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german_eagle Says: The remaining buildings of the former Benedictine monastery and later ducal castle are nowadays home of a museum on city history and art, mostly medieval sculptures from all over Saxony. Especially the architecture on the ground floor is very interesting alone: The easter...
german_eagle Says: Not much is preserved of the Benedictine monastery that was founded by Emperor Lothar on that hill above the later town Chemnitz in 1136: The few buildings beside the church, like cloisters and refectory, were turned into a museum. The name "Schloss-" results from the use of...
german_eagle Says: This is Chemnitz's largest park in central location. It is situated between the old town and the castle hill (Schlossberg). The lake in the centre of the park was created for fish breeding in 1493. In 1860 the city bought the lake and surrounding area, designed and...
german_eagle Says: This church is one of the remarkable structures forming the Theaterplatz ensemble (theatre, art museum and Günnewig hotel being the others). It was designed by architects from Leipzig and erected 1885-88 in Neo-Gothic style, obviously inspired by French cathedrals. The...
german_eagle Says: An outstanding but little known sight of Chemnitz is the Petrified Forest. Pieces are on display in the building "DASTietz" which also hosts the Museum of Natural History. Some of the petrified woods are to see in the main hall - free, daily. For more details, smaller pieces...
german_eagle Says: In 1953 Chemnitz was renamed "Karl-Marx-Stadt". It was a decision of the communist government in East Berlin, the local people in Chemnitz had no saying in this. They never got used to that name, so in 1990 when they were asked in a referendum the outcome was an overwhelming...
german_eagle Says: The ev.-Lutheran Jakobi church is the main parish church of Chemnitz. It is usually open during the day, services at noon on workdays.The nave is from the end of the 14th century, the choir even older about the middle of the 13th century, both in Gothic style. The western...
german_eagle Says: The New Town Hall was built 1907-11 according to plans of architect Richard Möbius, replacing the eastern wing of the Old Town Hall and old several townhouses. Contrary to the Old Town Hall it was not damaged in WWII at all, thus is preserved originally in all its...
german_eagle Says: The present Old Town Hall goes back to the late Gothic building from 1496-98 which replaced an earlier timber-framed, smaller town hall. Inside it was reconstructed in Renaissance stlye in 1556/57. The two towers - Saiger (clock) tower at the front and the taller, so called...
1 Review and 2 Opinions I picked the hotel mostly because of its location, conveniently close to the station and the city...
1 Review and 0 Opinions nice stay , confortable rooms nothing particular. MANY BETTER PALCES AT LOWER PRICE IN THE AREA...
german_eagle Says: The literal translation of "Scheune" is barn which refers to the rural location and the part of the restaurant, one of the dining rooms, that originally was a barn. Grütznickels Scheune is a place for the locals, serves hearty, regional food. Unfortunately I did not have the...
german_eagle Says: Right on the Markt square is the Cafe Venezia, a typical ice-cream and coffee place Italian style. They have tables outdoor in summer from where you have a good view of the folks parading by - but that's the only really positive aspect about it.I had a cup of ice-cream and...
german_eagle Says: One of the "In"-places in Chemnitz is the bistro/lounge/restaurant Don. It is located in the city centre, next to St. Jakobi church. The place has two floors: on the ground floor is the cafe, a grand staircase leads up to the restaurant area with a bar, off this one, on the...
german_eagle Says: A good place for a sumptuous breakfast buffet is the restaurant of the Hotel Mercure, located on the top floor and thus providing great views of the city. In case the weather co-operates you can see the Erzgebirge mountains from there (it did not for us).The breakfast buffet...
King_Golo Says: Just opposite the town hall is Turmbrauhaus, a bar for beer lovers and steak eaters. Huge servings and relatively cheap prices are definitely a pro! The Brauhaus (brewery) is found in the cellar and may be visited, too. For 1,50 Euro you can get a tour and beer tasting, for...
german_eagle Says: Buses take you to places/districts where the trams don't run. You need them e.g. for the Kassberg district and for the castle Rabenstein. The main bus station is a few minutes walk from the main train station, but some buses also stop at the train station. The main bus...
german_eagle Says: Trams are an important part of the public transportation network in Chemnitz. They all run via the city centre where you can change at "Zentralhaltestelle" stop. In the future the tram network will be majorly enlarged. The plan is to connect the towns in the surrounding...
Klaffenbach Water Castle: The Interior
Kathrin_E Says: The interior of the castle can be visited, but don't expect too much. Historical interior is limited to the construction and the rests of some frescoes. The timberwork of the roof is quite impressive. Apart from that, these rooms are used for temporary exhibitions and...
Kathrin_E Says: The little water castle on the outskirts of Chemnitz is a popular destination among locals but hardly known beyond. The building qualifies as a Renaissance castle but it is the weirdest one I have ever seen. The building is a cube with big gables in the shape of ogival...
Green Chemnitz: Parks and Gardens
german_eagle Says: For a city with a reputation as an industrial centre Chemnitz has surprisingly many parks and gardens. Just on the northern end of the city centre is the Schlossteich (lake below the former castle) with a nice park, a half mile farther north is the large Küchwald park with...
german_eagle Says: Naturally, a visitor of a German city heads to the city centre first, hoping to find a cute old town. You're out of luck in Chemnitz. The old town was destroyed in WWII, not much is left. Only a few public buildings like churches, a couple of townhouses, art museum and opera...
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Just opposite the town hall is Turmbrauhaus, a bar for beer lovers and steak eaters. Huge servings and relatively cheap prices are definitely a pro! The...
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Chemnitz - a city in transition
Chemnitz was my home for the last 9 years - I used to work there. It's a city of some 240,000 inhabitants located at the north rim of the German Erzgebirge (Ore Mountains). Chemnitz belongs to the...
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Chemnitz - Karl-Marx-Stadt - Chemnitz
Chemnitz is of interest to people who want to look for the traces of changes: the change from a smallish town to an industrial city in the late 19th century, the socialist city of the 1950s to 1980s,...
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Chemnitz wouldn´t be the same without it...it is the emblem of the City. The name of the City during the times of the GDR was Karl-Marx-Stadt and after the wall came down it got its old name back.
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The Roter Turm is the oldest building in Chemnitz and was built in the 12th Century. Around the tower you can see a black line in the otherwise brownish cobblestones, which marks the boundary of the...
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