Historic Old Town

Kahla is located on the former trade route from Nuremberg to Naumburg and at the foot of the Leuchtenburg, which is visible from afar. The town was first mentioned in a document in 876. Since that time it survived several fires, wars and floods. The almost completely preserved city wall with medieval buildings, city gates and towers testify to its eventful past. Since 1844 Kahla has been a porcelain town with tradition. Since the political turnaround in 1989, the image of the former agrarian town has been changing increasingly. Through construction and renovation work, streets, medieval buildings and the town wall are being restored. On some historical buildings there are information boards about the history of the buildings and their former use. A guided tour through the old town offers you a deep insight and access to the otherwise closed courtyards.
 
Town church St. Margarethen
The church of St. Margarethen with its striking bell tower and the old town of Kahla are situated on a 700 x 25 metre sandstone plateau on which a mighty town castle stood in the Middle Ages. The walls of the ancient complex can still be visited ...
City Museum "Metznersches Haus
The museum building Metznersches Haus was built around 1600 and is therefore one of the oldest houses in Kahla.
Untypical for the area, but still very striking and beautiful is the half-timbering with fan rosettes. The museum developed in 1978 ...
City Hall Kahla
The town hall was built in 1325 as a narrow building and was already the seat of the municipal authority since the Middle Ages. Until 1861, the bakers and butchers had their benches and stalls in the Gothic groined vault. The mayor and council ...
Saaltor Kahla
It is the only remaining gate of the city fortification. Its original appearance has been changed by the rebuilding work that has been carried out. There is also the oldest stone representation of the Kahla town coat of arms. Kahla is one of the ...
Market Gate Kahla
The market gate, which was only built in 1906, connects the historic old town with Bachstraße and the newly developed districts behind it.In former times they led through the building of the restaurant \"Fürstenkeller\".In 1995 the complex was ...
Marterturm
Kahla includes an almost completely preserved city wall, which is mostly built over and therefore not always directly visible. Despite all this, it has lost nothing of its imposing appearance. After the Count's War in 1345, the town ...
Malt tower and malt kiln Kahla
The Malzturm is one of the preserved towers of the city wall.The malt kiln is hidden behind the wall. In former times, the malt needed for brewing beer was dried here in racks, so-called kilns.The tower can be visited as part of a guided tour of ...
Kahla Castle
At this point the origin could be Calos (Kahla). The word \"calo\" means naked, unfoliaged and bare in Old High German. The castle stood on a mighty sandstone rock. The area was bare, in contrast to the wooded surroundings. In the Count's War ...
Löbschütz village church
There was already a church in Löbschütz before the Reformation, although the chronicle of the village only records an entry for 1554.Originally, the small church was a thoroughly Gothic building. However, so many changes were made that by the end ...
Catholic Church St. Nicholas
The Catholic Church of St. Nicholas stands on Saalstraße corner Brückenplatz of Kahla, a small town in the Saale-Holzland district of Thuringia. It is a daughter church of St. Elisabeth in Gera and belongs to the deanery of Gera in the diocese of ...
Historical district court Kahla
The building with the wrought-iron gate on the west side of the market square was the former ducal district court. It was built in 1898/99. After the jurisdiction was relocated, it housed various institutions such as the police, music school and ...

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