This splendid ensemble in Germany’s green heart of Thuringia represents the pinnacle. A third golf course is soon to come.
Every room is said to breathe the spirit of its inhabitants. Rarely is the signature of a space’s owners as clearly felt as in the Spa & GolfResort Weimarer Land. Located 20 minutes by car from the cities of Goethe, Schiller, and Bauhaus in Weimar, the Grafe family has created a refuge where even the smallest detail reveals the quality standards and style of its founders.
A Special Touch of Personal Hospitality
This personal hospitality characterizes the atmosphere throughout the complex: from the 94 hotel rooms and suites and seven family residence units to the LindenSpa, whose wellness area was expanded to 3,000 square meters with high-end offerings in 2023, and including the resort’s seven restaurants.
Seven Restaurants, Two with Michelin Stars
The Masters under Executive Chef Danny Schwabe and The First by Marcello Fabbri each boast a Michelin star for their French-inspired and Italian haute cuisine, making Weimarer Land truly unique. In contrast, the nearby town’s Golden Braid restaurant specializes exclusively in Thuringian specialties. Additionally, every January, Grafe hosts the Culinary Open, a walking dinner event attracting starred chefs annually.
Goethe and Feininger Courses with 18 Holes Each
Project architect Achim Reinmuth from Städler & Reinmuth Golf Design initially crafted the 18 holes of what is now the Bobby Jones Champion Course in the picturesque Thuringian landscape once walked by Germany’s renowned poet Goethe 200 years ago. By 2012, the two halves were expanded into the forested, artfully bunkered Goethe Course (5,971 meters, par 72) set in the Weimar hills and the relatively flat Feininger Course (5,707 meters, par 71) featuring many water hazards and challenging greens. The original layout (6,280 meters, par 73) remains preserved as an essence and is mainly used for large tournaments.
The resort complex was also built on the ruins of the old Slavic farm Gut Krakau and its stables, featuring the hotel in quadrangle style, the charmingly understated ‘GolfHütte’ with golf reception, pro shop, and ground-floor gastronomy, and the ‘Champions Dinner Hall’ seating about 120 guests upstairs, the children’s RabbitClub, a family apartment building, and more. The new buildings were designed to appear roughly 100 years old, with the resort opening in 2013.
Throughout the resort, warm colors, wood, stone, robust textiles, and leather create a tactile experience of high quality, solid elegance, and casual perfection. Every piece of furniture, fabric, and decor was personally selected and tastefully integrated by the owner couple, Astrid and Matthias Grafe, truly expressing the spirit of the residents.