Zeitzgrund

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Zeitzgrund

As Zeitzgrund refers to the landscape protection - and recreation area of Zeitz creek between Hermsdorf and Stadtroda . The wooded area belongs to the Thuringian woodland and has a number of sights, such as

  • the pitch furnace model - The demonstration model was built on the remains of a find from an old pitch furnace. It was a medieval plant for the production of tar and pitch , besides the charcoal burner it was a typical timber agricultural trade.
  • the nature trail , today named after the teacher Georg Bocklisch (1924-2007) in "Lehrer-Bocklisch-Weg". Georg Bocklisch originally laid out the nature trail in Zeitzgrund according to his ideas, together with voluntary student work groups over five years of intensive work.
  • the Teufelstalbrücke with the Teufelstal
  • the Hasental as a connection between the Teufelstal and the village of Schleifreisen
  • the large and small Rabsburg, both so-called "Raubburgen" in a deserted place from the 13th century, whereby large parts of the large Rabsburg were destroyed by the construction of the Weimar – Gera railway in 1873.
  • the former family crypt of the Lauer family of paper manufacturers in Rabsberg

Along the deeply cut Zeitzbach valley, the well-developed main hiking trail, which often runs on the side of the Zeitzbach, extends, on which there are several mills, some of which are now run as restaurants:

  • Bockmühle (since 1351, formerly a rest home, now used again as a guesthouse and pub)
  • Ziegenmühle (since 1720, today restaurant with its own brewery)
  • Janismühle (since 1494, today riding stables, guesthouse and restaurant with beer garden)
  • Paper mill (since 1664, unused for many years, today under reconstruction)
  • Neumühle (since 1766, today unused and left to decay)
  • Fulling mill (since 1672, today used for agriculture)

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Coordinates: 50 ° 53 ′ 14 "  N , 11 ° 48 ′ 38"  E