Description
The twin town of Dornburg-Camburg lies in the central Saale valley, not far from the university city of Jena. Dornburg-Camburg has a lot to offer: three palaces, two museums, a spectacular iron bridge, castles, ruins and a two-metre reflecting telescope. Famous visitors include the medieval Holy Roman Emperor Otto I, the poet Goethe and the philosopher Nietzsche. The town is also known as the home of some of the best of German ceramic art. Want to find out more? Take our audio walk to explore key sites in Dornburg-Camburg.
Foto: © Schatzkammer Thüringen, Fotograf Marcus Glahn
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Stations of this Audioguide
- 1
- Welcome, Beginnings of the Town
- 2
- The Cemetery
- 3
- Market & Town Hall
- 4
- The Town Church of St. James
- 5
- Tertiary Quartzite and Wellenkalk (Lower Muschelkalk): Dornburg Rocks
- 6
- Granary of the Old Farm
- 7
- Dornburg Palace Gardens
- 8
- View of the Saale Valley
- 9
- The Old Palace
- 10
- The Rococo Palace
- 11
- The stables
- 12
- The Renaissance Palace
- 13
- Town Hall and Fortifications
- 14
- Dorndorf, Carl Alexander Bridge
- 15
- Tautenburg Castle Ruin
- 16
- Camburg Castle
- 17
- Camburg Town Museum, former Administration Building
- 18
- Camburg Ruined Church of St. Cyriac
- 19
- Frauenpriessnitz Revenue Office