Incredible marriage of Medieval and Modern. Reserve at least 3 hours to really enjoy it and a coffee afterwards. Friendly service.
Castle Leuchtenburg

Uncover the 1000 year old Castle’s history and the mysterious White Gold.
The White Gold invites you on a discovery tour through different areas like "The Prologue", "The Unknown", "The Enigma", the world's tallest vase and the world's smallest teapot. Explore “The Precious” experiencing modern lifestyles of people that lived in the Leuchtenburg Castle. At the end you will discover "The Familiar". Adventure through the “Archive of wishes” where you will take a porcelain plate where your wish will stay when you release it into the “Skywalk of Wishes”.
Discover the thrilling and secret places at Castle Leuchtenburg as well as the Porcelain Experience by audio guide.
Seven interactive worlds of experience will be completed by the porcelain church. The chapel is the first porcelain church and meant to be a place for holy services, baptism services, weddings as well as a room for relaxation and different concerts. Ecumenical services are held here regularly.
Discover the gift shop with many gifts you could share with someone important to you. Book adventure tours around the Leuchtenburg Castle. Travel through our special restaurant in which you can book one of our set brunch buffets.
We also have many events that we will be hosting so stay tuned!
Visitors Centre
The Visitor Centre welcomes its guests. Here you can obtain your Castle and event tickets, visit our shop, get some advice and find interesting toilets. And: you can take a rest and try our delicious refreshments from our snack bar.
Castle Restaurant
Thuringian cuisine meets the latest style of cooking. Here, you can dine in traditionally medieval charm.
We have FREE WIFI!
Museum
Open 365 days a year.
9 - 18 hrs (April - Oct)
10 - 17 hrs (Nov - March)
100 years of Bauhaus
Special exhibition
This important anniversary was celebrated in Bauhaus tradition at its best. Castle Leuchtenburg shows design treasures that have never been exhibited before and come from a remarkable collection: German porcelain design en route to contemporary art.
800 YEARS OF LEUCHTENBURG
MYTH OF THE CASTLE - The new permanent exhibition
Let the myth of the BURG cast its spell on you! Through an oversized head of a dragon you enter the eventful history of the Leuchtenburg. It was a penitentiary and a lunatic asylum but also a place of freedom and light-heartedness. There are knights and treasures to marvel at and many secrets can be revealed!
Advent Season
3/4th, 10/11th and 17/18th December 2022
Christmas smells, sweets, jingles and twinkles – especially on Castle Leuchtenburg. During the second, third and fourth weekend of the Advent season, from 11 a.m. until the evening, the medieval Castle invites you to see our X-mas market of wishes – offering events and activities for the complete family.
Christmas Market of Wishes
Enjoy the Advent season full of atmosphere!
Christmas smells, sounds and sparkles - especially at the Leuchtenburg castle. During the second, third and fourth weekends of Advent, the medieval castle invites you to the Christmas Market of Wishes from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. - with activities and events for young, old and the whole family.
A very special Christmas market: in the inner courtyard of the castle it is very Christmassy when porcelain makers from Thuringia present special and original gifts and artisans show off their skills. Of course, the Christmas bakery is also open, where biscuits are baked together and the smell of delicious cake and stollen wafts through the air.
Before or after the Advent feast, young visitors can enjoy the spectacle of the shadow cinema in the castle. Here inside, the Porcelain Worlds invite visitors on a journey of discovery through the exciting history of porcelain. Of course, wishing is at the heart of the Christmas market: at Leuchtenburg, all visitors can immortalise their wishes not only on paper but also on porcelain. Everyone can write their wish on a plate, walk with it onto the 20-metre-long footbridge of wishes and then - floating freely above the fascinating landscape of the Saale Valley - throw the plate into the depths. All true to the motto: broken pieces bring luck.
However, if you want to hand in your wish list to Father Christmas in the traditional way, the Father Christmas service is just the thing for you.
Admission
For the Christmas Market of Wishes there is a special admission of 9,- € for adults, children free! To the Online Ticket Shop...
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ADMISSION CHARGES
Adults | 15,00 EUR |
Reduced | 14,00 EUR |
Disabled persons & unemployed people | 12,00 EUR |
Trainees, students | 10,00 EUR |
Children (6 - 16 years) | 9,00 EUR |
Family ticket (2 adults and all own children) | 38,00 EUR |
Single Mom/Dad (adult and all own children) | 25,00 EUR |
Children younger than 6 years as well as birthday kids up to 16 years enter for free.
Group Charge
Groups from 10 persons
Adults (per person) | 12,00 EUR |
School-children and Kindergarten-kids on a group excursion (per person) | 4,00 EUR |
The ticket allows you to visit the complete Castle together with its exhibitions and the Porcelain Experience.
Dogs very welcome! But please guide them on a lead and see that nobody else will be impaired by them. A dog bowl is available in front of the Castle Tavern or simply ask our service staff.
Address
Castle Leuchtenburg is located in Dorfstraße 100, 07768 Seitenroda - Germany
Car parks
There is a free car park for our guests at the foot of Castle Leuchtenburg by the roundabout! Sufficient parking spaces are available both for cars and for buses.
Electric cars
One e-mobility charging station is available directly next to the Castle Gate. Charging is free.
Walking or hiking
Enjoy the way up to Castle Leuchtenburg on foot.
Disabled and handicapped persons
Castle Leuchtenburg is accessible for people with restricted mobility!
Disabled or handicapped persons are allowed to park on the Castle Hill. Please inquire with service staff.
Public Transport Options
The Jena - Saalfeld train stops at Kahla train station.
If you have any questions
call us on +49 (0) 36424 - 71 33 33 or send us an email to
Our Porcelain Experience is accessible for people with restricted mobility. Disability badge holders are eligible for admission at the concession rate of 11,50 euro. Any registered accompanying person will enter free of charge. Assistance and guide dogs are welcome.
All new exhibition rooms of the "Porcelain Experience" are wheelchair accessible. A lift will take you to the porcelain treasures and from there visitors with restricted mobility can continue their tour via wheelchair access. In addition to that, our Visitor Centre with its snack bar and terrace as well as our conference hall at the Gate House Hall are also accessible for people with restricted mobility. A lift is also available at our Castle Tavern. There are three disabled toilet facilities on the Castle premises (on the ground floor of the Gate House; on the first floor of the Gate House by the conference room as well as on the ground floor of the Lodging House at the Porcelain Experience).
To our visitors with restricted mobility using wheelchairs, we recommend an unforgettable impression of the Castle via the easy-access Panorama Path whose horseshoe-path leads to the Castle and offers striking views. The surface of the Inner Bailey has been renewed with shell limestone material and now provides equally easy-access and movement for wheelchair-users with an accompanying person, rollator-users and people with push-chairs. Wheelchair-users are allowed to drive up to the Castle and leave their cars at the forecourt.
Please do not hesitate to contact us. We will be happy to assist you any time.
If you have any questions
call us on +49 (0) 36424 - 71 33 33 or send us an email to
What does a ticket include?
Your ticket is a day ticket and allows you to visit the complete Castle Leuchtenburg together with its exhibitions: The Castle Well, the Castle Keep, the Porcelain Experience, the Porcelain Church, the medieval fortifications, the exhibition related to the times when the Castle served as a court and prison, the wine cellar as well as the Skywalk of Wishes from which you can throw a ceramic plate into the depth are all included in the ticket price.
What is there to see?
Why do I have to pay admission if I only want to visit the Castle Tavern?
If you have any questions
call us on +49 (0) 3 64 24 - 71 33 33 or send us an email to