Home of the Imperial Post Coach

A lot of action for a little village. No wonder, because it is here that enthusiasts meet each other while delving into the history of the railroad, in the cab of museum locomotive 99 579 or in front of the Imperial Post Coach No. 1700 from 1892. All of these and many other interesting details about the history of the narrow-gauge railroads in Saxony can be found to the delight of rail fans in the Saxon Narrow-Gauge Rail Museum in Rittersgrün. The old entrance building of the terminus station in Oberrittersgrün, the areas outside and the engine sheds are a magnet for fans from all over the world. Historical narrow-gauge engines, 29 1/2 inch (750 mm) gauge diesel locomotives, an automatic model railroad and many contemporary documents provide rail nostalgia for the aficionado.

Sideline attractions

• a trip with the Fichtelberg Mountain Railroad from Cranzahl to Oberwiesenthal

• St. Anne’s Church in Annaberg-Buchholz, the most important late gothic nave church in Saxony

• Adam Ries Museum in Annaberg-Buchholz

• the mines ‘Dorotheastolln’ and ‘Himmlisch Heer’ in Cunersdorf, ‘Im Gössner’ in Annaberg-Buchholz and ‘Herkules Frisch Glück’ in Waschleithe, as well as the geological monument ‘Binge Geyer’

• the Church of the Trinity in Carlsfeld, the first Protestant central church in Saxony

• ‘Pferdegöpel’ (a wooden winding wheel moved by a horse) at Johanngeorgenstadt, an authentically reconstructed monument to the history of mining, where ore was processed with the help of horse-power