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| Marienberg | ||
| federal state | Saxony | |
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| Residents | 17.097 (2019) | |
| height | 620 m | |
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The town Marienberg lies on the northern slope of the Ore Mountains and is a large district town in the Ore Mountains. Marienberg was founded in 1521 by Duke Heinrich the Pious because of mining. The historic city center has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2019.
getting there
| Distances | |
| Berlin | 300 km |
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| Prague | 130 km |
| Leipzig | 115 km |
| Dresden | 75 km |
| Chemnitz | 30 km |
| Annaberg-Buchholz | 18 km |
By plane
The closest airports with scheduled flights are Dresden (DRS; 90 km away) and Prague (PRG; 115 km).
By train
Rail traffic to Marienberg was discontinued in 2013. The next train stops are now Warm bath (9 km away) on the Zwönitztalbahn (Chemnitz – Annaberg-Buchholz – Cranzahl) and Pockau-Lengefeld (11 km away) on the Chemnitz – Olbernhau line. It is faster, however, to change to buses at Chemnitz main station (every hour on weekdays, every two hours on weekends), which take a little more than an hour to get to Marienberger Markt. Combined by bus and train, it takes 2:15 hours from Dresden and 2:15 to 2:45 hours from Leipzig, depending on the connection.
By bus
Bus route 207 des Regional transport Ore Mountains (RVE) runs every hour on weekdays (every two hours on weekends) from Chemnitz (bus station or main train station; travel time around an hour) via Zschopau (25 minutes) in one direction and from Olbernhau in the other direction to Marienberg. Bus line 492 runs eight times a day on weekdays from Pockau-Lengefeld to Marienberg (journey time approx. 25 minutes), twice a day also from Freiberg (1:20 hours). Line 216 runs four times on weekdays from Zschopau (approx. 50 minutes) via Selva to Marienberg.
In the street
Of Chemnitz from you use the 
above Zschopau (generous bypass). Of Freiberg the 
above Brand-Erbisdorf and Lengefeld used. The is also part of the main route of the "Saxon Silver Road". The southern route of this oldest and longest tourist route in Saxony, on the other hand, does not lead over Lengefeld, but over Sayda, Olbernhau and Pobershau to Marienberg.
From Dresden as from Leipzig it takes between 1:15 and 1½ hours by car with favorable traffic conditions, from Erfurt just under two hours, from Nuremberg just under three, from Berlin over three hours.
mobility
Tourist Attractions
The historical city center is based on the Italian Renaissance and has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage of the Ore Mountains / Krušnohoří mining region since 2019. The square one Marketplace With an area of 1 ha, it is one of the largest in East Germany.
Also worth seeing are:
- The city church of St. Mary
- The town hall
- The red tower
- The Zschopauer Tor, the landmark of the city.
- The "mountain magazine"
- The horse goddess in the Lauta district
activities
- 1 Aqua Marien adventure pool, At Lautengrund 5. Tel.: 49 (0)3735 6808-0, Fax: 49 (0)3735 680837, Email: [email protected]. Open: Opening times: daily 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.Price: Prices: day ticket € 11, reduced € 6.50; Sauna surcharge € 4 each.
- Cross-country skiingThere are cross-country trails in the districts and neighboring towns:
- 2 Promised Land (Rätzteich area; 4.5 km south of the city center, 640–720 m above sea level: a total of 14 km of trails, easy to moderate)
- 3 Pobershau (7 km to the east, 650–765 m: 12 km of trails, easy to moderately difficult)
- Kühnhaide / Reitzenhain / Rübenau (11–16 km southeast, 700–880 m: a total of 28 km of cross-country trails, easy to moderate)
- 4 statute (17 km south, 700–900 m: 22 km of trails, medium to difficult)
shop
kitchen
nightlife
accommodation
trips
- Pobershau (5 km east, "Sächsische Silberstraße") - located in the valley of the Roten Pockau; "Tiefer Molchner Stolln" show mine; the very beautiful landscape of the Schwarzwassertal
- Zöblitz (6 km east, B 171 "Sächsische Silberstraße") - small town on the east side of the Black Pockau Valley; Serpentine Stone Museum.
- Selva (8 km to the west, B 171) - im Zschopautal situated locality; Medieval Selva Castle with a local museum.
- Pockau (10 km northeast) - state-approved resort; Oil mill.
- Kühnhaide (12 km southeast) - scattered settlement in the Schwarzwassertal and on the border with the Czech Republic.
- Reitzenhain (12 km south, B 174) - located on the Ore Mountains ridge; here the main road continues to the Czech Republic.
- Ehrenfriedersdorf - (17 km to the west, B 95) - traditional mountain town with visitor mine Zinngrube, Greifensteinen, Greifenbachstauweiher and Röhrgraben
literature
Web links
- http://www.marienberg.de - Official website of Marienberg
