Kastanie

Kastanie is a scenic viewpoint in Jena, Thuringia. Kastanie is situated nearby to the nature reserve Pennickental / Engländers Bruch, as well as near Steinbruch bei Wöllnitz.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Johannisberg and Fuchsturm.

Johannisberg

Archaeological site

Photo: Krtek76, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Johannisberg is a prominent ridge of the Wöllmisse, a Muschelkalk plateau east of Jena. The steeply sloping spur of land to the Saale Valley north of the district of Alt-Lobeda bears the remains of two important fortifications from the late Bronze Age and the early Middle Ages. Johannisberg is situated 760 metres south of Kastanie.

Fuchsturm

Scenic viewpoint

Photo: Wolfgang Pehlemann, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fuchsturm is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 2 km north of Kastanie.

Lobdeburg

Photo: Thuringius, CC0.

Lobdeburg is situated 2 km south of Kastanie.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ziegenhain and Lobeda.

Ziegenhain

Village

Photo: Bernard Ladenthin, CC BY 4.0.

Ziegenhain is a village.

Lobeda

Suburb

Photo: Oglobeda, Public domain.

Lobeda is a former independent city in Thuringia, Germany, which is now a district of Jena known as Lobeda-Old Town. It was incorporated in 1946, has just under 2000 inhabitants on an area of 3.36 square kilometers and is located just under 4.5 kilometers south of the city center.