Arnstadt: Bach's First Organ Post, Bachkirche and Neideck Castle Ruin, and One of Thueringen's Oldest Towns on the Gera
Arnstadt has about 25,700 residents and lies on the Gera river in the Ilm-Kreis of Thueringen. Johann Sebastian Bach held his first organ position here at the Neue Kirche (now Bachkirche) from 1703 to 1707. The town claims to be one of the oldest in Thueringen, first documented in 704. The Neideck castle ruin overlooks the town from a hill. The Schlossmuseum houses the Mon Plaisir collection of Baroque dolls.
Erfurt is about 20 kilometres north. Ilmenau lies roughly 25 kilometres south. Gotha is around 20 kilometres northwest. The Thuringian Forest begins to the south. Arnstadt sits at the northern foot of the Vorderen Thuringer Wald hills.
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Arnstadt has about 25,700 residents and lies on the Gera river in the Ilm-Kreis of Thueringen. Johann Sebastian Bach held his first organ position here at the Neue Kirche (now Bachkirche) from 1703 to 1707. The town claims to be one of the oldest in Thueringen, first documented in 704. The Neideck castle ruin overlooks the town from a hill. The Schlossmuseum houses the Mon Plaisir collection of Baroque dolls.
Erfurt is about 20 kilometres north. Ilmenau lies roughly 25 kilometres south. Gotha is around 20 kilometres northwest. The Thuringian Forest begins to the south. Arnstadt sits at the northern foot of the Vorderen Thuringer Wald hills.
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