On the Milking Parlor at the Heath
An old milking parlor above the village, a GDR concrete relic, accessible via a concrete path near Krölpa. You can park in front of the hall on solid ground or find yourself a spot across the 70,000 square meters at the edge of the woods. Grilling, campfires, music: nothing disturbs anyone here. When it rains, you can move under the hall roof if there's space. From here you walk directly into the Uhlstädter Heide, where 17 aurochs graze across 577 hectares. It's a good twenty kilometers to Jena. Otherwise: wide open spaces.1
What VanSite writes
„The old milking parlor is a relic from GDR times, accessible via a concrete path. It sits on a slope above the village of Friedebach. You can simply park on the paved area in front of the hall.“
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Motorhome
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Sights in the area1
Uhlstädter Heide
You can walk straight in from the site. On the wood-pasture project, 17 aurochs graze across 577 hectares — the heath loop for a quiet day without the car.
Jena
The university town on the Saale, about 23 kilometres away. From the Jenzig hill or the Lobdeburg ruin you look out over town and valley — the day in town when it rains at the milking shed.
Thuringian Sea
The name for the dammed Saale lakes to the south, Hohenwarte and Bleiloch. Wide stretches of water between wooded slopes — the swim trip for hot days.
Rennsteig
The well-known ridge trail across the Thuringian Forest. For a day stage you drive over and walk part of it — the classic for hikers in the area.
1 Machine-written texts — they may contain errors. The description on VanSite applies.
