The splendid ensemble in Germany’s green heart, Thuringia, is like the ultimate destination. A third golf course is coming soon.
It is said that every room breathes the spirit of its inhabitant. Rarely is the signature of the owners of a living space as palpable as in the Spa & GolfResort Weimarer Land. Just 20 minutes by car from the Goethe, Schiller, and Bauhaus city of Weimar, the Grafe family has established a refuge where even the smallest detail reflects the quality standards and style of its founders.
A Special Touch of Personal Hospitality
This personal hospitality shapes the atmosphere throughout the resort: from the 94 rooms and suites in the hotel and seven family units, through the LindenSpa, whose wellness area was expanded to 3,000 square meters with high-end offerings in 2023, to the now seven restaurants of the resort.
Seven Restaurants, Two Michelin Stars
Above the Masters with executive chef Danny Schwabe and The First by Marcello Fabbri, each shines a Michelin star for French and Italian inspired haute cuisine, making Weimarer Land quite unique. The Güldene Zopf in the adjacent town of Blankenhain focuses solely on Thuringian specialties. Additionally, Grafe hosts the Culinary Open annually in January, a walking dinner that gathers star chefs every year.
Goethe and Feininger Courses with 18 Holes Each
Project architect Achim Reinmuth from Städler & Reinmuth Golf Design first shaped the 18 holes of the original course, now called the Bobby Jones Champion Course, into the idyllic Thuringian landscape where Germany’s poet Goethe wandered 200 years ago. By 2012, its two halves evolved into the wooded, artfully bunkered Goethe Course (5,971 meters, par 72) in the Weimar hills and the flatter Feininger Course (5,707 meters, par 71) with numerous water hazards and tricky greens. The original course (6,280 meters, par 73) remains as an essence, mainly set up for major tournaments.
110 Hectares of Forest for the Third 18-Hole Course
To make the sports hotel year-round viable and not just for temporary football guests, a third 18-hole golf course will be built in the northeast of the resort, promising to be as scenic as it is challenging. Grafe bought 110 hectares of forest years ago, and the necessary approval procedures are underway. “The third course makes us unique,” says Grafe about his refuge. Piece by piece, the puzzle of Grafe’s vision for the entire Weimarer Land is coming together: “This place shall become a tourist hotspot in Thuringia.” (www.golfresort-weimarerland.de)