Ridge trail stage 03 "From Sayda to Seiffen"
- 3:00 h
- 9.82 km
- 256 m
- 312 m
- 530 m
- 789 m
- 259 m
- Start: Sayda, Kreuztanne
- Destination: Seiffen, church
Hiking without culture is not possible today! First we follow the old post road. Soon we leave the dense forest and come to a "luxury rest hut" at the edge of the forest! Let yourself be surprised. We continue through the fields to Neuhausen. We reach the glassworks museum. Here you can see the first Odol bottle and feudal drinking glasses for the Saxon court. The Kammweg then takes us directly to Purschenstein Castle - in GDR times a children's home, today a 4-star hotel. At the train station there is another museum, actually several museums. Here we enter the world of superlatives - we marvel at the largest music box in the world, examine the largest nutcracker and, and, and. Then we climb the heights. At the top of the Schwartenberg there is a wonderful viewing platform and a cozy hut to stop off at. Descending through meadows and fields, we soon reach our stage destination of Seiffen. Craftsmanship and a passion for working with wood have turned Seiffen into a Christmas and toy village. Christmas is here 365 days a year. There are plenty of workshops and craft stores. No room in your rucksack for a wooden Rachermannl? No problem! The works of art are well packed and sent directly to your home.
Milestones: Kreuztanne Sayda - Neuhausen with glassworks museum, Purschenstein Castle - Nutcracker Museum - Schwartenberg (789 m) with viewing tower - Seiffen, center of Erzgebirge wood art - Binge "Geyerin" - Seiffen round church
Waypoints
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Pavements
- Street (11%)Asphalt (23%)Gravel (1%)Trail (47%)Path (18%)
Best to visit
- suitableDepends on weather
Directions
Starting from Hotel Kreuztanne, we walk along the Alte Poststraße towards Neuhausen, past the König-Friedrich-August-Höhe (736 m) through the high spruce forest. At the Großer Vorwerk, we pass the Sayda - Neuhausen connecting road and follow the Saydaer Weg. After about 250 meters, the Kammweg turns off the path. We reach the old salt road towards Neuhausen via a forest path at the refuge. Since ancient times, only a few pass roads have led over the ridge from Bohemia. These paths, also known as "Böhmische Steige", were the forerunners of the trade routes later known as "salt roads". We reach Neuhausen downhill with a wonderful view of the town. The Kammweg leads directly past the glassworks museum, Purschenstein castle and park. These played a key role in shaping the history of the village.
A short detour to the Nutcracker Museum and right next to it the Technical Chair Museum will delight hikers. Listed in the Guinness Book of Records, you can admire the world's largest functioning, pneumatically operated nutcracker at a height of 5.87 m, one of over 6,000 wooden journeymen and the world's largest music box. Visitors have to guess which song is playing. We then walk a short distance along the road towards Seiffen and then turn off onto a pleasant meadow path. Let's take a look back at Neuhausen and catch our breath, for example at the Biermann crossroads in Freiberg. The mountain inn with viewing tower on the Schwartenberg (789 m) is visible from afar. With a bit of luck, you can watch paragliders. Once at the top, the panoramic view makes up for the exertions of the ascent. We can stop for refreshments at the Schwartenbergbaude or continue downhill towards Seiffen. We reach the toy village on natural paths until we reach the old village road, which continues downhill to the main road.
On the way, you can already see workshops everywhere in the houses where smoking men, candle arches and pyramids are made in a wide variety of ways. Hoop turning, a special form of woodturning that is unique in the world, was invented in Seiffen around 200 years ago. Show workshops and the Erzgebirge Toy Museum invite visitors to marvel all year round. This is why the town is considered a world-famous center of Erzgebirge wood art. After 100 m along the main road, the Kammweg turns off into An der Binge and leads uphill to the Bergbausteig, an educational trail about the mining history of the village. The "Geyerin" binge, which houses an open-air stage inside, is evidence of the old mining industry. After the Binge, you finally reach the mountain church of Seiffen on Deutschneudorfer Straße. The famous baroque church, which is also the landmark of the resort town, marks the end of this stage.
Tour information
Cultural Interesting
Stop at an Inn
Summit
Equipment
Weatherproof clothing, sure-footed shoes and rucksack provisions are recommended.
Directions & Parking facilities
- Getting therevia B171. in OT Friedebach to KreuztanneParking
Parking lots in Sayda and Kreuztanne
Parking lots in Seiffen
Public transportationand with the hiking bus line 737 Deutschneudorf - Seiffen - Neuhausen - Sayda - Freiberg
Additional information
Author
Birgit Knöbel
Organization
Erlebnisheimat Erzgebirge
Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author
Sayda, local history museum "Hospital zu St. Johannis"
Neuhausen with nutcracker, chair and glassworks museum
Schwartenberg viewing point, Binge mining nature trail
Map
Overview map Kammweg Erzgebirge-Vogtland, scale 1 : 25,000, Publicpress-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-89920-658-6, Leporello, weatherproof and tearproof, retail price: € 14.90
Hiking, skiing and cycling map Kammweg Erzgebirge-Vogtland, scale 1 : 35,000, Dr. Barthel Verlag, ISBN 987-3-89591-059-3, retail price: €10.90