Schlossbetriebe gGmbH
09573 Augustusburg

Phone: +49 (0) 3729 13 80 18
Fax: +49 (0) 37291 380 24
E-Mail: info@die-sehenswerten-drei.de

Opening hours:
Apr - Oct daily 9.30am-6pm
Nov - Mar daily 10am-5pm





Built as a hunting lodge and pleasure palace of the Elector, Augustus the Strong, the Renaissance castle accommodates a number of interesting museums, such as the motorbike museum, the museum of hunting animals and ornithology or the horse carriage museum today. In addition to numerous special events it provides the perfect background for the annual meeting of motorbike, motor sports and vintage car enthusiasts from Germany and elsewhere, such as the motorbike winter meeting, the traditional vintage car meeting in autumn or the castle and fortress rally for vintage cars.
 

Schlossbetriebe gGmbH
09577 Lichtenwalde

Phone: +49 (0) 3729 13 80 18
Fax: +49 (0) 3729 13 80 24
E-Mail: info@die-sehenswerten-drei.de

Opening hours:
Apr - Oct: Tue - Sun 10am-6pm
Nov - Mar: Tue-Sun 10am-5pm
Rokoko park opens continously




The scenic Baroque-style castle on the Zschopau river is surrounded by a Rococo park with fountains and pavilions. From May till October it is a place for concerts and the annual park festival. Worthwhile seeing are the Chinese Room, Red Salon, castle library, winter garden and the mediaeval chapel.
 

Schloßberg 1
09435 Scharfenstein

Phone: +49 (0) 3729 13 80 18
Fax: +49 (0) 3729 13 80 24
E-Mail: info@die-sehenswerten-drei.de

Opening hours:
Apr - Oct: Tue-Sun 10am-6pm
Nov - Mar: Tue-Sun 10am-5pm





This mediaeval ADVENTURE CASTLE has a lot to offer especially for kids including a visit to the Christmas and toy museums, manual weaving shop and the tin and minerals room. Experiencing and marvelling, playing and exploring, testing and buying – you can find all this at the Scharfenstein Castle.
 

09648 Kriebstein

Phone: +49 (0) 343 27 95 20
Fax: +49 (0) 343 27 952 22
E-Mail: museum@burg-kriebstein.de

Opening hours:
Middle of Feb - Apr + Nov: daily 10am - 4pm
May - Oct: Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm; Sat - Sun 10am - 5.30pm





The late-Gothic Kriebstein Castle is a gem sitting high above the Zschopau river. Special guided tours let you look behind closed doors, additionally the castle can be explored by candlelight, open fire and by torchlight. In the chapel, the treasure vault and the old banquet hall you can admire old wall paintings. The scenic environment of the castle also invites you for hiking tours and boat trips.
 

Schlossallee 2
09350 Lichtenstein

Phone: +49 (0) 3 72 04 58 58 58
Fax: +49 (0) 3 72 04 58 58 59
E-Mail: info@daetz-centrum.de

Opening hours:
Daily 10am - 6pm






The Daetz Centre is the only centre worldwide of international wood sculpture. Stories, legends and myths of peoples from all parts of the world plunge the visitor into various cultures. Wood sculptors from 27 countries created 700 unique pieces and thus demonstrate the beauty, expressiveness and versatility of international wood sculpture. Detailed information on this exhibition and most of the exhibits will be given by a multi-lingual audio guide.
 

Chemnitzer Straße 43
09350 Lichtenstein

Phone: +49 (0) 37204 7 22 55
Fax: +49 (0) 372 204 722 57
E-Mail: park@miniwelt.de

Opening hours:
Apr - Nov: daily 9am - 6pm




The cultural park Miniworld presents about 100 original and true-to detail buildings and technical facilities at a 1:25 scale ranging from the ancient world to the present. Unique i n the collection is a replica of the Seven Wonders of the World. The Light House of Alexandria, the Mausoleum of Halikarnassos, the Zeus Temple and the Colossus of Rhodes are ready and waiting to be admired.
 

Ehrenzug 14a
09569 Oederan

Phone: +49 (0) 372 92 59 90
Fax: +49 (0) 372 92 59 917
E-Mail: info@klein-erzgebirge.de

Opening hours:
Apr - Oct: daily 10am - 6pm
Jun - Aug: täglich 9am - 6pm





On an area of about 12,000 sq.m. you will find the most beautiful buildings of the Erzgebirge Mountains at a scale of 1:25, made of wood according to local tradition. They are well kept and constantly extended.
 

Karl-May-Strasse 54
09337 Hohenstein-Ernstthal

Phone: +49 (0) 37 23 4 21 59
Fax: +49 (0) 37 23 628895
E-Mail: karl-may-haus@t-online.de

Opening hours:
Tue - Sun 10am - 5pm




The individual stages of Karl May’s life and work are shown and recognized here in chronological order. An adventurous fate becomes visible that was partly more adventurous than the tales about his heroes who also receive recognition.
 

Rodewischer Str. 21
08485 Lengenfeld OT Plohn

Phone: +49 (0) 376 06 34163
Fax: +49 (0) 376 06 33599
E-Mail: info@freizeitpark-plohn.de

Opening hours:
Nov, Apr, May: daily 10am - 5pm
Jun - Sep: daily 10am - 6pm

Whether it is Hansel and Gretel, Rumpelstiltskin, Puss-in-Boots or Mother Hulda – visitors may enter into the world of Grimm’s fairytales. A wild-water course or an exciting raft ride through Dinoland are some of the great attractions of this park. There is also a large horse riding and banquet hall, a show farm with animals and a petting zoo.
 

Haus der Kirche
Kleine Kirchgasse 23
09456 Annaberg-Buchholz

Phone: +49 (0) 37 33 23 19 0
Fax: +49 (0) 37 33 28 85 77
E-Mail: info@annenkirche.de

Opening hours:
Mon - Sat 10am - 5pm
Sun 10am - 12pm




The late-Gothic aisled church built between 1499 and 1525 is the distant visible landmark of Annaberg-Buchholz. The interior design of the church is very impressive. A particular delight is to listen to the renovated Walcker organ from 1884 which has more than 4,000 pipes and 65 stops.
 

Sehmatalstrasse 3
09456 Annaberg-Buchholz

Phone: +49 (0) 37 33 22 000
Fax: +49 (0) 37 33 67 12 77
E-Mail: hammer@annaberg-buchholz.de

Opening hours:
daily 9am - 12pm & 1pm - 4.30pm





How the wealth of Annaberg-Buchholz was created in the past can be marvelled at the Frohnauer Hammer-Mill. Giant hammers driven by a water wheel are the most well-known witnesses of the local mining industry. A tour of the museum will take you to the 300 years old iron forgery and the manor-house with the historical living rooms of the foreman from the 19th century.
 

Pflockenstraße 28
09376 Oelsnitz/ Erzg.

Phone: +49 (0) 372 98 126 12
Fax: +49 (0) 372 98 24 14
E-Mail: info@bergbaumuseum-oelsnitz.de

Opening hours:
Tue - Sun, Holidays 9am - 4pm






This traditional place of Saxon hard coal mining is one of the largest German museums of its kind. A combination of historical data presented in a showcase manner and an area showcasing impressive machinery in action is worth seeing.
 

Am Sauberg 1
09427 Ehrenfriedersdorf

Phone: +49 (0) 373 41 25 57
Fax: +49 (0) 373 41 5 01 59
E-Mail: zinngrube-ehrenfriedersdorf@t-online.de

Opening hours:
Guided tours: daily 9am & 1pm
Museum: daily 9am - 5pm




A helmet and lamp, overalls and rubber boots – that will be the outfit you will need to travel down 100 metres deep into the pit. You will learn about the different eras of mining, admire compressed-air operated tools in action and try out for yourself a hammer and a chisel.
 

Untermarkt 1
09599 Freiberg

Phone: + 49 (0) 3731 30 03 40
Fax: + 49 (0) 3731 30 03 41
E-Mail: info@freiberger-dom.de

Opening hours:
Mon+Thu 8am - 12pm & 1pm - 4pm
Tue 8am - 12pm & 2pm - 6pm
Fri 8am - 12pm

This cathedral is the most important mediaeval religious building, and also landmark of the university and Silbermann town of Freiberg. Built after a fire destroyed the previous cruciform Romanesque pier basilica the late-Gothic church has been dominating the historical Untermarkt since the 16th century.
 

Hauptstrasse 73
09548 Seiffen

Phone / Fax:
+49 (0) 373 62 82 39
E-Mail:
info@spielzeugmuseum-seiffen.de

Opening hours:
daily 9am - 5pm
Open Air Museum till 4pm in the winter

This museum gives a good survey on the region of toymakers and Christmas folk craft. Different houses and workshops demonstrate daily life from the 19th and 20th centuries.
 

In der Hütte 10
09526 Olbernhau

Phone: +49 (0) 373 60 73 36 7
Fax: +49 (0) 373 60 79 56 7
E-Mail: saigerhuette@gmx.de

Opening hours:
Mar - Dec:
Tue - Sun 9.30am - 12pm & 1pm - 4.30pm




This segregation shop is currently the only maintained monument of the non-ferrous metallurgy in Europe and has been in existence since 1537. Once built as a self-contained industrial village 22 historical buildings still exist with the copper forgery as one of them. A fully functional forgery is shown to visitors. In the melting shop open-air museum, the core proper of the ensemble, the segregation technology with the different hearths, kilns and water wheels are demonstrated.
 

Zechenhausweg 6
08324 Bockau / Erzgebirge

Phone: +49 (0) 3771 45 41 21
Fax: +49 (0) 3771 45 41 22
E-Mail: kontakt@bockauer-likoerfabrik.de

Opening hours:
Mon - Fri 10am - 4pm
Sat, Sun, Holidays 1pm - 5pm




The first Saxon Spirits Museum "Bockauer Wurzelstube" opened in 1994. After having admired all equipment needed for liqueur production you may taste and buy all varieties of spirits.
 

Greifensteiner Straße 44
09427 Ehrenfriedersdorf

Phone: +49 (0) 3733 14 07131
Fax: +49 (0) 3733 14 07140
E-Mail: info@winterstein-theater.de

Performances:
Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep



As early as 1846 the first theatre performance is said to have taken place in this very scenic environment. Since 1952 this open-air theatre has been used regularly by the Annaberg Eduard-von-Winterstein Theatre. It has a capacity of 1,200 seats and 500 lawn places.