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Thuringian products

Lap up honey in the bee show garden, sample chutneys and spoon up homemade ice cream: you can enjoy Thuringian treats on the spot and take them home with you.

Rhöner Herzblut

Fresh, seasonal varieties of fruit and vegetables go into the jars at Rhöner Herzblut. The factory’s “preservers” all grew up in the three-sided farmstead in the Thuringian Rhön Mountains and their chutneys and fruit spreads only contain ingredients that they have grown themselves or obtained from the natural orchards of the biosphere reserve. They put their heart and soul into creating preserves with a distinctive intensity of colour.

Landhof am Ziegenried

The Landhof Am Ziegenried, a farm with its own sheep dairy and café is located right on the Gera Cycle Route between Arnstadt and Plaue. Patrons can choose between various kind of cheese made from 100% sheep’s milk, yoghurt, cakes and homemade ice cream.

Schönbrunn Spice Museum

Seafarers once set off for distant countries to bring back the spices that we can now spell in this village in the Thuringian Forest: the Spice Museum in Schönbrunn presents the long tradition of the production of exotic spices and their healing powers. You can also buy some spices in the FUCHS Gewürze shop.

Dry-aged-beef from Thuringia

Old family recipes in conjunction with natural spices and high-quality meat from farms in the region – that is the winning formula of Landfleischerei Lindig, a butcher’s shop in Krölpa and Saalfeld. Günter and Dirk Lindig regularly visit their suppliers, where the animals are kept under appropriate and stress-free conditions. The dry-aged beef from Angus cattle reared in Thuringia is a particular delicacy. It develops its taste during the maturation process in a special cell with a rock salt wall.

Apiary at Tonndorf Castle

Have you ever tasted cornflower honey? On a guided tour through the Tonndorf Castle bee show garden in Weimarer Land, guests can learn exciting information about the production of Bioland honey, the around 100 bee colonies and the mysterious white lady.

Goldhelm chocolate from Erfurt

This chocolate is a real Thuringian success story: the Goldhelm chocolate factory is now one of Germany’s top chocolateries. More than 100 kinds of chocolate are on offer at the Erfurt factory, made entirely by hand according to the recipes created by the company founder and chocolatier Alex Kühn. The factory uses fresh seasonal ingredients that originate in Thuringia if possible, and fair-trade fine cocoa from cooperatives.