Riesa - Riesa

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Riesa
federal stateSaxony
Residents
30.054 (2019)
height
109 m
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Riesa

The town Riesa is on the Elbe, halfway between Dresden and Leipzig. With around 31,000 inhabitants, it is the second largest city in the district of Meißen.

The place is called sports city.

Riesa town hall

getting there

By plane

Dresden Airport is 45 km and Leipzig / Halle Airport 85 km from Riesa. There is a direct IC connection from Leipzig / Halle Airport to Riesa, the journey takes 55 minutes. From Dresden Airport you take the S-Bahn to Dresden-Neustadt station and change there to IC or ICE to Riesa, it takes a little over an hour in total.

By train

Riesa train station is halfway between Leipzig and Dresden. ICEs can withstand every two hours Frankfurt am Main (Travel time 3:40 hours) about Erfurt (1:20 hours) and Intercitys Hanover (3:25 hours) about Magdeburg (2 hours). Between Leipzig and Dresden, the ICE and IC run every hour, with the ICE not being a minute faster than the IC on this route. It takes half an hour to drive from Leipzig and Dresden. From other parts of Germany you usually have to change trains in Leipzig.

Regional express trains (“Saxonia Express”) also run every hour on the Leipzig – Riesa – Dresden route; it takes 45 minutes to get to Riesa from each of the two major cities. Regional trains also run every hour from Chemnitz (1 hour) about Chub (25 minutes) to Riesa; Regional trains run every two hours Elsterwerda (25 minutes). Those coming from Berlin can take regional trains via Elsterwerda - it takes a total of 2:20 hours, only 5 minutes slower than the ICE connection recommended by DB via Leipzig. In Priestewitz you can change trains from Cottbus and Hoyerswerda.

Riesa belongs to the tariff zone of Verkehrsverbunds Oberelbe (VVO), which extends around Dresden.

In the street

The next motorway junctions are Döbeln-North (from the east) and Quietly (from the west) on the A 14 Leipzig – Dresden. Coming from Berlin, you can take the A 13 towards Dresden at the exit Schönborn leave.

In addition, the city is on or just off the following federal highways:

  • B 169 Chub–Riesa–ElsterwerdaThere is a connection to the A 14 north of Döbeln
  • B 182 Torgau–Riesa
  • B 98 Grossenhain–Zeithain, in Zeithain connection to the B 169 to Riesa
  • B 6 Leipzig–Meissen, 7 km south of the city crossing the B 169

By bicycle

Riesa is on Elbe cycle path. Of Pirna it is 74 km, from Dresden 53 km, from Meissen 28 km down the Elbe. Of Torgau you drive 48 km, from Mühlberg / Elbe 21 km upstream.

mobility

Map of Riesa

Riesa is part of the Upper Elbe Transport Association (VVO); all information can be found on its Website. There is a city bus network and the car, cyclist and pedestrian bridge or the ferry between Promnitz and the old town (no VVO tariff) can be used to cross the Elbe.

Tourist Attractions

  • 1 Iron sculpture "Elbquelle" - 25 meter high statue made of rusty cast iron in the form of a leafy oak by the Düsseldorf artist Jörg Immendorff (1945–2007) between Berliner and Bahnhofstrasse. It is Europe's largest iron sculpture.
Town hall, in the background the monastery church
  • 2  town hall, Rathausplatz 1. The building was originally the south wing of the monastery. After the secularization, it was rebuilt into a renaissance castle around 1600. In 1874 there was another conversion to the town hall, which now follows a historicist architectural style (neo-renaissance).
  • 3  former Benedictine monastery, Rathausplatz 1–2. The oldest monastery in the former Mark of Meissen. While the south wing was converted into the town hall, the three other wings of the building have been preserved in their medieval form. The chapter house with groin vault above the central column dates from the middle of the 15th century. Romanesque wall remains and small arched windows can still be seen on the eastern and northern wings. The east wing is now used by the zoo and houses the aquarium system and the natural history cabinet.
  • 4  St. Marien monastery church with mummy tomb, At the monastery church. The church of the former Benedictine monastery was built in the 13th century in the Gothic style. Most of the foundation and outer walls date from this time. In the following centuries, however, the church was damaged and rebuilt several times, which is why it is today evidence of church architecture from the Middle Ages to the 18th century (tower). Most recently, a remarkable reconstruction in Art Nouveau style took place in 1908. Numerous well-preserved, not decayed corpses including grave goods such as flowers, jewelry, books and crosses were discovered in the church crypt.
Trinity Church
  • 5  Trinity Church, Lutherplatz 3. Trinity Church in the Wikipedia encyclopediaTrinitatiskirche in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsTrinitatiskirche (Q1392513) in the Wikidata database.Neo-Romanesque central building from 1895–97. The architect was the imperial building officer Jürgen Kröger. The 75 meter high tower characterizes the cityscape. The interior decoration with altar, Last Supper relief, baptismal font and wall paintings is also worth seeing.
  • Volkshaus in the style of the new building
  • House on Poppitzer Platz - City Museum and City Library
  • Municipal gallery
  • port with harbor bridge and castle bridge

activities

Riesa is on Elbe cycle path.

  • 7  Home zoo, Rathausplatz 1, 01589 Riesa. Tel.: 49 (0)3525 732089, Email: . Open: daily 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.Price: Admission: adults € 3, children (3-14 years) € 1.50, families (2 adults and children) € 6.

shop

  • Hauptstrasse (longest boulevard in Saxony)

kitchen

  • 1  Panama Joe's, Bahnhofstrasse 42, 01587 Riesa. Tel.: 49 (0)3525 530920. Open: Tue - Fri 11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m., Sat 6:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m., Sun Mon are closed.
  • 3  La Terrazza, Leutewitzer Str. 61, 01589 Riesa. Tel.: 49 (0)3525 6599630, Email: . Open: Mon is closed, Tue 5:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m., Wed - Fri 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m., Sat, Sun public holidays 11.30 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
  • 4  Casa Mia, Pausitzer Str. 11, 01589 Riesa. Italian restaurant.Open: Tue - Sun 11.30 a.m. - 2.30 p.m. 5.30 p.m. - 11 p.m., Mondays are closed.
  • 5  Crete restaurant, Rathausplatz 1, 01589 Riesa. Tel.: 49 (0)3525 892488. Greek restaurant.Open: Tue - Sun 11.30 a.m. - 2.30 p.m. 5.30 p.m. - 11 p.m., Mondays are closed.
  • 6  Pane & Vino, Alexander-Pushkin-Platz 6, 01587 Riesa. Tel.: 49 (0)3525 512000. Italian restaurant.Open: Wed - Mon 11.30 a.m. - 2.30 p.m. 5.30 p.m. - 11 p.m., Tuesdays are closed.
  • 7  Golden lion, Dr.-Külz-Strasse 20, 01589 Riesa. Tel.: 49 (0)3525 733803, Email: . Open: Thursday 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., Friday, Saturday 11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., Sun 11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., closed Mon - Wed.Price: Overnight stays possible, double room from € 60.

nightlife

  • 1  HammerBräu, Bahnhofstrasse 42, 01587 Riesa. Tel.: 49 (0)3525 530930. Open: Mon - Wed, Fri 5 p.m. - 11 p.m., closed Thursdays, Sat Sun 11 a.m. - 11 p.m.
  • 2  Holzwurm restaurant, Goethestrasse 23, 01589 Riesa. Tel.: 49 (0)3525 734797. Open: daily 6:00 p.m. - 3:30 a.m.
  • 3  O'Reilly's Irish Pub, Goethestrasse 26, 01589 Riesa. Tel.: 49 (0)3525 7489090. Open: Mon - Thu 5:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m., Sat 5:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m., Sun 11:30 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
  • Irish pub on Käferberg
  • Irish pub on Klötzerstrasse

accommodation

  • 1  Hotel Wettiner Hof, Hohe Strasse 4, 01587 Riesa. Tel.: 49 (0)3525 7180, Fax: 49 (0)3525 718222, Email: . Open: the associated restaurant: Mon - Fri 12.00pm - 10.30pm, Sat 12.00pm - 11.00pm, Sun public holiday 12.00pm - 9.30pm.Price: Single from € 69, double from € 89.
  • 4  Hotel Sachsenhof Riesa, Hauptstrasse 65, 01587 Riesa. Tel.: 49 (0)3525 733629, Fax: 49 (0)3525 730167, Email: . Open: Restaurant Sun Mon 11 a.m. - 2 p.m., Tue - Thu 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. 5 p.m. - 10 p.m., Sat 5 p.m. - 11 p.m., Friday is closed.Price: Single from € 39, double from € 58.

security

  • 1  Riesa police station, Klosterstrasse 4, 01589 Riesa. Tel.: 49 (0)3525 710279.
  • 2  Police department, Lommatzscher Str. 3, 01587 Riesa. Tel.: 49 (0)3525 5110.

health

hospital

Pharmacies

Practical advice

trips

  • Strehla (9 km north-west, B 182) - a very attractive place to visit; Contrary to popular belief, the first meeting of Russian and American troops took place in April 1945 not at Torgau, but at Strehla.
  • Lommatzsch (10 miles south) - This is where actor Terence Hill stayed during World War II.
  • Oschatz (16 km to the west, RE - 1 stop away) - starting point of the Döllnitzbahn
  • Grossenhain (21 km east, B 169 / B 98) - the center of the Grossenhainer care was the venue of the State Garden Show 2002.
  • Meissen (26 km southeast, B 169 / B 6) - Albrechtsburg and porcelain factory

literature

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