Discover Aspach

Aspach brings together local history, recurring festivals and a named landscape feature. The different timing is important when planning your trip: some events take place every year, while the tractor gathering takes place every two years. This lets you choose your travel dates based on what interests you.

Local history and landscape

After the Carthusian monastery in Eisenach was dissolved after 1525, the Karthäuser Hof in Aspach was sold to Peter Rathen in 1535 for 50 Meissen guilders.

The landscape also has a named landmark: the small stream Asse flows alongside Aspach.

Festivals and special dates

Aspach holds an annual village, sports and children’s festival, as well as the setting up of the maypole. At the Aspach tractor gathering, participants display tractors and historic agricultural machinery; it takes place every two years in Hörsel-Aspach.

An annual festival and a biennial gathering offer different planning windows. If an event is the reason for your trip, check the specific date before booking your hotel.

In August 2026, the “Neue Mitte Aspach” was described as a place open to everyone around the clock for celebrations and dancing. If you plan to visit this place, check the current situation before your visit.

Culture in the wider destination of Hörsel

The wider destination of Hörsel has its own regional cultural setting. St. Boniface Church in Hörselgau was built in 1785 and houses a Hesse organ and a Boniface shrine. In Laucha, St. Kilian Church was rebuilt as a Baroque hall church from 1720 onwards after a fire. A large pond and a regrown park remain in Laucha’s former castle park. Together, these examples illustrate different historical themes: sacred furnishings, reconstruction and parkland.

Other places in the wider destination of Hörsel have their own highlights. St. Mary’s Church in Mechterstädt features Baroque decoration and a Hoffmann organ. St. Michaelis in Teutleben was built in 1674 and has a painted wooden ceiling. Historical records for Weingarten’s village church date back to the 13th century; it is considered one of the oldest village churches in Thuringia. These sites offer different historical themes to explore, including furnishings, building history and a long documented past.

Rail travel in the wider destination of Hörsel

The wider destination of Hörsel also has railway stops on different lines. Mechterstädt has its own Deutsche Bahn AG stop on the main Frankfurt–Leipzig line. Hörselgau has its own small station on the branch line from Fröttstädt to Friedrichroda. If you plan to travel to these places, check the timetable for your travel date.

If a festival or the tractor gathering is the reason for your trip, first check the specific date, then look for hotels in Aspach for your travel dates.

Discover more destinations: Seebergen, Gamstädt, Finsterbergen, Hohenkirchen, Günthersleben-Wechmar, Georgenthal/Thüringer Wald, Apfelstädt, Ballstädt

See the wider travel guide: Gotha.