Historical light railroads in Saxony

Using steam, electricity or engines and mostly running on a 600 mm gauge, field or light railroads were once found in quarries, brickworks, gravel pits, for building roads and railroads, and in forestries and agriculture. The military also used this flexible means of transport.

The fans of light railroads in Saxony have dedicated themselves to the preservation of these technical monuments. They transport their visitors on the field railroads in Upper Lusatia, Saxon Switzerland, around Leipzig and in Chemnitz.

On open days, industrial culture can be experienced as a fun leisure activity for the whole family.

Sideline attractions

• a visit to the Motorcycle Museum at Augustusburg Castle

• a trip on the Chemnitz park railroad

• the ‘Stone Forest’ in the Tietz Cultural Center

• Chemnitz public baths in the Bauhaus style

• the Saxon Industrial Museum in Chemnitz

• the only collection of stockings in Europe with over 6000 stockings in the Chemnitz Art Collection

• Chemnitz Opera House

• the magnificent Art Nouveau Villa Esche, built by Belgian master architect and designer Henry van der Velde in 1903

• the largest ensemble of Art Nouveau architecture in Germany on the Kassberg