Back Roads Germany (Dk Eyewitness Travel Back Roads)

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MEISSEN

ERZGEBIRGE

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Fichtelberg

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Auersberg

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Chemnitz

Annaberg-

Buchholz

Freiberg

Crimmitschau

Reichenbach

Riesa

Döbeln

Aue

Glauchau

Lössnitz

Schneeberg

Werdau

Lichtenstein

Stollberg

Zschopau

Marienberg

Meerane

Limbach

Mittweida

Flöha Brand-

Erbisdorf

Coswig

Grossenhain

Lengenfeld

Callenberg

Altmittweida

Rossau

Rosswein

Ostrau

Bockendorf

Pretzschendorf

Nünchritz

Priestewitz

Klipphausen

Kovářská

Mannichswalde

Mosel

Breitenbrunn

Sehma

Grumbach

Kühnhaide

Augustusburg

Waldkirchen

Schlettau

Satzung

Jöhstadt

Venusberg

Scharfenstein

Dreibach

Gornau

Oberschöna

Grossvoigtsberg

Krögis

Glaubitz

Stauchitz

Diera

Kalkreuth

Deutschenbora

Zschaitz-

Ottewig

Etzdorf

Oberwiera

Claussnitz

Tharandt

Weissenborn

Kaufungen

Langenau

Siebenlehn

Oelsnitz

Neukirchen

Gelenau

Ehrenfriedersdorf

Schwarzenberg

Eibenstock

Schönheide

Johann-

georgenstadt

Rodewisch

Kirchberg

Wilkau-

Hasslau

Bad

Schlema

Weinböhla

Cossebaude

Lommatzsch

Nossen

Burgstädt

Frankenberg

Oederan

Hainichen

Thum

Burkhardtsdorf

Oberwiesenthal

Hartenstein

Grüna

Gersdorf

Geyer

Raschau

Beierfeld

Mulda

Langenbernsdorf

Lauter

Wilsdruff

Gössnitz

Waldenburg

Grossschirma

Jáchymov

Vejprty

Pockau

Lengefeld

Pobershau

Měděnec

Bärenstein

Crottendorf

Crinitzberg

Lichtentanne

Fraureuth

Frohnauer Hammer

Greifensteine

On the Trail of the Sun King

Saxony (Sachsen) promotes itself as the “state of the arts” and its brooding

castles, Gothic hall churches and opulent palaces are fine representatives of

centuries of artistic brilliance. This is a state as rich in landscapes as it is in cul ture.

There is a real sense of transition on this route, as it emerges from the Erzgebirge,

an upland whose old towns are full of mining history, folk crafts, and charm, to

follow the trail of Augustus the Strong, an 18th-century Saxon Sun King who

erected some of the most sensational Baroque architec ture around his capital,

Dresden. The mood changes again as the route travels east along the Elbe into

Saxon Switzerland, a realm full of fantastical rock plateaus and mystery.

BACK ROADS GERMANY

ACTIVITIES

Shop for traditional wooden toys in the towns of

the Erzgebirge

Sample Saxon wines in an old town Weinstube

in Meissen

Stroll through elegant Baroque gardens at

Schloss Moritzburg and Gross Sedlitz

Hike in the beautiful forests from

Festung Königstein

Take a historic paddlesteamer from Dresden, then

walk through the Bastei

Go ghost-hunting in the cellars of Burg Stolpen

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