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| Zschopau | ||
| federal state | Saxony | |
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| Residents | 9.214 (2019) | |
| height | 350 m | |
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The small town Zschopau lies, surrounded by coniferous and mixed forests, in the Zschopautal at the bottom Western Ore Mountains. It is primarily known for its earlier motorcycle construction.
getting there
By train
The train driver reaches Zschopau via the Zschopautalbahn, which Chemnitz with Cran number at the Fichtelbergbahn every two hours and Annaberg-Buchholz even connects every hour on weekdays. In Fleawhere the Zschopaubahn branches off from the double-track and electrified main line Chemnitz – Dresden, there are transfer options from the trains from Dresden; but on weekends you have to wait an hour longer for almost every second connection.
In the street
Zschopau is from Chemnitz from over the 
accessible, which is partially expanded to four lanes and bypasses the city in the west. Those who cannot or do not want to drive through Chemnitz city center drive via the 
until departure Chemnitz-South and then over the Südring. The leads beyond Zschopau Marienberg and to the Czech border.
mobility
Tourist Attractions
It is written on a rock spur near the Zschopau Wildeck hunting lodge. As a castle, probably built in the 12th century, it was rebuilt from 1545 to 1547 under Duke Moritz von Sachsen into a hunting lodge in the Renaissance style. The castle houses most of the city's museums:
- Motorcycle museum
- Book Printing Museum with demonstration workshop
- Coin Mint Museum with demonstration workshop
- City history museum
- gallery with changing exhibitions
The City Church of St. Mary was rebuilt after the city fire in 1494, but late Gothic forms are hardly available; instead, unadorned baroque prevails.
The city keeps the Ore Mountains regional customs high.
activities
shop
kitchen
Fine and international cuisine:
- Hotel Villa Wilisch, At the Schlösselmühle 1. Tel.: 49 (0)3725 7867880, Email: [email protected]. .
nightlife
accommodation
- Hotel Schlossblick, Courtyard 3. Tel.: 49 (0)3725 4560, Mobile: 49 (0)152 09973396, Fax: (0)3725 45799, Email: [email protected]. .
trips
- Scharfenstein (6 km south, S 228) - above the village is Scharfenstein Castle, whose keep is used as a lookout tower.
- Augustusburg (10 km north, S 228) - Augustusburg with its castle is located outside the Zschopau valley, but can be reached by funicular from the neighboring town of Erdmannsdorf in the valley.
- Selva (12 km south, S 228 via Scharfenstein) - medieval Selva Castle with a local museum
- Ehrenfriedersdorf (16 km north, via Drebach) - traditional mountain town with the Zinngrube visitor mine, Greifensteinen, Greifenbachstauweiher and Röhrgraben
- Thum (15 km southwest, via Gelenau) - located on the northern slope of the Greifenstein massif and on the Jahnsbach.
- Chemnitz (16 km northwest, B 174) - large city on the northern edge of the Ore Mountains with a quarter of a million inhabitants; City of modernity.
- Marienberg (16 km southeast, B 174) - one of the largest marketplaces in Eastern Germany; Aqua Marien adventure pool.
literature
- Author collective: The middle Zschopau area. Series Values from Our Homeland Volume 28, Akademieverlag, Berlin 1977.
- Author collective: History of the city of Zschopau. Creation until 1945. Zschopau 1989.
- Rudolf Herfurth: Historical news from Zschopau. Scientific supplement to the 15th annual report on the royal school teacher seminar in Zschopau. Zschopau 1885.
Web links
- http://www.zschopau.de - Official website of Zschopau
