Many events, entertainment and shows in every corner of the city - that is Schmalkalden between August 16 and 25, 2024. At the end, the 1150th anniversary celebration culminates in the city festival weekend with well-known bands and music from the Salzbrücke to the main stage at the Altmarkt.
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The range of concerts offered by Meiningen Summer Culture extends from jazz trumpets to distorted electric guitars, from singer-songwriters to unusual mixes of instruments. The audience is happy and the artists are also impressed by the familiar atmosphere in the courtyard of the Elisabethenburg castle.
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The steam locomotive experience world has been the topic of conversation for more than 10 years and has now gone from a dream to reality in the city of steam locomotive maintenance and repairers. Everyone can now get a direct picture of the technological marvel and accelerant of the industrial revolution from the 19th century.
They have now met for the ninth time in the village of 150 people near the border triangle of Thuringia, Bavaria and Hesse. And there are more and more of them, dressed in traditional clothing, who mainly practice sports disciplines that require a lot of strength. But skill is also required and so there are also more and more women who emulate the men or even make the accents themselves...
The annual summit meeting on the Schneekopf is not only attended by ambitious runners who take a variety of routes to the (almost) highest peak in the Thuringian Forest, but also by lots of hikers and families who enjoy nature at the top in the best weather. And of course there is also a great celebration.
Turning the start of summer into a street music festival is the idea that has been attracting more and more musicians to the city centres on this day for several years. In Meiningen, thanks to a dynamic organisation, the offering has more than doubled compared to last year and music of various genres can be heard in many corners of the city.
The South Thuringia Railway invites you to a big family celebration. The reason: For ten years, the Rennsteig shuttle has been taking holidaymakers, day-trippers, hikers and fresh air lovers up to Rennsteig station and, if necessary, back down to Ilmenau or even to the state capital. And it is precisely with, or better still for, these passengers that the railway organizes music, food and drink,...
On June 30th, the 10th anniversary of the Rennsteig shuttle will be celebrated with a big family festival at Rennsteig station.
The fact that the greatest German poet also travelled in the Thuringian mountains as a naturalist and as the right-hand man of the Duke of Weimar is not so new, but only a few people know the details. A special exhibition in the Ilmenau Goethe City Museum can now provide a remedy.
When the super marathon runners who started in Eisenach at 6 a.m. reach the Ebertswiese above Floh-Seligenthal, they already have 37.5 kilometers in their legs. Some hardly allow themselves a break, here the time and the ranking list count, others take it a little more relaxed according to the motto "be there and arrive", enjoying the energy boosters served in the form of fat bread...
