Germany 2019 - Ohrdruf & Arnstadt Page

Ohrdruf

Ohrdruf was odd. Bach learned the organ in the Marienkirche. We asked 2 different obvious locals where the Marienkirche was & neither had a clue. I did spot a church tower off the centre & headed for it. We turned off onto a road we discovered was Johann Sebastian Bach Strasse, at the end of which was a small, scruffily maintained (or not at all) Platz & the church tower, with no church, so it must have been bombed like Islington’s St.Mary’s. So, I took my photos, not quite as I had expected.

Arnstadt

We parked near the Schloss (Baroque) & walked into the old town, stopping for coffee & a sort of quiche with fruit in it at a cheerful café opposite the Bach Church as they now call it. We went in & it was a delight with galleries like Herder’s Church in Weimar. Naturally, it had been very well looked after. There was a nice volunteer, who had to negotiate Ken’s bad German.

The Schloss	The Bach Church, end of street	The Bach Church
Bach Church Altar	Bach Church Organ	The square behind the Church

Ken nipped down to the Marienkirche, just for photos, as it is locked until 15:00.

The Main Square

Marienkirche

Marienkirche

On our way back, we spotted a castle, Veste Wachsenburg, on a hill near Holzhausen village, the photo giving a good idea of the countryside here.