Dornburg Explained

Type:	Quarter
Town:	Dornburg-Camburg
Image Coa:	Wappen Dornburg Saale.png
Coordinates:	51.0064°N 11.6661°W
State:	Thüringen
District:	Saale-Holzland-Kreis
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft:	Dornburg-Camburg
Elevation:	235
Area:	10.40
Population:	909
Stand:	2006-12-31
Postal Code:	07778
Area Code:	036427
Licence:	SHK
Website:	www.dornburg-saale.de

Dornburg is a town in the Saale-Holzland district, in Thuringia, Germany. It sits atop a small hill of 400 ft above the Saale. Since 1 December 2008, it is part of the town Dornburg-Camburg.

History

Within the German Empire (1871–1918), Dornburg was part of the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.

Main sights

Dornburg is mainly known for its three grand ducal castles, once belonging to the former grand-dukes of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. These are:

• Altes Schloss, which is built on the site of older castles from the early 12th century. One such castle was the Kaiserpfalz, often a residence of the emperors Otto II and Otto III, and where the emperor Henry II held a diet in 1005.
• Neues Schloss or "Rokokoschloss", built in the Italian style in the years 1728–1748. It features pretty gardens that drew the likes of Goethe.
• The third and southernmost of the three is the so-called Renaissanceschloss, which was built in the 17th century on the site of an older castle.

External links

• A German site with statistics