In the footsteps of Carl Maria von Weber to the largest rock gate of Saxon Switzerland
The "Kuhstall" – the largest rock gate of Saxon Switzerland – was already a popular excursion destination for the Romantics early on. In the massive layer fissure cave of the Kuhstall, they found a natural phenomenon with the greatest emotional impact on humans. Carl Maria von Weber was also drawn here: between 1817 and 1825, he immortalized himself in the visitor’s book of the rock gate. For the composer, who founded German Romanticism in opera with his "Freischütz," the wild landscape with its bizarre rocks and mysterious forests offered an inexhaustible source of inspiration. Anyone who lingers at the Kuhstall today stands in a place already experienced by Weber – and can thus uniquely connect music history and nature. Carl Maria von Weber most likely started from Bad Schandau. In 1821, he visited his wife Caroline in the spa town. Today, a ride with the Kirnitzschtalbahn from the spa park Bad Schandau to the starting point of the hike at the Lichtenhainer Waterfall is recommended.
