• Tree species: Giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum)
• Age: 135 - 140 years
• Circumference: 4.41 m (measured)
• Date of measurement: 21.06.2015
• Height: 45.00 m

If you follow the Ratsstraße, you will come to the Kornmarkt with the former monastery church "St. Crucis". Today, the Kornmarktkirche houses the German Peasants' War Memorial with an exhibition on the history of the Reformation. The romantic monastery garden, designed according to ideas by Albertus Magnus, adjoins the church and can be visited alongside the exhibition.

Through Linsenstraße, a picturesque little shopping street with local shops, you reach Untermarkt. This important square is dominated by the Divi Blasii Church, the main church of the Lower Town. It was the place of work of Johann Sebastian Bach from 1707-1708 and houses the Schuke organ built according to his disposition. Numerous concerts and cultural events take place here. On the lower market square, there are "time ribbons" that provide information about the most important historical events in Mühlhausen's town history.

The tour continues via Kristanplatz to the Kulturhistorisches Museum, the main building of Mühlhausen's museums with exhibitions on the town's history, archaeology and Thuringian art of the 20th century as well as changing special exhibitions.

From the park behind it at Lindenbühl, you can admire the almost completely preserved city wall with its defence towers. Along the wall, in a westerly direction, you reach Lentzeplatz and the Hoher Graben, which additionally served to defend the city in the Middle Ages. Today, the walk on the rampart provides a beautiful overview of the city and the nearby Jakobikirche. Alternatively, a low barrier route leads below the Hoher Graben to the Blobach.

Once at Blobach, you have a beautiful view of the historic fortifications with Frauentor and Rabenturm. The Frauentor is the only one of the former city gates of the inner city wall that has been preserved. In the immediate vicinity, from Herrenstraße/Holzstraße, is the stairway to the city wall, which can be walked over a length of approx. 370 metres.

The tour continues through Herrenstrasse, with its numerous historic half-timbered houses, to St. Mary's Church. After Erfurt Cathedral, this five-nave Gothic hall church is the largest church with the highest steeple (approx. 87 m) in Thuringia. As the former workplace of Thomas Müntzer, the building is now used as a museum and houses, among other things, an exhibition on the life's work of the reformer. The elaborately designed south portal of the church is particularly worth seeing.

Walk along Ratsstraße past the Tourist Information Centre back to the starting point of the tour, the town hall.

The tour starts at the Historic Town Hall, whose history goes back more than 700 years. The building complex has been structurally extended again and again and therefore represents different style epochs. During a tour, you can discover the imposing town hall hall, the large council chamber and the Imperial City Archive with its extensive collection.

If you follow the Ratsstraße, you will come to the Kornmarkt with the former monastery church "St. Crucis". Today, the Kornmarktkirche houses the German Peasants' War Memorial with an exhibition on the history of the Reformation. The romantic monastery garden, designed according to ideas by Albertus Magnus, adjoins the church and can be visited alongside the exhibition.

Through Linsenstraße, a picturesque little shopping street with local shops, you reach Untermarkt. This important square is dominated by the Divi Blasii Church, the main church of the Lower Town. It was the place of work of Johann Sebastian Bach from 1707-1708 and houses the Schuke organ built according to his disposition. Numerous concerts and cultural events take place here. On the lower market square, there are "time ribbons" that provide information about the most important historical events in Mühlhausen's town history.

The tour continues across Kristanplatz to the Kulturhistorisches Museum, the main building of Mühlhausen's museums with exhibitions on the town's history, archaeology and Thuringian art of the 20th century as well as changing special exhibitions. As a former grammar school, the building was erected directly on the historic city wall at the end of the 19th century.

From the park behind it at Lindenbühl, you can admire the almost completely preserved city wall with its defence towers. Along the wall, in a westerly direction, you reach Lentzeplatz and the Hoher Graben, which additionally served to defend the city in the Middle Ages. Today, the walk on the rampart provides a beautiful overview of the city and the nearby Jakobikirche. Alternatively, a low barrier route leads below the Hoher Graben to the Blobach.

Once at Blobach, you have a beautiful view of the historic fortifications with Frauentor and Rabenturm. The Frauentor is the only one of the former city gates of the inner city wall that has been preserved. In the immediate vicinity, from Herrenstraße/Holzstraße, is the stairway to the city wall, which can be walked over a length of approx. 370 metres.

The tour continues through Herrenstrasse, with its numerous historic half-timbered houses, to St. Mary's Church. After Erfurt Cathedral, this five-nave Gothic hall church is the largest church with the highest steeple (approx. 87m) in Thuringia. As the former workplace of Thomas Müntzer, the building is now used as a museum and houses, among other things, an exhibition on the life's work of the reformer. The elaborately designed south portal of the church is particularly worth seeing.

Steinweg extends in front of you and invites you to go shopping. Already an important trade route since the Middle Ages, local shops and buildings from various historical eras can still be found here today. The path continues past the All Saints' Church, which belongs to the Mühlhausen museums and is located on the lower Steinweg. The Gothic church has Baroque furnishings and is used for exhibitions. However, it is currently closed due to construction work.

From the lower Steinweg, you continue to Görmarstraße and the "Persiluhr", which is well-known in Mühlhausen. Not far behind the clock on the right is the Kilianikirche, which is used by the Mühlhausen theatre workshop 3K as a venue for theatre performances. Now follow Görmarstraße back to Röblingstraße, named after Johann August Röbling, a native of Mühlhausen and builder of the world-famous Brooklyn Bridge in New York. A bronze statue was erected in his memory on the Untermarkt. Right next to it, embedded in the ground of the square, are so-called time bands that provide information about the most important historical events in Mühlhausen's town history.

The tour continues through Brückenstraße to the Entenbühl fountain, designed by Mühlhausen sculptor Walter Krause. You walk past the car park to the stream and keep to the left. From there, the path "Auf dem Damme" continues along the "Schwemmnotte", the "Schwellenbach", which used to supply many of Mühlhausen's namesake mills with water.

You now enter the former tanners' quarter with many traditional half-timbered houses and the characteristic open attics that used to be used for drying leather. At the end of Kuttelgasse is an idyllic square that is often used for events. From here you can catch a glimpse of the Mühlhausen synagogue, a so-called backhouse synagogue. Follow Linsenstraße to the left again for a bit and then turn right into "Neue Straße", which ends in front of the Historic Town Hall, the starting point of our circular walk.

In the immediate vicinity of the Tourist Information Centre is the historic building complex of the town hall, a unique ensemble of buildings in the middle of the old town. Particularly worth seeing are the town hall hall, the large council chamber with Gothic paintings and the Imperial Town Archive (1614).

The Peasant War Museum in the Kornmarkt Church has an exhibition on the Reformation and the Peasant War. The former monastery church "St. Crucis" impresses with its simple architecture determined by measure and proportion. Also worth seeing is the monastery garden in the former cloister, which was designed according to historical models.

The route continues to Untermarkt with the Protestant parish church Divi Blasii. It was built by the Teutonic Order in the 13th and 14th centuries. Today it is a place of worship, concert hall, memorial and exhibition venue at the same time. Johann Sebastian Bach was organist in this church in 1707/1708.

Via Kristanplatz, past the church house with the Annen Chapel, you come to the Museum of Cultural History. The main building of the Mühlhausen museums shows an exhibition on the city's history, archaeology and Thuringian art of the 20th century. The building was originally erected between 1868 and 1870 as a grammar school in the neo-Renaissance style. Since the founding of a local history museum in 1928, however, it has been used primarily as a museum.

From Kristanplatz, walk through the city wall in the direction of Lindenbühl and cross a zebra crossing. Here you will find numerous 19th-century town houses worth seeing and a lovingly tended park along the town wall. Follow Lindenbühl to the right in the direction of Thüringentherme until you turn left into Spielbergstraße, cross Brunnenstraße at the traffic lights and follow Spielbergstraße to Friedensstraße. Turn left and walk uphill on Friedensstraße directly towards the "Mühlhäuser Lion" monument. On the right-hand side there is a path that leads to the platform. From here you have an attractive panoramic view of the town and the surrounding area (Eichsfeld).

The way back is via Beethovenweg and Eckermannweg to Schillerweg, which you follow to the right until it joins Eisenacher Straße.

TIP: Here you have the opportunity to make a short detour to the Old Cemetery/Jewish Cemetery.

The tour leads downhill and always straight ahead to the lower town. Via Brunnenkreßstraße you come to Untermarkt. After crossing the street, continue to the left and after a short while turn right into Linsenstraße. Via Neue Straße on the left, you reach the town hall and the starting point, the Tourist Information Mühlhausen, in the immediate vicinity.

In the immediate vicinity of the Tourist Information Centre is the historic building complex of the town hall, a unique ensemble of buildings in the middle of the old town. Particularly worth seeing are the town hall hall, the large council chamber with Gothic paintings and the imperial town archives (1614).

The Peasant War Museum in the Kornmarkt Church has an exhibition on the Reformation and the Peasant War. The former monastery church "St. Crucis" impresses with its simple architecture determined by measure and proportion. Also worth seeing is the monastery garden in the former cloister, which was designed according to historical models.

The route continues to Untermarkt with the Protestant parish church Divi Blasii. It was built by the Teutonic Order in the 13th and 14th centuries. Today it is a place of worship, concert hall, memorial and exhibition venue at the same time. Johann Sebastian Bach was organist in this church in 1707/1708.

Via Kristanplatz, past the church house with the Annen Chapel, you come to the Museum of Cultural History. The main building of the Mühlhausen museums shows an exhibition on the city's history, archaeology and Thuringian art of the 20th century. The building was originally erected between 1868 and 1870 as a grammar school in the neo-Renaissance style. Since the founding of a local history museum in 1928, however, it has been used primarily as a museum.

From Kristanplatz, walk through the city wall in the direction of Lindenbühl and follow the path in the park, along the city wall, to the left. Along the Lindenbühl are numerous 19th century town houses worth seeing. When you reach Brunnkreßstraße, keep to the right and follow Eisenacher Straße uphill to the end. Here you turn right into Eisenacher Landstraße.

Follow this road until you see the entrance to the cemetery on your left. Now you can explore the new cemetery. You can find a tour recommendation at: https://out.ac/HuwKX .

For the return journey, you can use the public bus service.

Today, the complex has a recognizable total length of about 25 km and is 8 to 12 km away from the city. It begins 2 km south of Eigenrieden in the Hoherode (Mühlhäuser Stadtwald), swings in a wide arc to the north and ends 1 km east of Sollstedt in the Mühlhäuser Hardt. The extension of the fortification was a heavy burden for the peasants of the imperial villages. With interruptions, the fortification was maintained until about 1800, but brought a certain and longed-for security.

The 8 guards at the road gates are no longer preserved. The tower at the Lengefelder Warte can still be seen. Tower stumps with partly later brickwork are preserved at the Eigenrieder and Eigenröder Warte. Due to the distances of the control rooms from the town, intermediate control rooms were necessary in the district for the transmission of smoke and fire signals. The control posts of this type have decayed.

More than 100 boundary stones still exist. Most of them stand on the outside of the moat and bear the coat of arms of the Mühlhaue on the side facing the city and the Mainz wheel on the outside. All other stones are mainly younger forest and hunting stones. The carvings are interesting and varied. Abbreviations and symbols are evidence of German small states: Kingdom of Prussia, Duchy of Saxony-Gotha, Principality of Schwarzburg, Principality of Schwarzburg Sondershausen. The Saxon coat of arms and the Prussian eagle can also be found. In total there are almost 600 stones at the moat. Special features are the 3 stone crosses and a three lord stone.

• Marking: white Mühlaue with ditch profile for Mühlhauser Landgraben, parallel red six-spoked wheel on white background (Eichsfeld-Wanderweg). The section from Menteroda to Mühlhäuser Landgraben is marked with a yellow line.