vogtlandmuseum Plauen
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City pearls & Enjoyment

Vogtland-Flair

Lovers of art, architecture and music can indulge in ever new highlights in Vogtland: Between Bad Elster and Gera, along the peacefully flowing White Elster river, there are to discover three magnificent theater buildings, valuable collections in museums and sophisticated buildings ranging from spa architecture to Bauhaus. Popular cafés and restaurants ensure that this trip is also unforgettable in culinary terms. You are cordially invited to a culturally enriching trip. Experience the Vogtland flair!
Video on the culinary discovery of the Vogtland region
Video: Archiv TVV Video: CC BY-SA, Vogtland

Vogtland City Pearls

The towns of Plauen, Greiz and Gera can easily be described as “Vogtland pearls”. This is the best place to experience the region’s beauty – in the truest sense of the word: if you set up your “base camp” here, you are just a stone’s throw away from the most beautiful places in the Vogtland. The top town of Plauen is characterised by liveliness, hospitality and a mixture of history and modernity. Three fascinating castles in Greiz tell of the “glamour and glory” of a principality. And the Otto Dix town of Gera has a unique promenade with its Untermhaus district. Bad Elster, the culture and festival town, offers nature, culture and health as a harmonious composition for a stay. Saxony’s most traditional state spa has recently been shining in a completely new light: a new, fascinating world of experiences and lights awaits guests in the royal grounds.
Vogtland Map / Bad Elster
Sightseeing highlight Bad Elster
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Sightseeing highlight Stadt Plauen
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Sightseeing highlight City of Greiz
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Sightseeing highlight Stadt Gera

BAD ELSTER – FLAIR IN A NEW LIGHT

BAD ELSTER – FLAIR IN A NEW LIGHT
Blick auf die blühenden Rhododendron vor dem Königlichen Kurhaus in Bad Elster
Photo: Archiv SSB
Bad Elster, the cultural and festival city, with its royal gardens offers nature, culture and health as a harmonious composition for a stay.

In its extensive, historical parks and sophisticated spa architecture, guests are presented with a unique recreational landscape that was deliberately designed for this purpose by Europe's famous garden architects. Enjoy the flair of impressive architecture, masterful gardening and an illumination experience that is unique in Europe!

With event visitors of all generations, Bad Elster always presents a special flair as a cultural center in the heart of Europe. The harmonious ensemble of the more than 170-year-old historical parks made up of a colorful sea of ​​flowers, attractive themed gardens and gems around the style-defining buildings of the spa architecture and the event venues is a cultural heritage of Saxon history and a tourist flagship in the cultural travel destination of Saxony. The special experience value can be enjoyed royally with floating breaks in the Soletherme & Saunawelt Bad Elster or in the wellness center of the historic Albert Bath.

Experience offers such as the traditional healing water tasting in the spring temple of the Marienquelle, the impressive exhibition in the Saxon Bath Museum, a modern fitness and motor skills park®, various themed tours and art exhibitions invite you to the royal grounds.

Culinary delights in Bad Elster

Historisches Albertbad
Photo: CC BY-SA, Sächsische Staatsbäder GmbH (Chris Gonz)
Louise Lake in Bad Elster
Photo: CC BY-SA, Archiv Osterpfad Vogtland / Jan Bräuer
Theatersaal König Albert Theater
Photo: CC BY-SA, CVG Bad Elster, J. Bräuer
Erlebnis- und Lichterwelt Bad Elster Waldspringbrunnen
Photo: CC BY-SA, Archiv SSB © Lichtdesign / Fachplanung Ulrike R.Birnbaum

PLAUEN - CITY WITH FLAIR

PLAUEN - CITY WITH FLAIR
Abendlicher Blick auf die Fabrik der Fäden im Weißbachschen Haus
Photo: Archiv Kulturbetrieb der Stadt Plauen / Martin Reißmann

Malerisch eingebettet im Tal der Weißen Elster liegt Plauen. Die Spitzenstadt ist durch ihre zentrale Lageund das vielfältige Beherbergungsangebot bestens für eine Städtereise geeignet und idealer Ausgangspunkt für Ausflüge in das gesamte Vogtland. Die Stadt zeichnet sich durch Lebendigkeit, Gastfreundlichkeit und eine Mischung aus Geschichte und Moderne gepaart mit Kultur, Natur und Kulinarik aus. Bei einem Bummel durch die historische Altstadt kann man, neben den zahlreichen Sehenswürdigkeiten, auch kleine Gassen und liebliche Plätze entdecken. Bezaubernde kleine Geschäfte laden zum Stöbern ein und verführen mit regionalen Produkten und Köstlichkeiten. Genuss pur verspricht eine Auszeit in den urigen Altstadtlokalen mit traditioneller vogtländischer Küche, kleinen Cafés, gemütlichen Biergärten und am Stadtstrand.

Experience Highlights Plauen

Culinary delights in Plauen

Erich-Ohser-Haus
Photo: CC BY-SA, Archiv Stadt Plauen / Ellen Liebner
Theater Plauen-Zwickau
Photo: CC BY-SA, Archiv Theater Plauen-Zwickau
City Park Plauen
Photo: CC BY-SA, Archiv der Stadt Plauen/ Andreas Wetzel
Weavers' houses for the Plauen Night of Museums
Photo: CC BY-SA, Archiv Stadt Plauen / A. Wetzel

GREIZ BETWEEN HISTORY AND MODERNITY

GREIZ BETWEEN HISTORY AND MODERNITY
Blick auf das Panorama von Greiz mit seinen beiden Schlössern und der Weißen Elster
Photo: CC BY-SA, Archiv TVV/S.Theilig
Picturesquely situated in the Elster Valley in the Vogtland, Greiz looks back on an eventful past. The monarchy left its mark. Three fascinating castles tell of the "glamour and glory" of the Principality of Reuss in the older line.

A growing textile industry with world fame shaped the town with its small weavers' houses and magnificent factory owners' villas in Art Nouveau and Wilhelminian styles. If you are looking for something special, you will find it in the small side streets and alleys of the town. In the Princely Greiz Park you will find peace and relaxation, numerous restaurants and cafés tempt you with Vogtland culinary delights and the concert hall "Vogtlandhalle" promises unique listening pleasure.

Experience Highlights in Greiz

Culinary delights in Greiz

City tours in Greiz

Autumn in Greizer Park with a view of the Upper Castle
Photo: CC BY-SA, Archiv TVV / Sebastian Theilig
Summer Palace Greiz
Photo: CC BY-SA, Archiv TVV, T. Peisker
White Cross near Greiz
Photo: CC BY-SA, Archiv TVV / Sebastian Theilig
The Vogtlandhalle Greiz
Photo: CC BY-SA, Archiv TVV / Vogtlandhalle Greiz

Otto-Dix-City Gera and surroundings

Otto-Dix-City Gera and surroundings
Der blühende Hofwiesenpark in Gera
Photo: CC BY-SA, Archiv TVV/M.Daßler
Gera is also known as the gateway to the Vogtland. The governors built one of their seats of power here in the 12th century. Some important buildings have been preserved from the era of their descendants, the Reuss princely house. Gera, with its historic district of Untermhaus, has a unique promenade full of small and large restaurants.

The birthplace of the famous painter and graphic artist Otto Dix (1891-1969) houses one of the most important Dix collections with works from all creative periods - from the impressionistic beginnings to the last self-portrait.

Experience Highlights in Gera

Culinary delights in Gera and the surrounding area

City tours in Gera

Marktplatz Gera
Photo: CC BY-SA, Archiv Stadtverwaltung Gera
Orangerie Gera
Photo: CC BY-SA, Archiv TVV / Christoph Beer
Untermhäuser Brücke Gera
Photo: CC BY-SA, Archiv TVV/C.Beer
View of the former Osterstein Castle
Photo: CC BY-SA, Archiv TVV / Marcus Dassler

CULINARY DISCOVERIES

Das Vogtland ist bekannt für seine gute Küche. In vielen Gasthöfen und Restaurants werden Sie hier kulina-risch verwöhnt und können regionale Spezialitäten in schönster Umgebung genießen. Der Duft von Braten, Soße und frisch gemachten Klößen gehört zu dieser Region und löst wohl bei vielen Erinnerungen an gemeinsame Mittagessen mit der ganzen Familie aus. Kulinarisch hat das Vogtland eine Menge zu bieten - egal ob in den Restaurants, Gasthöfen, Cafés oder Hofläden.

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Restaurants in Vogtland
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Cafés im Vogtland - zum Plaudern & Genießen

Architecture in Vogtland

Bridge building art of superlatives

It was the middle of the 19th century when the Saxon-Bavarian Railway Company decided to build a new railway line between Leipzig and Nuremberg. The challenge was to develop a structure that could overcome the deep valley of the Göltzsch. Despite a large competition for the project, no one took the statics into account, so that Professor Johann Andreas Schubert, born in Wernesgrün, finally submitted his own design after taking into account excellent proposals - a brick bridge 78 meters high and more than half a kilometer long.

It took many months before the Saxon-Bavarian Railway Company could lay the foundation stone for a bridge construction project that had never existed in this form before. Due to unexpected complications during construction of the pillars, the initially planned even arches were supplemented by two large arches in the middle at the suggestion of senior construction manager Wilke.

During peak times, over 1,700 workers were working on the construction site every month, around 23,000 trees were felled for scaffolding and up to 150,000 bricks were fired, brought to the construction site and laid in place every day. With hard manual labor, it was possible to build both the Göltzschtal Bridge and its "little sister", the Elstertal Bridge near Plauen, in the same time between 1846 and 1851. Today, the approximately 26 million bricks used shine as the most impressive structure in the entire Vogtland. After restoration in 1950, the Elstertal Bridge also appears in its original splendor again.

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Göltzschtal Bridge
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Elstertalbrücke

Spa architecture

Experience the full splendour of the spa architecture with the flair of the Wilhelminian era and Neo-Renaissance.

Industrial culture & Creative Industries

The cultural monument "Weisbachsches Haus" (Weisbach House) in Plauen is an important manufacturing building in Saxony's industrial development and an important part of the city's industrial heritage. Here, at the foot of the historic old town, the Elsteraue creative quarter is currently being built with the "Factory of Threads" as a new experience location for the topic of Plauen lace. Together with the weavers' houses and the Hempelsche factory, you can already get to know Plauen's rich industrial history here. Plauen also offers a large number of Wilhelminian and Art Nouveau houses with magnificent facades.

Art Nouveau

Along with metropolises such as Barcelona, ​​Brussels or Riga, Greiz is also part of the international community of cities with Art Nouveau styles. The fact that there are so many of these to discover in Greiz may be surprising at first glance. In the former capital of the Principality of Reuss Ä.L., which experienced a boom in its textile industry in the 19th century, there were a number of open-minded builders and architects who adopted the contemporary style. A stroll through the historic city center promises a real architectural experience. You can also be enchanted by the charm of magnificent Wilhelminian-era villas on a tour of Greiz's new town.
Jugendstilarchitektur Brückenstraße 3-5
Photo: Tourist-Information Greiz, CC BY-SA, Vogtland - Sinfonie der Natur
Jugendstilarchitektur Brückenstraße 10-12
Photo: Tourist-Information Greiz, CC BY-SA, Vogtland - Sinfonie der Natur
Beliebtes Fotomotiv des Leipziger Künstlers Mewes in der Burgstraße 8
Photo: Tourist-Information Greiz, CC BY-SA, Vogtland - Sinfonie der Natur
Art Nouveau in Marktstraße Greiz
Photo: CC BY-SA, Archiv Tourist-Information Greiz

Villa and Bauhaus Tour in Gera

The villa tour shows the architectural diversity of the numerous factory owners' villas that have been preserved from the 19th to the 20th century. Gera is the city with the most architectural monuments from the Bauhaus era in Thuringia. Manufacturers, but also wealthy citizens of the city, liked the new architecture and had houses and factories built for them. Thilo Schoder, a master student of Henry van de Velde, is considered the most consistent representative of the New Building movement in Thuringia. The Bauhaus tour - whether on foot or by bus - makes the flair of the 1920s tangible.
  • Schulenburg House, Gera
    Photo: CC BY-SA, Archiv Stadt Gera, S. Schädlich
  • Haus Schulenburg Gera
    Photo: CC BY-SA, Archiv TVV/S.Theilig
  • Haus Schulenburg Gera
    Photo: CC BY-SA, Archiv TVV/S. Theilig

Half-timbered houses

Historic half-timbered and timber-framed houses characterize the rural flair and can also be found in the Vogtland. You can see well-preserved half-timbered and timber-framed houses on a village walk in the Thuringian Vogtland, for example in Langenwetzendorf, Weckersdorf or Korbußen.

In the Saxon part of the region you will find particularly well-preserved buildings in the Upper Vogtland, such as in Raun, the Vogtland Open Air Museum Landwüst and Eubabrunn, but also in Oberlauterbach and Plauen.

Fachwerkhaus Korbußen
Photo: CC BY-SA, Archiv TVV/S. Theilig
Fachwerkhaus Langenwetzendorf
Photo: CC BY-SA, Archiv TVV/S. Theilig
Fachwerkhaus Weckersdorf
Photo: CC BY-SA, Archiv TVV/S. Theilig
Raun Fachwerkhaus am VPW
Photo: CC BY-SA, Archiv TVV/C.Beer

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