Culture Trail of the Vögte: City Walk Greiz
- 0:38 h
- 2.38 km
- 30 m
- 29 m
- 255 m
- 282 m
- 27 m
- Start: Lower Castle Greiz
- Destination: St. Mary's City Church
The Culture Trail of the Vögte invites you to a search for traces in the medieval history of the Vögte - an era, however, that only reveals itself in Greiz on a second look. Here, the successors of the Vögte, the Reussen, have left impressive architectural evidence as well as valuable art collections.
The route starts at the Tourist Information, located in the Lower Castle Greiz. First, stroll past the Old Guard to the Summer Palace, which houses the State Book and Copperplate Collection as well as the Satiricum. Concerts also regularly take place here. Then, the Princely Greiz Park invites you to a relaxed walk.
The special feature of the museum in the Upper Castle is the combination of unique historic building fabric from the 12th to the 19th century with interactive history. The permanent exhibition "From the Land of the Vögte to the Principality of Reuss Elder Line" is an experience for the whole family. One of the outstanding highlights of the museum in the Upper Castle is the Romanesque Double Chapel from the 12th century.
The mentioned permanent exhibition continues in the Lower Castle, which was rebuilt in the neoclassical style after the city fire of 1802-09. The princely rooms and the festival hall are masterpieces of noble living culture.
The last stop of the tour is the St. Mary's City Church.
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Pavements
- Street (2%)Asphalt (60%)Trail (29%)Path (9%)
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Directions
A nice starting point is the Castle Square on the bank of the White Elster. Now walk left around the Lower Castle, past the Old Guard to the main entrance. At the Tourist Information, you can always get information about sights, leisure activities, or accommodations in the city and surroundings. After visiting the castle museum, take the path again past the Old Guard, keep left at Burgplatz, to go through Brückenstraße and under the bridge of the Elstertal Railway to finally arrive at the Princely Greiz Park.
Take a stroll to the Summer Palace. Afterwards, cross the park to reach Parkgasse at the level of Café Parkschlösschen to return to the city. Behind the Schlossberg, walk up the (Elsterperlen) path to the Upper Castle. Here you should go into the castle interior and visit the museum.
The path now leads down on the city side (Am Schlossberg) into the center to Puschkinplatz (central bus stop) and back to the Lower Castle. Right next to it is also St. Mary's City Church.
Tour information
Cultural Interesting
Loop Road
Stop at an Inn
Directions & Parking facilities
- Getting there
Greiz lies on federal highways B 92 and B 94. From the A 9 motorway coming from Erfurt/Leipzig, use the Lederhose exit and drive to Weida on B 175, then on B 92 to Greiz.
From Gera, you drive directly to Greiz via B 92.
From the A 72 motorway coming from Hof or Chemnitz, use the Reichenbach exit and drive via B 94 to Greiz, or use the Treuen exit and continue via S 298 towards Elsterberg, and from Sachswitz continue via B 92 to Greiz.
ParkingYou can park either at Westernhagenplatz (parking ticket machine) or in the castle garage (underground parking, Neue Str. 1). Alternatively, you can also use the parking lots on the Elster riverbank and walk over the Peace Bridge into the historic old town.Public transportationYou can reach Greiz via the Elstertal Railway Gera-Greiz-Plauen, operated by Vogtlandbahn, as well as by the Regional Express of Deutsche Bahn from the direction of Erfurt. Timetables can be found at http://www.vogtlandbahn.de or www.bahn.de. Greiz has a city bus. Information on schedules and prices is available from PRG on the website https://www.prg-greiz.info or by phone at service number 03661 706565.
Additional information
www.kulturweg-der-voegte.eu, brochure and fold-out map "Culture Trail of the Vögte - Discovery journeys through the historic Vogtland" (from 9/2019)
Author
Tourismus Marketing Gesellschaft Sachsen mbH
Bautzner Straße 45/4701099 DresdenOrganization
Vogtland - Sinfonie der Natur
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Vogtland - Sinfonie der Natur
Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author
- The 3D film "Splendor and Glory of the Reussen" in the Upper Castle takes visitors into history: the elevator is a time machine.
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