Our guest house has a capacity of total 6 rooms with the following: Bad/WC, Kitchen, Entrance corridor. 3 rooms Single room: Luftikus and Eichberg Double room: Spitzenberg. Shower/WC, Kitchen, Entrance corridor. Price: from 15 € / Person / Night Prices for a complete apartment depence on number of persons and duration of stay to be negotiated.*. Also for longer stay and as holiday apartment available. Audio / TV / Video / DSL on request and on availibility. All rooms are nonsmoker areas! can be served on request to the room and /or outside in the garden area.*** you can seat outside to have a relaxing time on our small stream. Barbeque opportunities / arrangements in the garden area. – enough space to play outside in the green area of the garden. there are a lot of opportunities from here to a fascinating country and on Germany listed bicycle tracks – e.g. “Saale-Radwanderweg “ – and other tour destinations like the city of Weimar ( city of the famous writers Goethe and Schiller ). For private and business: you can use our office facilities (e-mail, copy++). Please ask for permission. Table tennis, bicycle and force coach****. * only cash payment possible ** arranged after desire or self-supply *** depending upon weather conditions **** only in the free one possible

Cities Objects of interests. JENA - City of sciences. Distance: 7 km with Zeiss Planetarium, Phyletisches Museum, Optical Museum, Goethe memorial, Schiller garden house, Ernst Haeckel house, Botanical garden, Romantiker house and others. WEIMAR - City of the classical period. Distance: 25 km The German Classical City! With Goethe and Schiller memorials, the Goethe Garden House, the baroque Herzogin-Anna-Amalia-Library, Bauhaus museum, Palaces/Castles and parks at Tiefurt, Belvedere and Ettersburg, Historical Graveyard, German National Theatre, Buchenwald memorial. Distance: 20 km with Old Castle, Rokoko Castle, Renaissance Castle (where the famous writer Goethe was stationed). Distance: 18 km well known due to the heart friendship between Goethe and Mrs. Charlotte von Stein. Distance: 10 km with the castle Leuchtenburg, as the King of the Saale valley, well established and intact. Distance: 60 km with the castle BURGK. Distance: 15 km with the HUNTING palace, built in 1880. Distance: 20 km middle age WATER castle of the 12th century. And many more places in Thuringia for one day visit!·. Natural walks from our place, 2 up to 25 km distances. Rabenschuessel (see also saga), village Leutra (May to June for about 28 different natural Orchids area as one of the largest Orchid occurrence within Germany), castle Leuchtenburg, castle ruin Lobdeburg, around city of Jena on the Horizontal pad with Fuchsturm, Jenzig -house, Furstenbrunnen and others. Via Little Africa area to the Hoher Punkt (454 m), Hunting palace at Hummelshain with Hunting establishment Rieseneck. Wild–romantic Zeitzgrund and idyllic Muhltal (by car via A4/Hermsdorfer Kreuz - to start the walk there). To city Weimar (two ways 50 km), to castle Leuchtenburg (two ways 25 km) and many other pleasant opportunities excists. For swimming pleasure. GalaxSea at Jena-Winzerla (2.5 km) and more city public baths at the cities of Kahla, Stadtroda, Eisenberg. Toscana Therme at Bad Sulza (20 km), Tropical bath Waikiki at Zeulenroda (30 km). Trips to the Thuringer Meer (Hohenwarte, 45 km) at Munchenroda (15 km). Studio at Jena-Winzerla (3 km). Typical Thuringian Kitchen at our village and next village Leutra (2 km). Hotel “ Jembo Park” at Jena-Goschwitz ( 2 km ). Many opportunities at the city of Jena. And, naturally the traditionally Thuringer Bratwurst (special sausage from the grill) and other specialities. Supermarkets 1.5 to 3 km from our place

Our village Maua on the river Saale (165 m above Sea level). Human settling during 12th/13th century. Border between Germans and Slavs. Heathenism along the Saale valley. Saga of the Rabenschussel see further. Heavy attacks to the village by the Thuringian Flood and the 30 Years War. Big disasters by fire in 1640, 1665 and 1800. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe as the ducal master builder of Weimar had dinner at our historical restaurant Goldenes Schiff during the master reconstruction of the river flow Saale between the two villages Rothenstein and Maua in 1791-96 period. He also should have painted Pappeln an der Saale in 1806, just days before the historical battle Schlacht bei Jena on 14th October 1806 against the French Emperor Napoleon. The Church was built by Zisterzienser monks in 15th century and has a gothic Altar-room built on 6th May 1468 fwd; last renovation took place in 2003. The Water-mill on the watercourse shows a stone entrance arch of 1595 as original from the half way water-mill between Maua and Leutra which was destroyed by the Thuringian Flood. The natural reserve Leutratal as one of the eldest reserve area within Germany invites for guided beautiful Orchid walks in May and June. The Eichberg as a small natural reserve area located directly on the river Saale shows a large number of the flora. On the sand stone rocks sports and training exercise to climb 1 to 5 degrees of the alpine difficulties and from the top (to reach also by walking) a wonderful view into the Saale valley is guaranteed and you may stay directly to touch the Rabenschuessel. The Rabenschuessel SAGA. A Christian monk was banished from the society of the Saale valley by the heathen leaving there. Therefore, he left the valley and settled down on the rocks above the river. From this place overlooking the valley with the heathen, the monk started his missionary to convert the heathen into the Christian confession. Leaving on the rocks and having no food and no water, the raven took care of the monk. The monk, finally succeeded in changing heathens confession into the Christian. Honouring the great support of the raven, the monk created a stone bowel into the stone itself to keep always water for the raven to have a continuously water reservoir for drinking. The name since the centuries keeps as Rabenschuessel. Note: the visitor will find the stone bowel filled with water for ravens and other birds.

Address Guesthouse Kirchner. Unterm Sande 3, D-07751 Jena, Germany on Highway No. A4 ( just 500 m far ) via Jena`s station ( Jena-West, Jena-Paradies, Jena-Goeschwitz ) from the city of Jena from city bus station Jena –Goeschwitz ( 1.2 km ) on “Saale-Radwanderweg“). Nearest airports are Erfurt ( 50km ) and Leipzig ( 80km ). Please send your inquiries on: Or announce themselves by telephone or by mail under above mentioned contact address.

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 Luggage storage
 Breakfast may be served in the room
 Playground for children
 Facsimile services
 Heating
 Kitchen
 Pets are accepted
 Parking lot
 Private park, garden, courtyard
 Clock/radio
 Fridge
 Private/Ensuite bathroom
 Tea and coffee making facilities
 Phone at reception
 TV sets in rooms