• 1.91 km long
  • Round trip
  • Difficulty: medium
  • Condition: easy
  • Hiking
  • 1:00 h
  • 1.91 km
  • 20 m
  • 22 m
  • 343 m
  • 364 m
  • 21 m
  • Start: Whiteritztalbahn station Dippoldiswalde
  • Destination: Whiteritztalbahn station Dippoldiswalde

City walk through Dippoldiswalde, route length approx. 3 km, duration approx. 1 h (without museum visits) 

Arriving at Dippoldiswalde station you start your hike here. On Reichstädter Straße keep right and walk towards Freiberger Platz (Radio Göhler). Here turn right onto Freiberger Straße. At the end of the street keep left and follow Alte Altenberger Straße towards the town centre. Below the secondary school turn left into Schulgässchen. Arriving at Karl-Marx-Platz, continue right on Bahnhofstraße. After the Leiteritz bakery, continue along Schuhgasse until you reach Cafe Achat, here you can admire the Shoe Fountain. At Herrengasse turn right, pass the city library until the post column. Keep left onto Brauhofstraße. The next street is Große Wassergasse; turn left here and continue straight ahead, past the water feature, until you reach the historic market square with its four wells and the Lion Fountain. Here is also the town hall with Renaissance gable, figures of the patron saints Mary with child Jesus and Laurentius, and the Maltitz coat of arms. Between the town hall and pharmacy follow Dippoldgasse. At its end is the legendary figure of Dippold behind glass. You enter Kirchplatz with votive column, parsonage, fountain room, the city church St. Marien and Laurentius (with organ by organ builder Stöckel) and the castle where the Museum of medieval mining in the Ore Mountains is located. Through the castle passage with former city wall, you reach Bahnhofstraße again. Keep right and walk straight ahead, crossing Weißeritzstraße, Freiberger Platz and follow Reichstädter Straße straight ahead. On the right side is the multi-generation park Polypark.

An active rest and playground for the whole family.

You have reached the starting point Dippoldiswalde station. 

Pavements

Unknown (10%)
Street (37%)
Asphalt (49%)
Gravel (4%)

Best to visit

suitable
Depends on weather

Directions

Start at Dippoldiswalde station – right along Reichstädter Straße - Freiberger Platz - Freiberger Straße - Lohgerbermuseum - Alte Altenberger Straße (towards the centre) - turn left into Schulgässchen - Karl-Marx-Platz – Bahnhofstraße (towards the centre) – Schuhgasse - Shoe Fountain – turn right into Herrengasse - city library – post column - turn left onto Brauhofstraße - turn left onto Große Wassergasse - water feature - town hall with Renaissance gable, figures of the patron saints Mary with child Jesus and Laurentius, Maltitz coat of arms, historic market square with its four wells and Lion Fountain – Dippoldgasse - figure of Dippold – Kirchplatz with votive column, parsonage, fountain room, castle with Osterzgebirge gallery and city church St. Marien and Laurentius with organ by organ builder Stöckel – castle passage to former city wall – turn right onto Bahnhofstraße – Weißeritzstraße – Freiberger Platz – Reichstädter Straße – destination Dippoldiswalde station

Tour information

  • Loop Road

  • Stop at an Inn

  • Suitable for Pushchair

Directions & Parking facilities

Parking
Possible at the station
Public transportation

Start and finish:

Dippoldiswalde station

Steam train: Weißeritztalbahn www.weisseritztalbahn.com

Bus 362, 380, 382

Dippoldiswalde, bus station

Bus RVD lines in all directions

Author

Erlebnisheimat Erzgebirge

Organization

Erlebnisheimat Erzgebirge

Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author

LOHGERBER MUSEUM & GALERIE Dippoldiswalde

Freiberger Str. 18, 01744 Dippoldiswalde

Tel.:/Fax: 03504-612418

museum@dippoldiswalde.de, www.lohgerbermuseum.de

Town hall with tourist information

Markt 2, 01744 Dippoldiswalde

Tel.: 03504 64990

buergerbuero@dippoldiswalde.de, www.dippoldiswalde.de

MiBERZ Museum of medieval mining in the Ore Mountains

Kirchplatz 8, 01744 Dippoldiswalde

Tel.: 03504 612629

museum@dippoldiswalde.de, www.miberz.de

City church St. Marien and Laurentius

Kirchplatz 12, 01744 Dippoldiswalde

Tel.: 03504 612435