Discover Peuschen

Peuschen has an unusually specific origin: in 1795, Schulze Johann Müller from Laskau built a residential and agricultural building in the middle of his fields. The later village of Peuschen grew from this building. The person, year and building provide a clear starting point for the village’s history.

Green villages and village churches in the municipality

Bahren and Laskau belong to the municipality of Peuschen; both are green villages, where farmsteads are arranged in a circle around the village green. The green forms the centre, with the farmsteads forming a ring around it. This is on a different scale from Peuschen’s origins in a single building: in Bahren and Laskau, the layout of entire farmsteads shapes the village structure.

The churches also mark distinct moments in history. Bahren received its own church around 1560. The village church in Laskau was built in the 18th century and consists of a long nave and a massive tower with a tall lantern. A bell dating from 1687 hangs in the tower. The municipality thus brings together different building histories and dates, rather than representing just one historical period.

Consider whether the origins of the village or its rural structures and their different historical dates matter more to your trip.

Saale-Orla as the wider setting

The wider travel destination of Saale-Orla brings in other landscape and cultural themes. With the approximately 80-kilometre-long Saale Cascade, which is dammed in five places, the Saale forms the largest contiguous reservoir area in Europe, known as the Thuringian Sea. The Bleiloch Reservoir is Germany’s largest reservoir. This waterscape offers a different focus from the local and village history of Peuschen. The figures describe two different scales: for the Saale Cascade, the emphasis is on its length and number of dams; for the Bleiloch Reservoir, on its size compared with others across Germany. This lets you understand the waterscape by its course or by focusing on a single reservoir.

The Museum Schloß Burgk offers a cultural contrast, with historic living and exhibition rooms, precious interiors, collections and exhibitions. The museum’s bookplate collection comprises more than 200,000 prints and is its largest specialist collection. Concerts and festivals are also held there; individual dates vary.

Wurzbach offers further regional points of interest: the Heinrichshütte foundry houses Europe’s largest and most powerful steam engine. Heinrichshütte is an interactive museum where visitors can touch and take part, and it welcomes families with children as well as children from nurseries and schools. Also in Wurzbach, more than 120 kilometres of signposted hiking trails invite you to explore the upland landscape. Saale-Orla’s themes thus range from waterscapes to technology, collections and hiking trails—different focuses to weigh up when planning your trip.

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