Bad Lauchstadt Attractions

The little spa of Bad Lauchstädt lies on the river Laucha, to the west of Merseburg. A settlement on this site first appears in the records in the ninth century, and it is named as Lochstete in a document of 1341. Its heyday came after the discovery of its mineral springs around 1700. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries the Weimar Theater, under Goethe's direction, put on performances here in summer.

The Schloss still preserves a beautiful Early Renaissance oriel. Nearby are the Town Church (17th C.) and the 17th century Amtshaus.

The little Town Hall in the Markt, a plain Baroque building of 1678, has the town's coat of arms over the doorway.

In the town can also be found the Goethe Theater and a lovely Kurgarten.