Aspach offers several distinct reasons to visit: the history of the Karthäuser Hof, recurring annual events, historic agricultural machinery and the small Asse stream. When choosing your dates, the key distinction is between the annual festivals and the tractor gathering held every two years; history and the stream are also themes, without the same event schedule.
The Karthäuser Hof and local history
The Karthäuser Hof in Aspach was sold to Peter Rathen in 1535 for 50 Meissen guilders, after the Carthusian monastery in Eisenach was dissolved after 1525. The historical context lies in this sequence: the monastery was dissolved, followed by the sale of the estate. The year, buyer and price are three specific details of the transaction; the estate itself is located in Aspach. The sale provides a clearly defined connection to the 16th century in the history of the village.
Festivals and historic agricultural machinery
The village, sports and children's festival takes place annually in Aspach, as does the Maypole-raising ceremony. At the Aspach tractor gathering, participants display tractors and historic agricultural machinery. The gathering takes place every two years in Hörsel-Aspach. Thus, two annual events contrast with a gathering held every two years, and the themes also differ: the village festival and Maypole-raising on the one hand, historic machinery on the other. If one of these events is the reason for your trip, check the relevant date before booking accommodation.
The Asse and Neue Mitte
The small Asse stream flows alongside Aspach. As a geographical feature, it complements the history and events with a landscape-related theme that is not tied to specific festival dates. The “Neue Mitte Aspach” is described as a place open to everyone around the clock for celebrating and dancing. Alongside events scheduled for specific dates, there is therefore a local waterway and a dedicated place for celebrations and dancing, each offering a different local theme.
Cultural features in the wider destination of Hörsel
The wider destination of Hörsel has further cultural and landscape features to discover. St. Boniface Church in Hörselgau was built in 1785, has a Hesse organ and houses a Boniface shrine. In Laucha, St. Kilian’s Church was rebuilt as a Baroque hall church from 1720 after a fire. A large pond and regrown parkland remain in Laucha’s former castle park; the buildings and grounds of Laucha Water Castle are also still visible today.
Mechterstädt, Teutleben and Weingarten also have further features of the wider destination of Hörsel. St. Mary’s Church in Mechterstädt has Baroque interior design and a Hoffmann organ. St. Michaelis in Teutleben was built in 1674 and has a painted wooden ceiling. Historical records for Weingarten’s village church date back to the 13th century; it is considered one of the oldest village churches in Thuringia. These historical connections broaden the picture of Hörsel without attributing these places’ features to Aspach.
Discover more destinations: Großfahner, Crawinkel, Tambach-Dietharz, Apfelstädt, Mühlberg, Luisenthal, Gotha, Finsterbergen.
Go to the wider travel overview: Gotha.
