The best cycling routes around Vogtei

High above the small town of Treffurt, which exudes medieval charm, lies Normannstein Castle, located on the Werra-Burgensteig. From here, like a guardian, you have a great view of the town and the Werra Valley.

Mühlhausen is known as „Muhlhusia turrita“, the tower-adorned Mühlhausen with once 59 towers of churches and city walls. 11 medieval churches and a preserved inner city wall ring with numerous defensive towers allow visitors to experience the tower-adorned Mühlhausen of modern times. They will encounter not only sacred spaces, but also the unique secular use of church buildings, for example as a city library, museum, or theatre stage. The old town is the second-largest monument in Thuringia, which attentive visitors can recognise by the red street signs. In addition to the multitude of churches and museum institutions, guests can discover lovingly restored half-timbered and bourgeois houses, special architectural monuments, and former mills. Source: https://www.muehlhausen.de/tourismus/sehenswuerdigkeiten/

The church is the parish church of the Mühlhausen old town and was gifted to the Teutonic Order in 1227. The current building was constructed between 1270 and 1300 as an early Gothic hall church, influenced by French cathedral architecture. It possesses significant art-historical elements such as a rose window, medieval stained glass, a late Gothic carved altar, and tomb slabs of important personalities. After the Reformation, religious expressions changed, and much of the original furnishings were lost. The west towers still date from the predecessor building and house historical bells. The church also developed into an important center for Protestant church music, with a peak in the work of Johann Sebastian Bach in the early 18th century.

The former monastery church of St. Crucis, located on the Kornmarkt, is characterized by the absence of a transept, unadorned masonry, as well as simple tracery windows and portals, marking it as a mendicant order church. It was built in the second half of the 13th century, incorporating a Romanesque predecessor; the tower was added – contrary to the rules of the Franciscan order – at the beginning of the 15th century in the angle between the nave and the choir. The building, which has been deconsecrated since 1802, and was initially used as a municipal weigh house and granary, later even as a shell for office spaces and apartments, only found an appropriate use after extensive restoration between 1973 and 75 and subsequent museological design, which is supplemented by special events, primarily of a musical nature. A crypt lapidarium provides information on the building history, an exterior lapidarium gathers valuable building fragments from the entire urban area. The Kornmarkt church was one of the main sites of events in Mühlhausen during the Peasants' War. The insurgents gathered here, and here they cast cannons for their fight. This authentic site today houses a permanent exhibition that informs about the course, highlights, and aftermath of the German Peasants' War in the context of the era and as part of German national history – the most comprehensive exhibition on this historical topic in Germany, accompanied by corresponding special exhibitions. Quelle: https://www.thueringen.info/kultur/muehlhausen-bauernkriegsmuseum/

Railway cycle paths in such a great location

The densely built Linsenstraße leads over the Breitsülze, a small artificial stream that has supplied the city with water since 1292.

Here, the promenade is a lovely place to stroll, and on weekdays, there's also a wide selection of good snacks. At the end, the highlight, St. Mary's Church, awaits.

It's very impressive to cycle right next to the cliffs. The cycle path is in good condition, but quite narrow.