Werdau - Werdau

Werdau Main Market (aka) .jpg
Werdau
federal stateSaxony
Residents
20.793 (2019)
height
334 m
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Werdau

Werdau lies in the west Saxony. The city is located on the Pleiße, in the west of the Erzgebirge Basin and has about 24,000 inhabitants. The closest major city is 8 km as the crow flies Zwickau, followed by Gera (26 km) and Chemnitz (39 km). The districts of Leubnitz, Steinpleis, Langenhessen and Königswalde belong to Werdau.

Map of Werdau

getting there

By plane

The nearest commercial airport is the Leipzig Airport. There is a free train connection with the Central German S-Bahn (lines S5 or S 5X) to the airport.

By train

Werdau is on the railway line Leipzig–Zwickau. Werdau train station is around 1500 meters south of the city center. The Central German S-Bahn runs with S-Bahn express trains (S5X) to Zwickau or Halle via Leipzig (City Tunnel) and the S 5, which stops everywhere, to Zwickau or Leipzig / Halle Airport via Leipzig, as well as the Vogtlandbahn with regional trains court.

Another traffic stop (only S5) is in Werdau-Nord.

By bus

In the street

The federal road runs through Werdau B175, the Weida in Thuringia with Zwickau connects. In addition, the state road S293 leads from the motorway A72 (Departure Zwickau West) to B175 (shortly before Werdau). In a north-south direction, the new state road S289 (west route) runs parallel to the Leipzig - Zwickau railway line from Crimmitschau via Werdau to Reichenbach. In the south of this connection there is a connection to the A72 (Departure Reichenbach) and in the north to the A4 (Departures Schmoelln or Meerane).

By bicycle

The Pleiße cycle path leads through Werdau

mobility

The train station is in the southwest of the city and is about the slight incline Bahnhofstrasse reachable. It is about 1500 meters to the market. Werdau is small enough that you can get around on foot.

There is a city bus route (168) with which, with a little patience, you can reach the entire city area. Other regional buses to surrounding communities have stops in Werdau. The central bus node is at the train station. A route network map is available on the website of the Verkehrsverbund Mittelachsen VMS (PDF file).

Werdau belongs to the network area of ​​the VMS. Association tickets with tariff zone 57 are valid on all means of transport. The Saxony (Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia) ticket is also valid on all VMS means of transport.

Tourist Attractions

Town hall in Werdau
Fountain in the market square
  • town hall on the market square, in front of the newly designed Bunnen.
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  • Advertisement clock in August-Bebel-Strasse.
  • City and steam engine museum Holzstrasse 2

activities

shop

Market days take place regularly in the city center.

kitchen

nightlife

accommodation

trips

The forest area begins 4 km to the west, in the Leubnitz district Wer duration forest. Behind the Thuringian It sets itself as a limit Greizer forest to the Elstertal away. There are numerous hiking routes, natural monuments such as the Cottaeiche or the water lily pond and (in Saxony) three restaurants:

  1. Strawberry bar in Leubnitz.
  2. Country hotel and excursion restaurant Forest pearl on the northern edge of the forest, belonging to the municipality of Langenbernsdorf. Forststraße 3, Tel. 49 (0) 3761 2002, Fax 03761 3084. Open daily from 11 a.m.
  3. Weidmann's rest or Bildhaus with the Hubertus Chapel, which is unique in Saxony.
View from the Seehaus to the Koberbach dam

In the district of Langehessen is the Koberbach dam with outdoor pool, water slide, boat rental, campsite, as well as a drive-in cinema and three restaurants:

  1. restaurant Lake house, on Talsperrenstrasse, Tel .: 03761 2760
  2. Garden restaurant Koberbachtalsperre, with seating right by the water and free parking. Tel .: 03764 405635
  3. Snack at the traffic jam in Niederalbertsdorf

In addition, the following cities are available in the surrounding area:

  • Crimmitschau (9 km north) - old textile industry town (formerly called "City of 100 Chimneys"); West Saxon Textile Museum and ice rink of the ETC Crimmitschau.
  • Zwickau (10 km east, B 175) - automobile city and gateway to Western Ore Mountains; Birthplace of the composer Robert Schumann.
  • Reichenbach (18 km south, near Neumark on the B 173) - former industrial town in the north Vogtland; Birth town of Friederike Caroline Neuber.

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