Gotha

Gotha is in Thuringia, Germany.

Gotha Historisches Rathaus 2015-08 --2 - upright=1.3|Old town hall, Gotha

Gotha Halal Travel Guide

During the late Middle Ages, Gotha was an important market town, located on the Via Regia international trade route. From 1640, Gotha was the former capital of an independent petty Duchy. Due to complicated succession laws of the Ernestine line of the House of Wettin, Thuringia was separated into more and more states that got smaller and smaller, consisting of many dismembered territories. In 1826, Saxe-Gotha was merged with the neighbouring Saxe-Coburg.

While their home territories were pretty insignificant and the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha were immensely successful in European marriage politics, and at the end of 19th century several European countries were ruled by this dynasty: the United Kingdom (Queen Victoria was married to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; the House of Windsor is just another name of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, chosen during the anti-German sentiments of the First World War), Belgium (Leopold I was chosen as King of the Belgians in 1831), Bulgaria and Portugal (the latter two are now republics).

There was a rivalry between the two main duchies and residences of Thuringia: Gotha and Weimar. While Weimar stood out for its cultural impact, with Goethe, Schiller, Wieland and Herder all present at Duchess Anna Amalia's "Court of the Muses", Gotha became an early centre of natural sciences. The Dukes of Gotha began to collect naturalia in the 17th century and the town's museum of natural history was one of the first of its kind. The Gotha astronomical observatory was established in 1786 and had a Europe-wide leading position at that epoch. Moreover, Gotha was a stronghold of the German publishing sector, with Perthes being Germany's prime publisher of maps and atlases.

The Gothaer Versicherung was Germany's first mutual insurance company, based on English models. In 1875 the Socialist Workers' Party was founded in Gotha, predecessor of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.

Travel to Gotha

Gotha is a station on the high-speed rail link between Frankfurt and Leipzig. ICEs call every two hours, taking one hour from Leipzig, two hours from Frankfurt and 2:15 from Dresden. Additionally and there are a few intercity trains from Cologne and the Ruhr neighborhood per day.

Regional trains from Erfurt call twice an hour, which takes around 20 minutes. Moreover and there are regional trains from Weimar (hourly; 30–40 minutes), Jena (every two hours, taking one hour), Göttingen (1:15) and Gera (1:35).

How to get around in Gotha

GPS 50.945|10.704|layer=W - The TWSB operates a tramway network with four urban lines plus the Thüringerwaldbahn, an intraurban tramway that links Gotha with the Boxberg hill and the nearby towns Waltershausen, Friedrichroda and Tabarz, and the Marienglashöhle show cave on the northern slope of the Thuringian Forest mountain range (21.7 kilometers in total).

What to see in Gotha

Schloss Friedenstein Gotha 2 - Friedenstein Castle

• Friedenstein Castle - Schloss Friedenstein - 50.9458, 10.7044 ☎ +49 3621 8234-0 Opening Hours: Tue-Fri 10AM Monday - 4PM (November–March), 10AM Monday - 5PM (early April, September–October), 10AM Monday - 6PM (Easter–August) admission to all parts of the castle € 10 (reduced € 4), single modules € 5 each (reduced € 2.50) Friedenstein Palace - Bundesarchiv Bild 183-37296-0001, Gotha, Schloss Friedenstein Early-Baroque palace of the Dukes of Saxe-Gotha, built in 1643–1654 as one of Germany's biggest 17th-century stately homes. The complex includes the Schlossmuseum (museum), museum of regional history, huge numismatic collection and the Ekhof-Theater (ducal court theatre), a research centre as well as the palace chapel and ducal tombs. The casemates of the palace's fortress are accessible, too.

Herzogliches Museum Gotha - Ducal Museum

• Ducal Museum - Herzogliches Museum - 50.9433, 10.7058 Opening Hours: Tue-Fri 10AM Monday - 4PM (November–March), 10AM Monday - 5PM (April–October) € 5 (reduced € 2.50) or combination ticket with the castle Museum der Natur Gotha The Dukes' arts collection, including Egyptian and Graeco-Roman antiques, Renaissance paintings, East Asian arts and sculptures of different eras.

Gotha Park Merkurtempel 2 - Mercury temple and big pond in the castle grounds

• Castle grounds - Schlosspark - 50.9433, 10.7054 The 91-acre park is one of the biggest in Germany and a very beautiful, too. It was one of the first English-style landscape gardens in Germany and all of continental Europe. There is a number of very old trees, including some 500-year old oaks.

• Orangerie 50.946878, 10.709203
• Teeschlösschen 50.945793, 10.708153 - Neogothic 18th-century maison de plaisance, imitating the look of a chapel.

• Friedrichsthal Castle - Schloss Friedrichsthal | 50.9472, 10.7104 - Baroque three-wing summer residence from the 1700s, modelled on Versailles.

• Winter Palace - Winterpalais | Friedrichstraße 2 50.9478, 10.7092 - Neoclassical city palace from 1822. Having decayed during the 1990s and 2000s, it had to be teared down and was completely rebuilt in 2014. Now it hosts the city library.

• Princely House - Prinzenpalais | Mozartstraße 1 50.944409, 10.711916 8558710 Early Neoclassical villa built for Prince August, one of the Duke's brothers, who was a friend of Goethe and sympathised with the ideas of Enlightenment and sponsored a circle of artists, including Herder and Wieland. Since the 1990s, it stands empty.

• German Insurance museum - Museum der deutschen Versicherungswirtschaft | Bahnhofstraße 3a 50.9431, 10.7122 ☎ +49 3621 36703 Museum about the history of insurance business

• Maria-Magdalena-Hospital Brühl 4 50.950556, 10.699722 Former hospital, established in 1223 by Saint Elizabeth of Thuringia. The current Baroque-style building was constructed in 1716–1719.

• Street Maragaret's Church - Margarethenkirche | Neumarkt 50.9502, 10.705 - Stadtkirche Gotha Late-Gothic hall church; one of the town's oldest extant buildings.

Orgel Augustinerkirche Gotha - Augustinian Church organ

• Augustinian Church - Augustinerkirche | 50.9473, 10.6995 - Gotha-Augustiner-Kirche-2 Former monastic church of the Augustinian Hermits. Martin Luther (who was an Augustinian Friar himself) preached here in 1521. Rather modest Gothic hall church from the outside, but contains a rich Baroque interior, including a stately box for the Dukes and an early-Baroque organ case.

• Perthes-Forum Justus-Perthes-Straße 5 - Former buildings of the Perthes publishing house of maps and atlases. Now houses the Thuringian state archives and a research library.

• Tivoli 50.943889, 10.697778 - Place where the Socialist Workers' Party was established in 1875

• Zoological garden - Tierpark - Töpfleber Weg 2 50.936, 10.7176 Opening Hours: 9AM Monday - 6PM during summer, 9AM Monday - 4.30PM during winter €6 (children €3) Home to more than 600 animals of 140 different species.

• Boxberg turf - Pferderennbahn Boxberg | 50.905278, 10.658056
• Citizens' tower - Bürgerturm | on the Galberg hill 50.9603, 10.6662 21503 35-metre high tower on a hill with panoramic view over the further surroundings.

Top Muslim Travel Tips for Gotha

Bühne des Ekhof-Theaters - Stage of Ekhof theatre

• Thüringen Philharmonie Gotha, symphony orchestra, gives concerts several times per month, usually at Kulturhaus Gotha or Stadthalle Gotha
• Kinderchor Gotha children's choir
• Gothardus festival, first weekend in May, celebrated since the Middle Ages, with markets, concerts, pageant, fireworks
• Ekhof festival, June to August, concerts and theatrical performance in the historical Ekhof theatre
• Baroque festival, last weekend in August, cizizens wear Baroque costumes, play scenes set on the court of Duke Frederick III

eHalal Group Launches Halal Guide to Gotha

Gotha - eHalal Travel Group, a leading provider of innovative Halal travel solutions for Muslim travelers to Gotha, is thrilled to announce the official launch of its comprehensive Halal and Muslim-Friendly Travel Guide for Gotha. This groundbreaking initiative aims to cater to the diverse needs of Muslim travelers, offering them a seamless and enriching travel experience in Gotha and its surrounding regions.

With the steady growth of Muslim tourism worldwide, eHalal Travel Group recognizes the importance of providing Muslim travelers with accessible, accurate, and up-to-date information to support their travel aspirations to Gotha. The Halal and Muslim-Friendly Travel Guide is designed to be a one-stop resource, offering an array of invaluable information on various travel aspects, all carefully curated to align with Islamic principles and values.

The Travel Guide encompasses a wide range of features that will undoubtedly enhance the travel experience for Muslim visitors to Gotha. Key components include:

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Speaking about the launch, Irwan Shah, Chief Technology Officer of eHalal Travel Group in Gotha, stated, "We are thrilled to introduce our Halal and Muslim-Friendly Travel Guide in Gotha, a Muslim friendly destination known for its cultural richness and historical significance. Our goal is to empower Muslim travelers with accurate information and resources, enabling them to experience the wonders of Gotha without any concerns about their faith-based requirements. This initiative reaffirms our commitment to creating inclusive and memorable travel experiences for all our clients."

The eHalal Travel Group's Halal and Muslim-Friendly Travel Guide for Gotha is now accessible on this page. The guide will be regularly updated to ensure that Muslim travelers have access to the latest information, thus reinforcing its status as a reliable companion for Muslim travelers exploring Gotha.

About eHalal Travel Group:

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Muslim Friendly Hotels

GothaAugustinerkloster - Augustinerkloster monastery

• Pension "Regina" - Schwabhäuser Str. 4, 99867 Gotha ☎ +49 3621 408020 Double room € 59 (incl. breakfast) Simple but clean lodging in the old town; each room with private bathroom; friendly hosts.

• Augustinerkloster - Jüdenstraße 27 ☎ +49 3621 302901 Double room € 76 (incl. breakfast) 17 hostel rooms in a monastery, right in the old town. Each with private bathroom (shower, WC) but no TV.

• Best Western Hotel Der Lindenhof Schöne Aussicht 5, 99867 Gotha ☎ +49 3621 7720 Double room € 120–130 (incl. breakfast), early booking price from € 100 Four-star-hotel (90 rooms), surrounded by gardens, 2 kilometers from castle and old town.

• Hotel am Schlosspark - @m-schlosspark.de Lindenauallee 20 ☎ +49 3621 4420 Double room € 115–130 (incl. breakfast) Four-star hotel (94 rooms), spa with sauna and salt cave, just outside the castle grounds, 400 m from the castle.

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