In the Lommatzscher and Großenhainer care are two hilly loess landscapes in central Saxony. The Lommatzscher Pfelge extends between the Elbe and the first foothills of the Ore Mountains, while the Großenhainer Pflege is on the east bank.
places
- Riesa - Steel and sports city on the Elbe; Transport hub and largest city in the region.
- Diesbar-Seusslitz - the romantic wine village on the right bank of the Elbe is the starting point of the “Saxon Wine Route”.
- Grossenhain - the center of Grossenhain care was the venue for the state garden show in 2002.
- Lommatzsch - eponymous center with winding old town, also the place where Mario Girotti, better known as Terence Hill, lived during the Second World War.
- Muck - On the way station of the narrow-gauge railway Wild Robert Oschatz – Mügeln – Kemmlitz
- Oschatz - Located on the north-west edge of the main line Leipzig – Dresden; Weighing Museum, St. Aegidien Church, nearby Osterland Castle.
- Ostrau - Village located in the Jahna valley, a tributary of the Elbe; Trinity Church.
Other goals
background
Because of its fertile soil, the Lommatzscher care also bears the nickname Granary of Saxony.
getting there
By train
ICE (Frankfurt am Main – Leipzig – Dresden) and Intercity (Hanover – Leipzig – Dresden) stop every hour in Riesa. There are also the regional express lines Leipzig – Riesa – Dresden (with additional stops in Oschatz and Nünchritz, among others) and Dresden – Großenhain – Cottbus as well as the regional train lines Dresden – Großenhain – Elsterwerda and Chemnitz – Döbeln – Riesa – Elsterwerda (stops in Ostrau, Zeithain, Gröditz). Coming from Berlin and Zossen, you can change trains in Elsterwerda.
In the street
The A14 Leipzig – Dresden and A13 Berlin – Dresden motorways touch the region. In addition, the federal highways B6 (Leipzig – Wurzen – Oschatz – Meißen – Dresden) and B169 (Cottbus – Elsterwerda – Riesa – Döbeln – Chemnitz) run right through the region.
mobility
The narrow-gauge Döllnitzbahn runs from Oschatz to Mügeln and Kemmlitz.
So-called PlusBus lines (run every hour on weekdays) run on the Meißen – Priestewitz – Großenhain, Meißen – Zehren – Lommatzsch routes. The other bus lines are served rather sporadically, on weekends for example. T. only to order.
Public transport in most of the region (including Riesa and Großenhain), together with the Dresden area, is part of the Upper Elbe Transport Association (VVO); the western part (Oschatz, Mügeln), however, with the Leipzig area to the Central German Transport Association (MDV) and the southernmost tip (Ostrau) with the Chemnitz area to the Central Saxony Transport Association (VMS).
Tourist Attractions
In the Lommatzscher and Großenhainer Pflege there are a large number of castles, some of which arose from former castles or mansions:
- Baroque garden, Old Palace and Zabeltitz Palace at Grossenhain
- Lauterbach Castle. In the middle of the 18th century, rococo-style manor house, surrounded by a park, near Ebersbach (10 km southeast of Großenhain).
- Baroque Seusslitz Castle. With palace gardens in Diesbar-Seusslitz.
- Hirschstein Castle. On the left side of the Elbe across from Seusslitz.
- Schönfeld Castle. (Neo-) Renaissance castle in Schönfeld (11 km north of Radeburg).
- Schleinitz Castle. Late Gothic (around 1600), in the Ketzerbachtal at Lommatzsch.
- Schieritz Castle. Renaissance castle near Diera-Zehren (about halfway between Lommatzsch and Meißen).
- Oberau Castle. Renaissance moated castle, one of the oldest of its kind in Saxony, near Niederau (6 km northeast of Meissen).
Old Zabeltitz Castle
Lauterbach Castle
Baroque Seusslitz Castle
Hirschstein Castle
Schönfeld Castle
Schleinitz Castle
Schieritz Castle
Oberau Castle
activities
- Ride with the "Wild Robert" on the narrow-gauge Döllnitzbahn between Oschatz and Muck
- Concert of the Elbland Philharmonie Sachsen in Riesa
kitchen
nightlife
security
The "Mügeln case", which has been highly acclaimed in the media, has shown that xenophobic attacks by the drunken mob cannot be ruled out even outside the right-wing scene. Regardless of who really "started" - anyone who, as a foreigner or "foreign-looking" fellow citizen, would like to rule out such entanglements one hundred percent should avoid alcoholic old town parties like in Mügeln and instead go to more cosmopolitan areas such as Leipzig or Dresden to celebrate.
