Thuringian Tuscany
A region in northeast Thuringia and southwest Saxony-Anhalt is referred to as Thuringian Tuscany or Tuscany of the North .
It extends around the cities of Bad Sulza , Bad Kösen and Camburg between Naumburg (Saale) in the northeast, Jena in the south and Weimar in the southwest. Characteristic for the landscape are the meandering breakthrough valleys of the Saale and Ilm through the plateau-like edge plates of the Thuringian Basin . Most of these consist of shell limestone, which visually enhances the southern appearance of this area due to its light color.
The designation was not very common in the past, but has been used more and more frequently since German reunification , mainly for marketing reasons and by local tourism associations. The region has a very mild, warm, dry and sunny climate, which enables viticulture in Germany's northernmost wine-growing region. This and the hilly landscape are reminiscent of Tuscany in Italy, from which the name of the region is derived. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe also made frequent visits to the area that was then part of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach . The poets of the “Jena Romanticism ” around Novalis also frequently visited the area to get inspiration.
The passage in the Ilm and Saale valleys through the chain of hills that separates the Thuringian Basin from the Leipzig lowland bay was of strategic importance as early as the Middle Ages; Among other things, the Via Regia ran along here. That is why there are many castles and castle ruins in the region, such as the Saaleck Castle and the Rudelsburg at the Kösener Pforte and Camburg Castle . The Dornburg castles and the Schulpforta monastery are also among the sights.
The Toskana Therme in Bad Sulza is named after the Thuringian Tuscany. As the first private public partnership model in Thuringia, it was developed by the city of Bad Sulza, the Kurgesellschaft Heilbad Bad Sulza and the operators of the clinic center, and in 1999 it was affiliated to the clinic center Bad Sulza . In 2000, the Toskana Therme with its patented Liquid Sound therapy process was a world project at Expo 2000. At the 2010 Berlin International Tourism Fair, the Toskana Therme was the first thermal bath in the world to be awarded the renowned “Green Globe” sustainability label.
Individual evidence
- ^ SPA MANAGEMENT, October 2003 edition: Exploring Liquid Sound: Relaxation through Bathing in Light and Music.
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- Heilbad & Kurort, Issue 1–12 / 2006: Liquid Sound in Bad Sulza: Multimedia art finds its way into thermal baths.
