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Healthy mountain air, hiking & enjoyment
Short distances, a healthy mountain climate, surrounded by forest in the middle of the green heart of Germany – this is what makes your holiday in Oberhof special. The Thuringian Forest is the perfect place for winter sports as well as all other seasons. Your holiday can be both relaxing and interesting. The beautiful Rennsteig is right at the doorstep. Your hike along Germany’s most famous hiking trail will take you to a place of tranquillity and enjoyment.
Today, Oberhof is known as a German winter sports centre. This is mostly due to a unique concentration of top-rated sports facilities.
Oberhof - Holiday in the middle of Germany
The location of Oberhof can be found in a fairly simple way: If you draw a straight line in your mind from Germany's north to south and the same from east to west, you should find Oberhof not too far from the point where the two straight lines cross. Oberhof is therefore located in the centre of Germany, in Thuringia.
The associated district is Schmalkalden-Meiningen, which lies in the south-west of the Free State.
This part of Germany is characterised by the heights of the Thuringian Forest and Oberhof itself is a stately 815 metres above sea level.
Not far from Oberhof you will find Europe's most famous high-altitude trail, the Rennsteig. The neighbouring Wartburgkreis district borders directly on the Werra-Meißner district in northern Hesse. So from Oberhof you also have close access to very beautiful parts of the German Fairytale Route. After all, Frau Holle and Hänsel and Gretel are said to have experienced their stories in Northern Hesse.
Oberhof - town of many possibilities for your holiday
Less active recreation seekers can enjoy a successful wellness and recreation cure in Oberhof combined with quite a few leisure activities. The Schlossberghotel is equipped with a professional wellness department where you can relax in the Finnish sauna while sweating, take a few laps in the pool to stabilise your circulation, have a professional physiotherapist relieve all your muscle tension for once, and refresh and rejuvenate your skin with a beauty treatment. Combined with the region's wealth of nature, the city is ideal for healthy spa holidays. From spring to autumn, native plants can be admired in the Rennsteig Garden in Oberhof. The botanical garden shows the diversity of our flora and is, as it were, an oasis of peace and relaxation.
However, coming to Oberhof is not only worthwhile for sports enthusiasts, active people and wellness fans. Oberhof and the surrounding region offer numerous sights. Those spending their active or wellness holiday in Oberhof should not miss the opportunity to travel a few kilometres by car. Further northwest, the Rennsteig leads him directly to Eisenach, where the famous Wartburg is located.
From Eisenach further east, you reach Erfurt, the capital of Thuringia, with lots of flair and a rich cultural offering.
Even further east are Weimar and Jena, important cultural centres in Germany and former poet capitals. Of course, if you have a landscape like the Rennsteig on your doorstep, you could actually do without more sights. Oberhof, however, does not. In the exotarium, visitors can be fascinated by the world of creepy-crawlies. About 150 different animal species are exhibited here: Reptiles and amphibians, but also insects. In aquariums you can admire the beauty of many species of fish.
Tourists will find Oberhof a versatile holiday destination all year round, surrounded by lush nature, beautiful mountain foothills and many recreational opportunities. Even though the town is becoming more and more sought after as a winter sports area, it remains an attractive attraction for holidaymakers all year round.
No holiday without winter sports in Oberhof
Winter sports dominate the town during the cold season. The low mountain landscape offers ideal conditions for cross-country and downhill skiing. Oberhof is not only known among active recreational winter sports enthusiasts, but as the venue of numerous Nordic competitions, it is also a household name for TV viewers. Every year in January, internationally televised competitions such as the Biathlon World Cup and the Luge World Cup take place.
In Oberhof, every holidaymaker has a great chance to see one of the top athletes live. The world's elite athletes are not only in town for the World Cups. All year round, the various teams of all nations train in Oberhof. Ski jumpers, biathletes, cross-country skiers, lugers, bobsleigh pilots or skeleton professionals find ideal training conditions. Perfect climatic conditions, the sports facilities with their training offers of the Olympic base, combined with 365 days of snow a year. In the skiing hall, Oberhof's guests can watch the top athletes train from the visitors' balcony. At the other sports facilities they can also marvel at the top athletes training or competing. It is very fascinating to watch the ski jumpers, for example.
As soon as the snow conditions allow, the cross-country trails are groomed in Oberhof. As a DSV Nordic Active Centre, the cross-country trails are designed and tested by the German Ski Association. This sporting offer is complemented by the connection to the extensive cross-country skiing network in the entire Thuringian Forest. Cross-country skiing has been practised in the Oberhof holiday region for over a hundred years. From the small round to the demanding 50 km route, every cross-country skier will find the right offer here.
If the weather outside is not so ideal, or you are on a summer holiday in Oberhof, you don't have to miss out on cross-country skiing. Guests can also go cross-country skiing in the Oberhof ski hall 365 days a year, rental equipment included.
If you prefer downhill skiing, you can do so at the Fallbachhang Oberhof. The Alte Golfwiese ski area is also suitable for beginners.
Oberhof - A perfect destination for a short holiday?
When asked whether Oberhof is a good destination for your next short holiday, there are spontaneously many answers: For winter sports enthusiasts, the importance of Oberhof is clear. However, active holidaymakers also appreciate the scenic advantages, not only in winter, but also in summer. In the same way, everyone else who does not want to be active in sports will find Oberhof a charming tourist destination.
The town is located quite centrally in Germany, so it can be reached from all four directions in about the same amount of time. The region is equally suitable for hiking enthusiasts as well as for relaxation holidaymakers.
In winter, you have the opportunity here to meet numerous representatives of the sporting celebrities who complete their training sessions in Oberhof. If you are lucky, you will also be able to watch some of the German representatives of the biathlon, who are among the world's elite, training on rollers during the summer.
The landscape is breathtakingly beautiful and characterised by an immeasurable diversity of nature. The air in this region is still pure and not polluted by industry. In addition, Oberhof is professionally geared towards holidays and has many good houses of top gastronomy with great wellness offers in the house. Anyone who has ever been to Oberhof likes to come here again and again.