Churches & Monasteries

Leaner than the Leaning Tower of Pisa is the tower of the upper church of Bad Frankenhausen and thus definitely one of the most popular photo motifs of the spa town. Our historic churches impress with their architecture and history.
Sondershausen
Mikvah in Sondershausen
The Sonderhäuser Mikvah was discovered as a chance find in 1996 during archaeological excavations in the run-up to the development of the Postplatz for the construction of a shopping centre. It borders directly on the remains of the medieval city ...
Donndorf Abbey
The former Kloster Donndorf is now home to the Ländliche Heimvolkshochschule Thüringen e. V. (Thuringuia rurla adult home education centre e.V.) The former Cistercian convent was first officially recorded in 1309. Rebellious farmers stormed the ...
St. Blasii Church
The largest Protestant church in Nordhausen is the St. Blasii Church. The first mention of a church building was made in a document issued in the reign of Heinrich VII in 1234. His father, Friedrich II, had instructed Heinrich to build a new ...
St. Trinitatis Church
The Trinitatis Church in the town center of Sondershausen with its six-story tower was the court church and burial chapel of the royal house of the residential town. At the beginning of the 17th century, the Trinitatis Church was built on the ...
The Leaning Tower of Bad Frankenhausen®
Der Schiefe Turm von Bad Frankenhausen® (Leaning Tower of Bad Frankenhausen®) is striking and spectacularly inclined and lends a special charm to the silhouette of the town. The tower has been a landmark of the town and a popular subject for ...
Münchenlohra Monastery
In Münchenlohra in the Hainleite stands the impressive three-nave pillar basilica of St. Gangolf. The church once belonged to a Benedictine convent founded by the Counts of Lohra in the 12th century. The nearby Lohra Castle with an ...
Göllingen Monastery
It is one of the oldest monasteries in Thuringia and displays essential and rare architectural forms of the High Romanesque period. Its most important patron, Imperial Count Günther von Käfernburg-Schwarzburg, is today venerated as Saint Günther ...
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
The Cathedral of the Holy Cross plays an important role in the history of the city of Nordhausen: When Queen Mathilde established a women's monastery here in 961, she also spurred the development of the city. Nordhausen, which is almost 1100 ...