Sonneberg: Hotels and Accommodation

Sonneberg is located in southern Thuringia amid hills and mountains on the southern side of the Thuringian Forest. A documented circular hike around Sonneberg is 15.1 kilometres long, classified as moderately difficult, and combines nature with cultural highlights.

Nature

Loosbrand is located near Sonneberg. Buhler is situated in the surrounding area; Vesteberg and Eckartsberg lie in the wider regional vicinity of Sonneberg.

Sonneberg is part of the Coburg.Rennsteig holiday region. This provides orientation in the wider regional area for hikes and regional excursions.

Culture and History

The Old Town Hall is a distinctive historic building on Sonneberg's market square. It was built in 1844–45 according to plans by the architect Carl Alexander von Heideloff. The centre also contains historic ecclesiastical buildings and old bourgeois houses. Following the town fire of 1840, the medieval market square retained its historic street plan.

Sonneberg Castle is located near Sonneberg. Neuhaus Castle and the Upper Castle of Mitwitz are situated in the surrounding area. The European Museum of Modern Glass is also located in the surrounding area.

The German Toy Museum, founded in 1901, documents Sonneberg's historic role as a significant European centre of toy production. Sonneberg is closely associated with toy manufacturing and is known as the “Toy World Capital”. Before the First World War, around 20 per cent of the toys traded on the world market were produced here, predominantly through home production.

Family

Family-oriented visitor attractions in Sonneberg include the public Nautiland aquarium and the ice rink in Sonneberg.

Further local pages: Neuhaus Am Rennweg, Spechtsbrunn, Steinheid, Lauscha, Steinach, Sonneberg, Judenbach, Schalkau, Mengersgereuth-Hämmern.

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