Cultural encounters & conferences with depth
Cultural conferences in Thuringia
Thuringia is the place where culture and business merge in a very special way. Cultural supporting programs offer a wonderful opportunity to enrich conferences and events with special experiences. Whether historical tours, creative workshops or cultural highlights, conference participants can experience the culture and history of the venue at first hand. Not only do they offer a welcome change from everyday conference life, they also provide valuable insights and unforgettable moments. Discover how cultural supporting programs can raise your event to a new level!
Conferences in a cultural ambience
Experience history up close
Conferences with history and vision in Thuringian event locations: modernity meets history, impressive ballrooms with highly functional equipment. An unmistakable ambience creates the perfect setting for inspiring events and unforgettable conferences.
Copyright: Wartburg: Leuchtenburg: ©Stiftung Leuchtenburg, Daniel Suppe | Residenzschloss Altenburg: ©Stadtverwaltung Altenburg, Ronny Seifarth | Kaisersaal: fotopxl, Sebastian Schwarz | Augustinerkloster: ©Evangelisches Augustinerkloster zu Erfurt, Matthias-Frank Schmidt
At Leuchtenburg Castle, near the city of Jena, you can expect more than just a top-class landscape cinema. This is where history and modernity meet. A conference in modern rooms with highly functional equipment or in a rustic and special flair create a special conference atmosphere. The Leuchtenburg fulfills all event wishes and your personal wishes at the same time - simply let them come true on the bridge of wishes! The Residential Palace in Altenburg will surprise you with its historic banqueting halls and ducal chambers from the 17th to 20th centuries. The impressive castle church holds another treasure in the form of the Trost organ, which Johann Sebastian Bach once played. The castle offers valuable cultural insights as well as excellent conference facilities. Another cultural highlight can be found in Erfurt: the historic Kaisersaal. The congress and conference center offers flexible conference facilities and an unmistakable ambience, where Goethe and Napoleon were once guests.
You can find more special conference locations in Thuringia HERE
You can find more special conference locations in Thuringia HERE
Cultural supporting programs
In the footsteps of great poets and thinkers
Meetings with history and inspiration: experience a journey through time that enriches your event with historical events, famous personalities and creative flair. Between past and present, a unique experience is created for unforgettable conferences and special team-building events.
Copyright: Wartburg: ©Thüringer Tourismus GmbH, Birte Filmer | Augustinerkloster: ©Thüringer Tourismus GmbH | Goethe und Schiller Denkmal: ©Weimar GmbH, Thomas Müller | Stadtführung: ©Tourist-Information Heilbad Heiligenstadt, Alexander Franke
Turn your conference into a journey through time! Combine your event with historical events, famous personalities and a pinch of creativity. At the UNESCO World Heritage Site Wartburg Castle in Eisenach, you and your conference guests can immerse yourselves in the everyday life of 500 years ago and get to know Luther from a personal and exciting perspective. With pen and ink, history comes alive and your conference becomes an exciting dualism between past and present.
Even in the state capital of Erfurt, there is no getting around Luther. In the medieval old town, you can visit the Luther cell and the historic library of the Reformation with over 60,000 books in the Augustinian monastery. In this way, you can explore the places where Luther worked during his time in Erfurt. During a coffee break with homemade cakes or a hearty monastery stew, your conference guests can indulge in culinary delights and digest the cultural highlight in a monastic atmosphere.
The wealth of UNESCO World Heritage sites in Weimar are revealed with ease during a guided tour of the city. Exciting cultural insights paired with numerous entertaining anecdotes - the perfect way to round off your conference! Optionally, this tour can even be planned as a scavenger hunt - an ideal cultural team-building activity
Even in the state capital of Erfurt, there is no getting around Luther. In the medieval old town, you can visit the Luther cell and the historic library of the Reformation with over 60,000 books in the Augustinian monastery. In this way, you can explore the places where Luther worked during his time in Erfurt. During a coffee break with homemade cakes or a hearty monastery stew, your conference guests can indulge in culinary delights and digest the cultural highlight in a monastic atmosphere.
The wealth of UNESCO World Heritage sites in Weimar are revealed with ease during a guided tour of the city. Exciting cultural insights paired with numerous entertaining anecdotes - the perfect way to round off your conference! Optionally, this tour can even be planned as a scavenger hunt - an ideal cultural team-building activity
Cultural highlights of the year
Perfect travel occasions for your upcoming conference in Thuringia
Cultural highlights as a conference extra: Whether impressive theater productions, atmospheric Christmas markets or musical summer nights - unique experiences enrich your conference program and create unforgettable moments between art, history and enjoyment.
Copyright: Domstufen-Festspiele: ©Theater Erfurt, Lutz Edelhoff | Kulturarena: ©JenaKultur, Christoph Worsch | Weihnachtsmarkt: ©Thüringer Tourismus GmbH, Jens Haussprung | Goethe und Schiller Denkmal: ©Weimar GmbH, Thomas Müller
Every summer, the cathedral steps in the state capital of Erfurt are transformed into one of the most spectacular theater stages in the world. Here, between the majestic church ensemble of the Mariendom and the Severikirche, the unforgettable DomStufen-Festspiele take place. A cultural highlight that is guaranteed to enrich your conference program! In 2025, the opera “La Bohéme” by Giacomo Puccini awaits you, which goes straight to the heart.
You will also find a cultural end to the year with your conference guests in Erfurt. In December, the cathedral square is transformed into a breathtaking backdrop for an atmospheric pre-Christmas season. Between Christmas melodies and the scent of gingerbread, the tensions of a stressful conference dissolve in a flash at Erfurt's Christmas market.
The cultural city and UNESCO World Heritage town of Weimar is hosting the “Faust” theme year this year. From April 30, after Walpurgis Night, Goethe's Faust will be read anew. The Klassik Stiftung Weimar is organizing the theme year with exhibitions, experiments and debates and invites you to devote special attention to the poet's masterpiece this year.
Anyone looking for musical highlights will find what they are looking for at the Kulturarena in Jena. From 02.07. to 17.08.25, the theater forecourt will be transformed into a festival site with numerous concerts and film screenings.
You will also find a cultural end to the year with your conference guests in Erfurt. In December, the cathedral square is transformed into a breathtaking backdrop for an atmospheric pre-Christmas season. Between Christmas melodies and the scent of gingerbread, the tensions of a stressful conference dissolve in a flash at Erfurt's Christmas market.
The cultural city and UNESCO World Heritage town of Weimar is hosting the “Faust” theme year this year. From April 30, after Walpurgis Night, Goethe's Faust will be read anew. The Klassik Stiftung Weimar is organizing the theme year with exhibitions, experiments and debates and invites you to devote special attention to the poet's masterpiece this year.
Anyone looking for musical highlights will find what they are looking for at the Kulturarena in Jena. From 02.07. to 17.08.25, the theater forecourt will be transformed into a festival site with numerous concerts and film screenings.
MICE-Famtrip 2025
Save the date: 03.07.-05.07.25
Experience the conference state of Thuringia for yourself and immerse yourself in a program of impressive locations, great hosts and very special supporting programs. All information and registration options can be found here:
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