The splendid ensemble in Germany’s green heart, Thuringia, is something like the ultimate stage. Soon, a third golf course will open.
It is said that every room breathes the spirit of its owner. Rarely is the personal touch of a living space’s owners as palpable as at the Spa & GolfResort Weimarer Land. Located just a 20-minute drive 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 Note of Personal Hospitality
This note of personal hospitality characterizes the entire facility: from the 94 rooms and suites of the hotel and the seven residential units in the family building to the LindenSpa, whose wellness area was expanded to 3,000 square meters in 2023 with high-end offerings, up to the currently seven restaurants of the resort.
Seven Restaurants, Two with Michelin Stars
The Masters, led by executive chef Danny Schwabe, and The First by Marcello Fabbri, have each held a Michelin star for several years, offering Franco-German and Italian-inspired haute cuisine, making Weimarer Land quite unique. The Güldene Zopf in the nearby town of Blankenhain focuses exclusively on Thuringian specialties. Additionally, Grafe hosts the Culinary Open every January, a walking dinner event that gathers starred chefs annually.
Goethe and Feininger Courses with 18 Holes Each
Project architect Achim Reinmuth from Städler & Reinmuth Golf Design initially shaped the 18 holes of the original golf course, now known as the Bobby Jones Champion-Course, within the idyllic landscape of Thuringia, through which Germany’s poet laureate Goethe once wandered 200 years ago. By 2012, the two half-loops were developed into the wooded and artfully bunkered Goethe Course (5,971 meters, par 72) in the Weimar hill landscape, and the flatter Feininger Course (5,707 meters, par 71) with numerous water hazards and challenging greens to read. The ‘original’ (6,280 meters, par 73) remains intact and is mainly set up for major tournaments.
Investing in the Future and Summer
Matthias Grafe brought the German Football Association’s ‘Nagelsmänner’ for training camps and teambuilding to his resort and even hosted the English Three Lions as their team base camp during the European Championship tournament. The British newspaper The Guardian once called the chic resort on the well-maintained grounds the ‘ultimate stage.’
The Spa & GolfResort Weimarer Land spans 450 hectares, including 110 hectares of forest, featuring three golf courses with 45 holes (Goethe, Feininger, Königin Luise Course), an indoor Trackman golf facility, and numerous other sports and leisure options. The recently expanded LindenSpa wellness area offers indoor and outdoor pools, a whirlpool, fitness room, treatment rooms, and a sauna world with six saunas.