Discover Frankenberg/Saxony: Culture, History and Nature

Frankenberg/Saxony offers different ways to explore history and culture: from a 360-degree projection and insights into medieval life to art on a walk through the old town. There are also specific options for walks and hikes. Deciding which of these you want to shape your stay is a good starting point for further planning.

Hands-on History of Technology

The ZeitWerkStadt is an interactive museum about inventions and achievements from Saxony. In the walk-through Time Cube, you can see a 360-degree projection. A digital journey through time also explores the vehicle industry, printing, carpet weaving and cigar making in Frankenberg. The museum is designed as a hands-on experience for families. It focuses on both technology and local history, as well as visitor participation.

Medieval Life and Local History

The mining town of Bleiberg shows how the inhabitants of a medieval mining settlement lived and worked in the 13th and 14th centuries. One of the main attractions is a complex of buildings constructed based on archaeological excavations at Treppenhauer. Medieval crafts and activities such as baking bread, making mead and herbal tea, and cooking over an open fire add to the experience. This offers insights not just into buildings, but also into everyday life and work.

St. Aegidien Church also has a specific construction history: the present-day church was built in 17 months and consecrated on 29 October 1741. The sculpture trail offers a different way to explore the past: this art walk through Frankenberg’s old town features 20 works commemorating historical events and important figures from the town.

Forest Trails and Hiking

The forest adventure trail is a four-kilometre loop. It follows easy-to-walk forest paths and takes about two hours.

Another section of the trail network is the stretch of the Zschopau Valley Trail between Harrasfelsen and Mittweida. It follows the Zschopau through a medieval mining area. On the Sachsenburg–Hainichen Trail, the section as far as the junction for Rossauer Wald is part of the Frankenberg trail network and is marked in red. Bus route 675 connects Frankenberg/Saxony or Mittweida with Sachsenburg/Gh Reinhardt, providing access to the route. Check the current timetable before setting out.

Getting Here and Finding Your Way

Frankenberg is connected to rail services on the Hainichen–Chemnitz line. By car, it can be reached via the B180, B169 and A4. For information about Frankenberg’s tourist attractions, contact the Tourist Information at Markt 14.

When planning, it is worth organising the options around the kind of day you want: museums and local history offer a different focus from a walk on forest paths or a section of the trail network. Your plans for each day can help guide your search for accommodation in Frankenberg/Saxony. If you plan to travel to the Sachsenburg–Hainichen trails, check the current timetable for bus route 675 in advance.

Explore the wider destination of Central Saxony

Central Saxony also offers other cultural and landscape attractions that you can explore independently of those in Frankenberg. Rochlitzer Berg, 353 metres high, is a remnant of volcanic activity; its red porphyry tuff is considered unique in Germany and Europe. Rochsburg Castle has housed a museum since 1911. Its “Leute machen Kleider” (“People Make Clothes”) exhibition features 52 costumes spanning 1,000 years of European fashion history. The region thus offers distinct areas of interest, from geological features to cultural and historical collections.

Discover more destinations: Dittersbach, Mittweida, Erlau, Leisnig, Hartha, Rochlitz, Großhartmannsdorf, Niederwiesa.

See the overview of the wider destination: Central Saxony.