My city Jena
Erlkönig
This is a monument for a very famous poetry from Goethe which is the story of a dad and his son on the horse in the middle of forest, where the son talks tells his dad that he is seeing Erlkönig, which is only his imagination. There is a very interesting discussion between them and at the end when they arrive to the village, the son is dead.
There are beautiful compositions for this poetry from Schubert (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS91p-vmSf0). Go and visit this monument as an starting point to learn about German culture.
Here are some suggested routes which passes through this point. You want to add your own route, contact us. It is very easy and we will register it with your own name.
visiting Erlkönig, Kunitzburg, and Kunitzer Hausbrücke
Hiking length: 10.17 km
Route25: Cycling along Saale to Camburg
visiting Erlkönig, Kunitzer Hausbrücke, Porstendorf Lake, and Wild Garlics
Hiking length: 21.29 km