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| Brand-Erbisdorf | ||
| federal state | Saxony | |
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| Residents | 9.452 (2019) | |
| height | 480 m | |
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The small town Brand-Erbisdorf is about 6 km south of Freiberg, on a plateau shaped by historical mining in the lower Eastern Ore Mountains. The Erbisdorf ore "Himmelsfürst" was formerly the most important in the Freiberg mining district.
getting there
To get to Brand-Erbisdorf as a driver, you usually have to use Freiberg drive. For long-distance traffic, leave the A4 motorway at the exit Siebenlehn and changes to the B 101, which leads via Freiberg to Brand-Erbisdorf.
Brand-Erbisdorf no longer has a rail connection. The closest train station is Freiberg. There are bus connections there (line B and line F of the Freiberg city transport. Brand-Erbisdorf and Freiberg are in the area of the Verkehrsverbund Mittelachsen (VMS). In the VMS tariff area, network tickets are valid on all public transport in the respective tariff zone. The Saxony (Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia) ticket is also valid on all VMS means of transport.
mobility
Tourist Attractions
- 1 Ev.-luth. Parish church
with a well-preserved late baroque organ belonging to a student of Silbermann - "Bartholomäusschacht" on the Großhartmannsdorfer Straße (B 101).
- Museum "Huthaus Unity", Jahnstrasse 14th. Tel.: 49 (0)37322 50699, Fax: (0)37322 32341, Email: [email protected]. The town and local history museum in the hat house of the former silver mine "Einigkeit Fundgrube", built in 1837.Open: Tue-Sun 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., 1.30 p.m. to 5 p.m. (last entry 4.30 p.m., guided tours by appointment).
- Buttermilk Gate from 1821, formerly part of an artificial trench system.
activities
shop
kitchen
- 1 Zugspitze excursion restaurant, At the Zugspitze 15, 09618 Brand-Erbisdorf. Tel.: 49 37322 52398.
nightlife
accommodation
- Hotel "Brander Hof", Market 4. Tel.: 49 (0)37322 55-0, Fax: (0)37322 55-100, Email: [email protected].
- Hotel garni "Strupix", Großhartmannsdorfer Str. 6. Tel.: 49 (0)37322 870-0, Fax: (0)37322 870-20.
- Pension Hentzschel, Lower Dorfstrasse 47. Tel.: 49 (0)37322 40975, Fax: (0)37322 40975. Feature: pension.
trips
- Freiberg (6 km north, B 101) - the unofficial capital of the Ore Mountains, like Brand-Erbisdorf, was shaped by centuries of silver mining.
- Frauenstein (17 km southeast) - Castle ruins and Frauenstein Castle.
- Oederan (16 km east, to Oberschöna, there on the B 173) - known for its miniature exhibition "Klein-Erzgebirge", the oldest miniature exhibition in Germany; neo-Gothic town church with Silbermann organ.
- Olbernhau (24 km south, B 101 to Obersaida or Mittelaida, turn left there, continue to B 171) - Stadt an der Silberstraße; Saigerhütte.
- Seiffen (27 km south, B 101 to Obersaida or Mittelaida, turn left there) - the small climatic health resort stands for its wooden toys and the typical Erzgebirge Christmas decorations.
literature
- Thomas Maruschke: Archive pictures Brand-Erbisdorf. Sutton Verlag, Erfurt 2006, ISBN 978-3-86680-002-1
- E. H. Müller: Historical-statistical description of the mountain town of Brand and its surroundings, Freiberg 1858.
Web links
- http://www.brand-erbisdorf.de/ - Official website of Brand-Erbisdorf
- Rifle Guild of Brand 1835 e.V.
