Mining Educational Trail Frohnauer Weg
- 2:26 h
- 8.33 km
- 218 m
- 208 m
- 482 m
- 623 m
- 141 m
- Start: Markus-Röhling-Stolln Visitor Mine, Sehmatalstraße 15, 09456 Annaberg-Buchholz (circular route - entry possible anywhere)
- Destination: Markus-Röhling-Stolln Visitor Mine, Sehmatalstraße 15, 09456 Annaberg-Buchholz
Follow the traces that mining has left over centuries in the Ore Mountains. The mining landscape of Frohnau is a vast spoil heap area where mining began already in the 15th century. Numerous mining relics still bear witness today to a great era that extends up to the uranium ore mining of SDAG Wismut in the 20th century.
The entrance to the Markus-Röhling-Stolln visitor mine or a visit to the oldest blacksmith museum in Germany, the Frohnauer Hammer, make the hike a special mining experience.
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Pavements
- Street (16%)Gravel (80%)Trail (4%)
Best to visit
- suitableDepends on weather
Directions
Note: The Frohnauer Weg mining educational trail is a circular route, so entry is possible individually along the route.
According to the route description, the hike begins at Markus-Röhling-Stolln. Passing the mine entrance and historic mining technology, the Pochzeugweg leads up to the mining smithy and horse whim of the Markus-Röhling shaft. On weekends there is the possibility to stop at the Markus Röhling smithy.
The path continues towards Schreckenberg to the turning point of the deposit "Eisernes Schaf" and then follows the Markus-Röhling path past the 10,000 Knights mine entrance to the famous Frohnauer Hammer. At the Frohnauer Hammer, the trail turns right into Albertstraße towards Dörfel. Passing old miner's houses and the Himmelfahrt deposit, you reach Krönung/Malwine. There, a detour to the Schreckenberg ruin with a wonderful view of Annaberg is worthwhile.
The path then leads towards the nature conservation center past mountain meadows and fields to the edge of the Sauwald. Here you turn right and reach the starting point at the Markus-Röhling-Stolln visitor mine.
TIP: Complete the hike with a visit to the Frohnauer Hammer and the Markus-Röhling-Stolln visitor mine!
The hike is marked with hammer and pick on a yellow background.
Tour information
Loop Road
Stop at an Inn
Directions & Parking facilities
- Getting there
Motorway from Frankfurt, Munich, Berlin, Dresden, Leipzig, Chemnitz:
Motorway A72 - exit Stollberg West - motorway feeder Zwönitz - Annaberg-Buchholz
Federal roads:
from Chemnitz: B95 towards Annaberg-Buchholz
from Oberwiesenthal: B95 towards Annaberg-Buchholz
from Freiberg: B101 towards Annaberg-Buchholz
from Aue / Schwarzenberg: B101 towards Annaberg-Buchholz
Parking- Hiking parking lot at Schreckenberg
- Parking lot at Frohnauer Hammer
- Parking lot at Markus Röhling Stolln Visitor Mine
Public transportationTrain
Stop "Lower Station" of the Erzgebirgsbahn
RE 3 from Dresden to Flöha, RB 80 from Flöha to Annaberg-Buchholz (Lower Station)RB 80 from Chemnitz to Annaberg-Buchholz (Lower Station)
Bus
Line 210 from Chemnitz to Schönfeld (Zschopau Valley)
Line 413 from Annaberg-Buchholz to Schönfeld (Zschopau Valley)
Line 432 from Thum to Schönfeld (Zschopau Valley)
Line 400 from Dresden to Annaberg-Buchholz (Bus station), then continue with (e.g.) Line 430 to Annaberg-Buchholz (Lower Station)
City bus line B, stops Frohnau Senior Care Facility or Frohnau School
Additional information
Tourist Information Annaberg-Buchholz
Buchholzer Str. 2
09456 Annaberg-Buchholz
Tel. 03733 / 19433
tourist-info@annaberg-buchholz.de
www.annaberg-buchholz.deAuthor
Ulrich Falk
Organization
Stadt Annaberg-Buchholz
Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author
Sights
- Schreckenberg Ruin with a view of Annaberg
- Markus-Röhling-Stolln Visitor Mine
- Technical Museum Frohnauer Hammer
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