Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel - City Walk in the Spa Town of Berggießhübel

  • 2.98 km long
  • Round trip
  • Difficulty: easy
  • Condition: very easy
  • Hiking
  • 1:00 h
  • 2.98 km
  • 35 m
  • 35 m
  • 285 m
  • 320 m
  • 35 m
  • Start: Parking lot across from the Berggießhübel Visitor Mine, Talstraße 2, 01816 Kurort Berggießhübel
  • Destination: Parking lot across from the Berggießhübel Visitor Mine, Talstraße 2, 01816 Kurort Berggießhübel

Take a short, self-guided walking tour through the spa town of Berggießhübel and learn interesting facts about the history of this former mining town—now a spa town—at 11 stops along the way.

Stop 1: Scheidehaus at the Visitor Mine

Stop 2: Oberhammer at the Outdoor Pool

Stop 3: Berggießhübel Outdoor Pool

Stop 4: Postal Distance Marker

Stop 5: Former Berggießhübel Train Station

Station 6: Friedrichsthal Castle

Station 7: Saxon House

Station 8: Flood Memorial

Station 9: Former School

Station 10: Protestant Church

Station 11: Leyßer Crypt

Places to stop for refreshments along the hike:

  • "Grüner Wald" Inn
  • Café 1a
  • Café Müller
  • Sachse Bakery & Rätze Butcher Shop

Good to know

Pavements

Street (20%)
Asphalt (21%)
Trail (35%)
Path (25%)

Best to visit

suitable
Depends on weather

Directions

Parking lot at the visitor mine (Station 1) - Walking path along Talstraße - Am Oberhammer 2 (Station 2) - Berggießhübel Outdoor Pool (Station 3) – Badallee – Pedestrian bridge over the Gottleuba River – Postal distance marker (Station 4) – Grubenhunt – Former train station (Station 5) - Friedrichsthal Castle (Station 6) - Sächsisches Haus (Station 7) - Sebastian-Kneipp-Straße (here, in the Haus des Gastes, is the local history museum of the Berggießhübel Mountaineering Club) - Flood Memorial (Station 8) – Kirchberg – former school (Station 9) – Protestant church (Station 10) – Leyßer crypt in the cemetery next to the Protestant church (Station 11) – Pfarrweg – Sebastian-Kneipp-Platz – parking lot at the visitor mine

Tour information

  • Cultural Interesting

  • Loop Road

  • Stop at an Inn

  • Suitable for Pushchair

  • Tour with Dog

Directions & Parking facilities

Getting there

You can reach the starting point of the city walking tour in just a 30-minute drive from Dresden via the A17 or, for example, in a 15-minute drive from Königstein Fortress in Saxon Switzerland.

Address for your GPS: Talstraße 2, 01816 Kurort Berggießhübel

Parking
Parking spaces are located right on Talstraße, across from the visitor mine
Public transportation

Arrival/Departure:

Bus Route 216 (Pirna – Berggießhübel – Bad Gottleuba – Bahratal Border Crossing)

Bus Route 219 (Pirna – Cotta – Berggießhübel – Bad Gottleuba – Bahratal Border Crossing)

to/from Berggießhübel, Kurhaus

Additional information