Tour to two mountain peaks

  • 20.54 km long
  • Difficulty: difficult
  • Condition: very difficult
  • Hiking
  • 5:40 h
  • 20.54 km
  • 489 m
  • 171 m
  • 471 m
  • 781 m
  • 310 m
  • Start: Olbernhau, Saigerhütte
  • Destination: Schwartenberg near the spa town of Seiffen

Good to know

Pavements

Unknown (4%)
Street (33%)
Asphalt (15%)
Gravel (2%)
Trail (45%)
Path (1%)

Best to visit

suitable
Depends on weather

Directions

This wild and romantic tour leads along well-maintained paths through the Schweinitztal valley via Oberlochmühle. (Tip: visit the small chapel). Past the "Fortuna Stollen" mine in Deutschkatharinaberg, where the Amber Room is being searched for, you cross the border stream into the Czech Republic to the "Jahnwarte" observation tower (716 m) in Katharinaberg (CZ). Via Deutschneudorf (border) along the border hiking trail, you reach the Schwartenberg (789 m) near Seiffen via Brüderwiese. Here you have a great view of the Ore Mountains landscape and a cozy place to stop for refreshments.
>> Tour 4 from the Hotel Saigerhütte.

Tour information

  • Stop at an Inn

Directions & Parking facilities

Parking
Hikers' parking lot Saigerhütte Olbernhau
Public transportation
Bus, train

Additional information

Hotel Saigerhütte
In der Hütte 4 und 9
09526 Olbernhau
Tel. 037360/7870
Fax 037360/78750
info@saigerhuette.de
www.saigerhuette.de

Author

Ute Florl

Organization

Erlebnisheimat Erzgebirge

Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author

Tips:
- Gasthof Oberlochmühle, Oberlochmühle 19, 09548 Deutschneudorf, Tel. 037368-387 , www.gasthof-oberlochmuehle.de
- Berggaststätte Schwartenbergbaude, Am Schwartenberg 10, 09544 Neuhausen, Tel. 037361-45686, www.schwartenbergbaude.de
- Museum Saigerhütte, In der Hütte 10, 09526 Olbernhau, Tel. 037360-73367, www.olbernhau.de
- Mine "Fortuna Stollen", Deutschkatharinenberg 14, 09548 Deutschneudorf, Tel. 037368-12942,www.fortuna-bernstein.de

Sights
- Jahnwarte observation tower in Katharinaberg (CZ)
- Seiffen open-air museum with historic lathe