Hainich National Park
Ancient beech forest on a former military training area in western Thuringia
Hainich protects ancient native beech forest, part of the largest contiguous deciduous forest in Germany, on land once used for military training. Its beeches are part of a World Heritage Site that traces the history of the tree and of European forests since the Last Glacial Period.
Things to do
- HeritageVisit the Alte Burg, an ancient castle site within the park
- Try thisLook for spring flowers such as wild garlic, liverleaf and Turk's cap lily among the beeches
- Try thisListen for the park's 7 species of woodpeckers in the forest
- Try thisExplore the triangle of forest between Eisenach, Mühlhausen and Bad Langensalza
Also worth seeing
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Alte Burg
An ancient castle site within the park.