Mühlhausen Overview

Just north of Hainich National Park, and only kilometers from the geographical center of Germany, the fortified town of Mühlhausen began as a Franconian mill in the AD 8th century and gradually grew into the city that thrives today. J.S. Bach worked a two-year stint as an organist here, and radical Reformer Thomas Müntzer lit the fuse of the 1525 Peasants’ War from within the city’s walls. With several trailheads nearby, Mühlhausen is an ideal gateway to the park, but the town strives to become an attraction of its own. Faithfully restored churches line the cobbled streets, all girdled by a well-maintained, albeit segmented, city wall in an earnest attempt to preserve a medieval feel.

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