Mining educational trail Silberstraße Ehrenfriedersdorf
- 3:25 h
- 12.98 km
- 245 m
- 245 m
- 533 m
- 706 m
- 173 m
- Start: Visitor mine Zinngrube Ehrenfriedersdorf, Am Sauberg 109427 Ehrenfriedersdorf
- Destination: Visitor mine Zinngrube Ehrenfriedersdorf, Am Sauberg 109427 Ehrenfriedersdorf
This educational trail is designed as a circular route and begins at the visitor mine "Zinngrube Ehrenfriedersdorf" on the Sauberg. One of the Purple Path - artworks on the occasion of the Cultural Capital Chemnitz 2025 is located here. From there, the path continues into the industrial area and then along the old narrow-gauge railway route to the Greifenbach valley. Along the Röhrgraben, it leads to the Greifenbach reservoir, which served as the oldest reservoir in Saxony for supplying the tin washing plants in the Greifenstein forest. Along the way, numerous witnesses of old mining are encountered, such as tunnel mouths and stamp mill ruins. With the ascent to the lookout rock of the Greifensteine, the view sweeps across the Ore Mountains. The Albin-Langer-Weg then leads further to Ehrenfriedersdorf, from where you return to Sauberg via the old miners' path "Lange Gasse."
Waypoints
Good to know
Pavements
- Unknown (1%)Street (1%)Asphalt (29%)Gravel (27%)Trail (19%)Path (24%)
Best to visit
- suitableDepends on weather
Tour information
Cultural Interesting
Loop Road
Stop at an Inn
Equipment
Sturdy footwear is recommended
Directions & Parking facilities
- Getting thereThe starting point is best reached via the B95 from Annaberg-Buchholz or Chemnitz.ParkingCar park at the Ehrenfriedersdorf visitor mine (free of charge)
Car park - at the Greifensteine camping park
Car park - at the Greifensteine
Hiking car park - Greifensteine
Car park - Albin-Langer-Weg
Market square Ehrenfriedersdorf
Hiking car park - at the outdoor swimming pool
Car park at the Wappler pond Ehrenfriedersdorf
Car park industrial area Ehrenfriedersdorf
Car park Greifenbachmühle Ehrenfriedersdorf
Public transportationBus - Line 210Stops at/in the vicinity of the hiking route:
Geyer, Gh Teichschänke
Ehrenfriedersdorf, Greifenbachmühle
Ehrenfriedersdorf Market Square
Ehrenfriedersdorf, path to the Greifensteine
Additional information
- Detailed tour description at www.berggrabebruederschaft-ehrenfriedersdorf.de under the point mining educational trail
Berggrabebrüderschaft Ehrenfriedersdorf e.V.
Saubergstraße 1
09427 Ehrenfriedersdorf
Tel. +49 37341 2048 (Chairman Joachim Decker)
bb-ehrenfriedersdorf@bergbautradition-sachsen.de
www.berggrabebruederschaft-ehrenfriedersdorf.de
General information:
Visitor mine/Mineralogical Museum Zinngrube Ehrenfriedersdorf
Tel. 037341 2557
Author
Greifensteinregion
Organization
Greifensteinregion
License (master data)
Greifensteinregion
Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author
- Along the path, you can discover numerous mining traces such as tunnel entrances, stamp mill ruins, and bell pits.
Safety guidelines
- The lookout rock of the Greifensteine is open depending on the weather. In winter, in case of snow, ice, frost, or strong winds, the lookout rock is usually closed.
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