- 2:34 h
- 9.09 km
- 132 m
- 276 m
- 318 m
- 593 m
- 275 m
- Start: Schmiedeberg Buschmühle stop
- Destination: Glashütte station
Glashütte... time lives here!
Glashütte has been an important center of watchmaking for more than 170 years. After the silver discoveries in the Ore Mountains dried up, the Saxon master watchmaker Ferdinand Adolph Lange brought the craft of watchmaking to the town. In 1845, he began to set up his own clock production facility. Other well-known watchmakers soon followed him to Glashütte and the town quickly became the epitome of German watchmaking. The history and fascination of mechanical timekeeping can be experienced at the German Watch Museum Glashütte. Under the motto "Fascination of Time - Experience Time", more than 450 unique exhibits are presented on two floors and brought to life through multimedia.
German Watch Museum
Glashütte Schillerstr. 3a, 01768 Glashütte
Tel.: 035053/4612102 Fax: 035053/4612199
www.uhrenmuseum-glashuette.com
Opening hours: Daily from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Pavements
- Street (27%)Asphalt (28%)Gravel (35%)Path (10%)
Best to visit
- suitableDepends on weather
Directions
You take the Weißeritztalbahn from Freital-Hainsberg to Schmiedeberg-Buschmühle, the starting point of the tour. Due to the quality of the surface of the hiking route, it can also be planned as a cycle tour. In this case, also extended from Glashütte through the Müglitz valley, downhill. Or as a circular cycle route via Bärenhecke and Johnsbach, Falkenhain and Dönschten back to the start. Once you arrive at Buschmühle station, turn east and cross the main road 170. As soon as you have turned into the road to Dönschten, an asphalt forest path leads you quite clearly uphill for almost 150 meters. But just 1 km later you have reached the highest point and cross the Hochwaldstraße between Oberfrauendorf and Falkenhain. From now on, continue downhill on the "Wasserweg", past the "Faulen Pfütze" along the Prießnitzbach stream, until you reach the "Bretthäusel" inn, a rest area with seasonal opening hours. Due to the construction of the flood retention basin above Glashütte, the route continues from here on the road (district road 9026) to the famous watchmaking town. We recommend a visit to the German Clock Museum in Glashütte. Take the Müglitz Valley Railway past Weesenstein to Heidenau and the S1 to Dresden for a railroad adventure. If you have purchased a VVO small group ticket, you can create a successful day experience with various interruptions to the journey (e.g. to visit Weesenstein Castle).
Note: If you decide to take the Müglitztalbahn from Glashütte in the direction of Altenberg, then the Osterzgebirgsmuseum in Lauenstein is on the way, or the Osterzgebirge Wildlife Park at the Hartmannmühle stop, or Geising and Altenberg.
Tour information
Stop at an Inn
Directions & Parking facilities
- Public transportation
Start:
Schmiedeberg-Buschmühle station - steam train: Weißeritztalbahn
Bus 360, 369, 370
Destination:
Glashütte station : Städtebahn RB 72
Station Glashütte, bus station
Bus 201, 368, 369, 385, 386, 388, 389
Additional information
Glashütte Tourist Office
Schulstraße 4 a, 01768 Glashütte
Phone: +49 35053/329829
Fax: +49 35053/321473
E-Mail: bianca.braun@glashuette-sachs.de
or
Tourism Association Erzgebirge e.V.
Altenberg-Dippoldiswalde regional office
Market 2, 01744 Dippoldiswalde
Phone: +49 3504/614877, Fax +49 3504/614878
E-mail: dippoldiswalde@erzgebirge-tourismus.de
www.erzgebirge-tourismus.de
Author
Erlebnisheimat Erzgebirge
Organization
Erlebnisheimat Erzgebirge
Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author
Blue dot marking
Map
- Osterzgebirge - between Dippoldiswalde and Teplice (Saxony cartography)