--- title: "Cultural Route of the Vögte: City Walk Weida" url: "https://www.visitsaxony.com/tour/cultural-route-of-the-voegte-city-walk-weida" description: "Meeting point is the car park at Semmelweispark (Wallstraße) with the fountain. This square is home to the former nunnery of the Dominican nuns. Only 100 m away you reach the Peterskirche. The Café Sieben in the immediate vicinity invites you to linger. Continue your walk to the marketplace to the town hall. Now follow the signs to the town church, which is located behind the bridge over the river Weida. Take a look inside the worth-seeing interior. Through a passage on the right-hand side of the church you reach the Widenkirche. From Erkenbertplatz at the selfie point, you have a nice view of the Osterburg. It then forms the crowning conclusion of the city walk. Take the route there over the pedestrian bridge." language: "en" type: "SportsActivityLocation" image: "https://dam.destination.one/2906765/f7755c899fba0d758c9798cd8998bfa46ef31d58b87f0372779b7381569f3efd/.jpg" breadcrumb: "Root > Home > Special > Destination.Data Details > Tour" --- GPX Share Cultural Route of the Vögte: City Walk Weida ============================================ - 1.86 km long - Difficulty: medium - Condition: easy - City tour View of the historic Osterburg Weida, embedded in a lush forest landscape. - 0:32 h - 1.86 km - 35 m - 35 m - 226 m - 258 m - 32 m - - Start: Semmelweispark - Destination: Osterburg This city walk takes you to the most important medieval legacies in Weida, when the seat of power of the Vögte von Weida was located here. Meeting point is the car park at Semmelweispark (Wallstraße) with the fountain. This square is home to the former nunnery of the Dominican nuns. Only 100 m away you reach the Peterskirche. The Café Sieben in the immediate vicinity invites you to linger. Continue your walk to the marketplace to the town hall. Now follow the signs to the town church, which is located behind the bridge over the river Weida. Take a look inside the worth-seeing interior. Through a passage on the right-hand side of the church you reach the Widenkirche. From Erkenbertplatz at the selfie point, you have a nice view of the Osterburg. It then forms the crowning conclusion of the city walk. Take the route there over the pedestrian bridge. Read more Good to know ------------ Pavements Unknown (21%) Street (6%) Asphalt (73%) Best to visit suitable Depends on weather - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Tour information - Cultural Interesting - Stop at an Inn Directions & Parking facilities **Getting there**Coming from Erfurt, Leipzig or Nuremberg, take the A 9 motorway exit Lederhose and drive on the B 175 to Weida. The Osterburg is signposted with brown directional signs. Turn left into Wallstraße at the Osterburg entrance, where there is a public car park. Read more **Parking**Use the public parking spaces in Wallstraße - directly at the Semmelweispark. Read more **Public transportation**From Gera or Hof, take the Erfurter Bahn to Weida-Mitte. From there it is only a few 100 meters to the Semmelweispark. You can get timetable information at Read more Author Tourismus Marketing Gesellschaft Sachsen mbHBautzner Straße 45/47 01099 Dresden Organization Vogtland - Sinfonie der Natur License (master data) Vogtland - Sinfonie der Natur Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author In front of the Widenkirche is a selfie point with a view of the Osterburg. Read more Nearby ------ View on map Contact 07570 Weida Download GPX file - - - -