Hostel Eisenberg
Eisenberg
'Froschmühle'
Mühltal 5
07607 Eisenberg
Germany
Tel.
+49 36691 43462
Fax.
+49 36691 60034
This hostel is not yet bookable online. Please contact the hostel directly to make a booking.
The youth hostel is a former saw and grain mill nestled in the beautiful Mühltal Valley close to Eisenberg in Thuringia’s timber land.
Prices include half board and sheets.
Facilities and activities include volleyball, football, children’s playground, reptile show, magician, forester, rubber dinghy tours, bread baking, table tennis, BBQ, campfire, walk, craftwork with natural materials, animal enclosure, medieval projects (old crafts, forest biocoenosis and Milo Barus “the world’s strongest man”).
Facilities and activities include volleyball, football, children’s playground, reptile show, magician, forester, rubber dinghy tours, bread baking, table tennis, BBQ, campfire, walk, craftwork with natural materials, animal enclosure, medieval projects (old crafts, forest biocoenosis and Milo Barus “the world’s strongest man”).
Hostel bed capacity
| Total beds: | 123 |
Opening times
| Opening times (over the year): | closed 23-27 December |
Street Map and Route Planning
Directions
| Bus: | A9 to Eisenberg, then B7 direction Gera - please note: coaches are not allowed in the Mühltal Valley. |
| Parking: | at the youth hostel |
| Location: | In Eisenberg – open-air swimming pool, castle church, zoo. fun pool Bad Klosterlausnitz; coach tours through Mühltal Valley, horse riding, pottery museum in Bürgel, walk through Holzland (timber land) and Zeitzgrund (12km nature trail), Jena planetarium and botanic garden. |
| Rail: | Crossen station, local bus (direction Eisenberg) to Kursdorf, then walk through the idyllic Mühltal Valley to the 6th mill: luggage transport on request. |
Attractions
![]() | Hiking area | ![]() | Forested/wooded area |
![]() | Hostel with a difference | ![]() | Mountainous/hilly area |
Facilities
| Discounts and concessions available | Family rooms available | ||
| Breakfast in price | TV room | ||
| Groups welcome | Common room(s) | ||
| Sheets in price | Credit card accepted | ||
| Meals available | Individual traveller welcome | ||
| Luggage Store | Non smoking room/area | ||
| Garden | Playground | ||
| Sports | Cycle store at Hostel | ||
| BBQ |
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