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    Gera is a city in the German state of Thuringia. With around 93,000 inhabitants, it is the third-largest city in Thuringia after Erfurt and Jena as well as the easternmost city of the Thüringer Städtekette, an almost straight string of cities consisting of the six largest Thuringian cities from Eisenach in the west, via Gotha ...

    • Kunstsammlung Gera – Orangerie. Gera’s strong art collection is in the resplendent Baroque orangery ordered by Count Heinrich XXV of Reuß-Gera in the late 1720s.
    • Kunstsammlung Gera – Otto Dix Haus. Otto Dix, the much Objectivity painter who was famous for depicting characters in Weimar society in the 1920s, was born at this building in Gera’s Untermhaus area in 1891.
    • Haus Schulenburg. From 1913 the textile manufacturer and art collector Paul Schulenburg hired Art Nouveau virtuoso Henry van de Velde to build him a villa.
    • Historische Geraer Höhler (Beer Cellars) In 1487 all property owners in Gera were granted the privilege to brew their own beer. For the next 300 years this gave rise to mass excavation under the streets of the town, as the citizens needed ever more space and the right climatic conditions to store their brews.
  2. While not the most visited city in its state, Gera in Thuringia, Germany has a few impressive offerings for curious tourists. From fabulous art collections to historic houses and scenic hikes, the list of Gera things to do is not too shabby.

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    • Pat931. Hamburg, Germany 111 contributions. Wonderful Jugendstil Villa. On a recent visit to Greiz to see the Art Nouveau buildings on the European Art Nouveau route, I stumbled on Haus Schulenberg in Gera and was very excited to visit it.
    • Karla S. Ojai, CA8 contributions. Location? From the Autobahn (#:4) getting there by car, including finding a nearby parking lot took us about 30 minutes. Parking was a little a problem, we had to walk about 15 minutes from the parking lot to the entrance.
    • vladimir70. Odesa, Ukraine 234 contributions. Nice. The theater was in this place for a long time. What we see today is not that old. About a century or so. It is nice outside and inside.
    • Florian254. Norddeutschland 1,426 contributions. Very nice and relaxing Park. This is the old area of the Bundesgartenschau (German national plant Exhibition) and even though the plants right now are not as they were then it still makes for an inertesting alndscape in beautiful surrounding, beautiful plants, lush Meadows and some interesting sculptures.
  3. Gera, city, Thuringia Land (state), east-central Germany. It lies along the Weisse Elster River, southwest of Leipzig. First mentioned in 995 and by 1237 referred to as a town, it became part of the principality of Meissen in 1547.

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  4. Gera captivates with its vibrant cultural offerings and tangible tales of history. Stroll into the Gera Markt for a first hand experience of history at its most lively. Right at the center is the Samson Fountain and around it you will see splendid architecture in all directions.

  5. one of the biggest Renaissance town halls in Germany with a nearly 60 m heigh tower, built between 1573 and 1576. The Marktplatz itself forms a good ensemble of 18th century patricians houses in late-Baroque style.