In the triangle of the cities Dresden, Leipzig and Chemnitz, easily accessible from the motorway A 4 and A 14, the Valley of the Freiberger Mulde is located, embedded in gentle hilly land. Hiking or cycling will become a real delight here.

The picturesque Leisnig, also known as the “town on the mountain” and “town of tree blossom”, has a city centre under a preservation order with a lot of sights. The Castle Mildenstein with its 34 m high guard tower, the castle chapel and the museum, erected in the steep porphyry rock, especially attracts the attention of the visitor.

Also the 1000-year old town of Döbeln invites you for a stroll and is the starting position for extensive hiking tours.

In the scenically attractive Wolfstal near Roßwein you can admire – if you are lucky enough - the camellia, a botanic rarity, in its full bloom during springtime.

Not far away from Roßwein the town of Nossen is located. The extensively structured landscape around Nossen offers you an interesting flora.

The monastery park Altzella fills lovers of medieval architecture as well as nature lovers with enthusiasm.

Döbeln information
Am Obermarkt 1
04720 Döbeln
phone: +49 (0)34 31 / 57 91 61, fax: 57 91 62

Typical industry and trade town in the Saxon region, 22,000 inhabitants, accessible via the motorway A 14 or the roads B 169 and B 175, rail connection, bus connections

Worth seeing: bourgeois houses in the town centre, Nikolai Church, places and municipalities in the vicinity with typical three- and four-side courtyards in half-timbering construction, for example, Wendishain and Steina, attractive nearby holiday areas like Bürgergarten, Bärental and Roßwein facilities, Baroque Castle Choren

Offer: guided town tour, extensive hiking route network, cycle path of the Mulde Valley, library, outdoor swimming pool/ indoor swimming pool, museum with gallery, theatre, cinema, sports and leisure centre (welwel)

Events: flower festival, town festival, theatre and concert evenings, night of the pubs, dragon festival, car spring

Guest office of the town council
Kirchstraße 15 (Stadtgut)
04703 Leisnig
phone: +49 (0)3 43 21 / 1 20 62, fax: 1 20 52

Town of the tree blossom, 7,313 inhabitants, accessible via the motorway A 14 or B 175, rail connection, bus connection

Worth seeing: Castle Mildenstein, huge boot of Leisnig (biggest top boot in the world), former Zisterzienser Monastery Buch, historical old town centre, post mile column, St. Matthäi Church (Jehmlich organ), St. Pankratius Church in the part of the town Tragnitz

Offer: guided tours through the town and the monastery, guided tours through the castle and the churches, boot visits, slide shows, library, outdoor swimming pool, fitness centre, numerous signposted hiking routes

Events: blossom festival, Walpurgis night, medieval knight spectacle, organ summer of Leisnig, castle and old town festival, monastery and Thanksgiving festival, philharmonic rock

Town council
Karl-Marx-Straße 32
04746 Hartha
phone: +49 (0)3 43 28 / 5 20, fax: 5 21 03

8,000 inhabitants, accessible via the motorway A 4 exit Hainichen or the A 14 exit Döbeln-North of Leisnig, B 169, B 175

Worth seeing: Protestant-Lutheran church, pilgrimage chapel in the part of the town Nauhain, observatory “Bruno H. Bürgel”, redeveloped town centre with frog well, industry museum of the administrative district, lovingly redeveloped three- and four side courtyards in the parts of town Wendishain, Nauhain and Steina, “Hartha – crucifix” as highest elevation in the regional council of Leipzig with 324 m above mean sea level

Offer: hiking, cycling in the river Zschopau and Mulde, cart trace, ceramics courses, observatory “Bruno H. Bürgel”, bowling and shooting range in the part of town Nauhain, library

Events: annual well festival and Christmas fair

Town council – main office
Markt 4
04741 Roßwein
phone: +49 (0)3 43 22 / 4 66 11, fax 4 34 81

8,000 inhabitants, accessible via the motorway A 4 exit Hainichen or Berbersdorf or the A 14 exit Döbeln-East, B 169, B 175

Worth seeing: cloth manufacturing house, former abbey, now museum of local history, town church, town hall, post mile column, mine facility near Gersdorf, monastery Altzella, 200-year camellia in Wolfstal

Offer: museum of local history, summer swimming pool Wolfstal, indoor swimming pool, visit of the public mine “God’s blessing shaft”, library

Events: traditional school and local festival each five years

Municipality Großweitzschen
Untere Straße 4
04720 Großweitzschen Part of town Westewitz
phone: +49 (0)34 31 / 6 62 80, fax: 66 28 33

Romantically located place in the Mulde Valley, 800 inhabitants, accessible via the motorway A 14 exit Döbeln, B 175, B 169, rail connection, bus connection

Worth seeing: Slavic rampart on the Staupenberg, covered weir from 1924 with hydroelectric power station and old turbines

Offer: teaching path about the nature, boat hire, fishing, marked hiking and cycling routes

Events: carnival club and Mulde skipper of Westewitz