Burschenschaft Monument
Burschenschaftsdenkmal
A circular memorial hall on a hill south of town, commemorating the 1817 Wartburg Festival student movement. Its terrace looks out across to the Wartburg.
The memorial was built in 1902 as a circular building with a Doric colonnade. It commemorates the Wartburg Festival of 1817, when German university students gathered to demand national unity and liberty. The interior has a dome with colorful mosaics. The surrounding Göpelskuppe hill is an open woodland with views across the valley to the Wartburg. The exterior is free to view, but the interior is open only on specific dates. It is about a 30-minute uphill walk from the old town and can be combined with a hike to the Wartburg.
Opening hours
Exterior open all day; interior opening days per official website
Nearby sights
- Nikolaitor & Luther Monument
- Bach House Eisenach
- Reuter-Wagner-Museum
- Lutherhaus Eisenach
- Market Square & St. George's Church
- Automobile Welt Eisenach
- Wartburg Castle
- Drachenschlucht