--- title: "Between castle and planets" url: "https://www.visitsaxony.com/tour/between-castle-and-planets" description: "Marking: red - green - yellow - green - yellow dot - yellow" language: "en" type: "SportsActivityLocation" image: "https://dam.destination.one/2905878/31fbc25037aa0aca983ae5234fd09ec4a8d42463d927da242016463e5e610846/.jpg" breadcrumb: "Root > Home > Special > Destination.Data Details > Tour" --- GPX Share Between castle and planets ========================== - 16.73 km long - Round trip - Difficulty: medium - Condition: medium - Great panorama - Hiking - 5:00 h - 16.73 km - 308 m - 308 m - 342 m - 542 m - 200 m - - Start: Scharfenstein station, 09430 Drebach, Bahnhofstr. 45 - Destination: Scharfenstein station The circular tour starts at the foot of Scharfenstein Castle and leads through forests, meadows and villages to the planetarium in Drebach and back to the castle via the Keilbusch viewpoint. Demanding only for experienced hikers! Marking: red - green - yellow - green - yellow dot - yellow Read more Waypoints --------- View on map Start Start Scharfenstein station, 09430 Drebach, Bahnhofstr. 45 - Castle Destination Destination Scharfenstein station Good to know ------------ Pavements Street (40%) Asphalt (39%) Trail (20%) Best to visit suitable Depends on weather - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Directions Turn right along Bahnhofstraße and follow the red markings over the railroad and bridge. Take the Klingweg through the village, meadows and forest to Hopfgarten. At the lime tree, change to the green marked path up to the Laube. You will experience a fantastic view of the Zschopau valley. Walk along the lime tree path to the Friedenseiche, then turn right (yellow) to Drebach and the planetarium. You will see the first stations of earth history and planets on the path (green) up to the Neptune site, from there turn right, past views, the large pond, the Venusberg outdoor pool and the Steinberg. Here you cross Herolder Straße and come to Gelenauer Straße, which you follow briefly to the left before turning right onto the farm track. A beautiful view awaits you at Keilbusch, as well as the castle in the valley later on. Follow the unmarked road to Grießbach. There you change to (yellow dot) and walk down the main and village road and continue unmarked to the road. Follow this road (yellow) back to Scharfenstein and the train station. Read more Tour information - Cultural Interesting - Loop Road - Stop at an Inn Equipment Hiking map published by Dr. Barthel, Central Erzgebirge - Eastern part ISBN 3-89591-019-8 Hiking map of the State Surveying Office, sheet 22 Zschopau, ISBN 978-3-86170-314-3 Read more Directions & Parking facilities **Parking**Parking lot at Scharfenstein train station Read more **Public transportation**Bus - Lines 233/238Train - Line 517 Erzgebirgsbahn Read more Additional information Municipal administration Drebach OT Scharfenstein August-Bebel-Straße 25 B 09430 Drebach Phone +49 3725 70740 Fax: +49 3725 7074-33 info@gemeinde-drebach.de www.gemeinde-drebach.de Read more Author Birgit Knöbel Organization Erlebnisheimat Erzgebirge Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author **Places of interest** 1\) Adventure castle with observation tower and informative castle trail, closed on Mondays 2\) Scharfenstein historical nature trail 3\) Stülpnerstein and death house 4\) Zeiss planetarium with public observatory 5\) Views from the mountain trails and the Steinberg 6\) Grießbach with beautiful farmhouses **Refreshment stops** 1\) Ess-Bahnhof / Bistro, Bahnhofstr. 45, closed on Mondays, Tel. +49 3725 3444930 2\) Burggaststätte, Schloßberg 1, closed on Mondays, tel. +49 3725 70343 3\) Siebers Erben, Großolbersdorfer Str. 39 G, closed on Tuesdays, tel. +49 3725 780781 4\) Gasthof Erbgericht, Hauptstr. 85, closed Mon/Thu, tel. +49 37341 7411 5\) Greek restaurant Olympia, Hauptstr. 57, closed on Mon, tel. +49 37341 490700 6) Restaurant "Am Steinberg", Herolder Straße 44, closed Mon/Tue, Tel. +49 3725 77505 Read more Map Map of the Central Ore Mountains - between Zschopau and Seiffen (Sachsenkarthographie) Read more Nearby ------ View on map Contact 09430 Drebach Download GPX file - -