Hello dear guests!
We are Nadine, Stefan and Kai and we look forward to welcoming you to our website and perhaps soon to our holiday home in Reinhardsbrunn.
We've travelled a lot around the world, seen a lot and experienced a lot. But despite all the adventure, all the new things, we have always realised how beautiful our home in the Thuringian Forest is and what highlights we also have on our doorstep :-)
This is what prompted us to share our hobby. But now as hosts, so that you, dear guests, can experience and explore the magnificent Thuringian Forest and our magnificent Thuringia directly from the cradle of Thuringia, the former monastery and today's Reinhardsbrunn Castle. Our holiday home is located in the immediate vicinity, in the former ducal outdoor park (which unfortunately can no longer be recognised as such). Nevertheless, our holiday home is beautifully embedded in the Thuringian nature and offers a wonderful balance to the stressful everyday life.
See for yourself and visit us, we look forward to seeing you!
Our logo - a stylised snail shell - but why?
The vineyard snail symbolises tranquillity. It is noiseless, even when it crawls. The spiral on the snail's shell stands for centring. And when the snail leaves its shell, it symbolises transience.
The snail shell shows a clockwise spiral. For the Celtic Druids, it symbolises the path of the soul in the here and now, as well as the flow of life. In the centre of the spiral, the soul begins its path, the origin, and develops. It grows and learns on its way outwards. The snail shell with the clockwise spiral stands for movement, energy, growth and strength. If the spiral turns anti-clockwise, it symbolises the return to the origin, to unity with the greater whole, the path into our deepest inner being and the end. Spirals always symbolise the cycle of life: becoming, living and passing away.
The snail shows itself to us to draw our attention to a time of retreat. Because just as it takes its time on its journey, it calls on us to slow down, take a deep breath and calm down. The snail shows us what passes us by when we race through life unchecked. It offers us the opportunity to devote ourselves to the small, important things in life again, to take frequent breaks along the way, to admire the treasures of nature and to enjoy life. Let's let others race, rush and overtake us. Let's stay calm. At the latest when the others run out of steam or fly off the track at excessive speed, we will catch up with them again in a leisurely and relaxed manner, richly endowed and at peace with ourselves. The most important message of the snail for us humans is: ‘The last will be first, because the first will be last.’ The snail advises us to take a step back from everything, to withdraw and find our inner peace and strength again.
Let's start to centre ourselves again, to find our inner centre. Let's let the vineyard snails guide us, let's go into nature, the forest and enjoy the silence, take pleasure in all the beauty and let us be surprised at what is possible and what we will discover.
We attach great importance to the cleanliness of our house and ask our guests to treat the equipment and furniture with care.
Smoking is prohibited, our holiday home is a non-smoking house!
Please try to keep the whole area quiet and avoid excessive noise, e.g. from parties.
Please respect nature and do not leave your rubbish lying around. Please use the rubbish bins provided.
Pets are unfortunately not permitted.
No stag/hen parties or similar celebrations.
No youth groups.
Children aged 10 and over.
