#thuringianforest

october '19: weaving sunshine yarns into autumnal fabric. finally a new post, still stuck to an autumn theme. i included poems and poetry this time, since after many years of telling you how much i love autumn, i feel like my own words are repetitive, and there are people who tell it so much more poignantly and beautifully. #newblogpost #linkinbio #autumn #fall #nature #oberhof #thuringianforest #thüringerwald (hier: Oberhof, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPxtVaJnC8d/?utm_medium=tumblr

autumn at its finest ❤️ the thuringian forest is our go to when we want to pick mushrooms, and in the past few years my parents often chose #singen as their turf. it's a charming little village directly situated at the foot of the singener berg. the woods surrounding it have a wide variety of all kinds of mushrooms, so it never gets boring. also, a mixed mushroom meal is what you want to go for, too many of only one species is just bland and doesn't give your meal texture and taste. in addition to the mushroom hunt you get to enjoy lovely autumn woods and gorgeous views, sometimes you even stumble upon wild animals ❤️ clearly, this annual tradition is one of my favourite things to do in autumn. #singenerberg #singen #thuringia #thuringianforest #mushrooms #nature #autumn #woods #autumncolours (hier: Singener Berg) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGwceT0nhKW/?igshid=1e9rlq2k246qz

april '20: deep in the thuringian forest. #newblogpost is up - link in bio! 🌲🌱 a hike around the lütsche dam, with forays into the surrounding woods, discovering old timber rafting channels and tunnels, with many views on the surrounding mountains ⛰️ #thuringianforest #thüringerwald #lütschetalsperre #lütschedam #woods #forests #mountains #nature #spring #frankenhain (hier: Lütsche Stausee) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChXYX4Ytrwr/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

pictures from a snow day in the #thuringianforest last week ❄️ we visited the area around #frauenwald, a small district of the city of ilmenau. the whole place wasn't overrun at all, despite us visiting during official school holiday season. on our walk we rarely encountered people, which is always a huge plus in my book 😅 it was beautiful and i adore the thuringian forest in all its winter glory ❤️ #thüringerwald #snow #mountains #winterwalks (hier: Frauenwald) https://www.instagram.com/p/CaRwYJBr8_c/?utm_medium=tumblr

goodbye, thuringia, my homeland, it's been wonderful again 🧡💛🤎 you always manage to rekindle my love for you, to not forget about the roots that are still enrooted in your soils, in the mountains, hills, valleys and basins. a soul place, a true place of yearning and nostalgia. these pictures are from yesterday's hike through the woods of oberhof in the thuringian forest, which was beautiful as everything was so moist and overgrown and the fog was creating a proper spooky mood for the most spooky time of the year. i will try to keep these two weeks alive in my mind for the next months to come, as i return to this densely populated region where corona is having a feast and i will have to return to my usual routine of working. #thuringia #thuringianforest #oberhof #triefstein #gerastollen #nature #trees #woods #forest #rocks #mountains #fog (hier: Oberhof, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHDHRb2HUXf/?igshid=t2y9ptzw1lo9

my vacations are over and i am back in wiesbaden, but here's two pictures from yesterday's hike on the #rennsteig. it wasn't as scenic as our adventure around the barrage on friday (somehow the rennsteig's charms elude me), but there were a few lovely landscapes offside the trail like this mountain pond where the tiny rivulet #sattelbach flows through. so lush! #thuringia #thüringen #thuringianforest #thüringerwald #mountainponds #nature #mountains #oberhof (hier: Waldgaststätte Sattelbach, Oberhof) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_e3VGTny_e/?igshid=1rexkge402jol

we hiked around the lütschetalsperre in the thuringian forest today (15 km) and while my right knee is pretty much destroyed right now, it's still been an utter delight to explore the area and stumble upon breathtaking mountain views, clear brooks in narrow valleys, burned out 17th century tunnels, rocks overgrown with lichen and romantic lakes and forest paths. it is such an enchanting and inspiring mountain range and one we should definitely explore more of outside of our usual main hub in oberhof, which we mostly visited in winter in the past. '... bin ich weit in der welt, habe ich verlangen, thüringer wald, nur nach dir...' (rennsteiglied, herbert roth, 1951) #thuringia #thüringen #thüringerwald #thuringianforest #mountains #hoherstein #löffelbühlsgraben #mountaincreeks #ausgebrannterstein #gräfenroda #lütschetalsperre #barragedams (hier: Talsperre Lütsche) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_YN8yKH1ad/?igshid=q61qx6hbw3p3

yesterday led us to #schmalkalden , a city in the thuringian forest! we learned about the schmalkaldic league, an union from the renaissance era, that formed in this city and went on to be a protective alliance for the protestant confession during the reformation. there's a really informative and highly entertaining exhibition about it inside wilhelmsburg castle. also worth seeing are the castle's chapel and various halls that are wonderfully decorated in renaissance fashion! but it was freezing cold inside, so be sure to wear thick clothes, in case you get so intrigued by the content of the exhibits that you don't leave for the next 3 hours 😅 we warmed up afterwards in the @viba_sweets café, which is attached to a museum about the local nougat producer! the viba world is highly recommended, as you can watch how some of the sweet delicacies are created and even can produce your own if you wish to! #thuringia #thuringianforest #schlosswilhelmsburg #castles #interiors #renaissance (hier: Schloss und Museum Wilhelmsburg) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4zFQ4YokDE/?igshid=1dzmpnechi4gc