deutsch czech		Renaissance in the Erzgebirge   Marienberg has a preserved historical uniqueness which can be seen in its square ground plane with the one hectare big marketplace and in its right angle street and infrastructure net. The city is municipal authority of the so-called Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis (mid Erzgebirge region) and both a traditional and vivid place attractive for economy and tourism.     On 27th April 1521, Duke Heinrich the Devout of Saxony arranged the writing of the foundation certificate of Marienberg. Only a few days later the construction of the unique city shape began according to the plans of Ulrich Rülein. Italian Renaissance was an example to the city shape of Marienberg. It had the typical features of an ideal city with regular a ground plane, a central square marketplace, and a right angle street net. A monument at the marketplace still reminds of the city’s founder.     Download the city’s ground plane as PDF here.   Various events and highlights contribute to the city life. You shouldn’t miss the concerts in the historic council room, the street festival, the Erzgebirge’s music days with traditional regional folk music as well as art and literature days. Furthermore, there are the market festivals, the Christmas market, and the popular minors’ parade on the third advent.     Marienberg is worth a visit for young and old in each season.     Marienberg’s sights and free time activities!   We will see a lot of treasures from Renaissance period and the time of the mining on a discovery through Marienberg. Start your tour with a visit of the mining museum. In this former warehouse for cereals, built in 1809, the work and life of the miners is demonstrated impressively. There is also a carving and needlework exhibition. Especially impressive, however, are the handmade mechanic mountains. Additionally, there is a unique documentation about the peoples driven out of our region in the past centuries.       The "Zschopau Gate" - a part of the old city walls   The "Red Tower" is the last of formally four very strong round towers standing in every corner of the old city wall. Today it is used for theatre performances and exhibitions.     The visit of the St. Marien church with the Luther column in the churchyard is a must. In April 1558 the foundation stone of the church was laid. It is the youngest of the three late Gothic hall churches in the Erzgebirge after St. Wolfgang in Schneeberg and St. Annen in Annaberg.     On your walking tour through the city you see the historic old city with the council building and various former bourgeoisie houses. The landscape around Marienberg shows lots of proof of the old mining tradition. You see it for example at many slag heaps, where you can nowadays search for minerals with help by experts. In-between the slag heaps you can see a horse powered pulley system- a technical masterpiece extracting ore for visitors at a speed of one or two horse powers.       Marienberg is situated in the beautiful nature park Erzebirge / Vogtland in South West Saxony. The park lies along the border to the Czech Republic and has a total size of 1507 square kilometres. You can learn about the region and its people on hundreds of biking, walking, hiking and horse paths, tracks, and ways. The region offers you fascinating panoramic views over the Erzgebirge, e.g. from the basalt rock in Hirtstein / Satzung or from the rocks in the “Schwarzwassertal”.     There are also skiing pistes for cross-country and downhill skiing with different length. The region also offers various horse carriage trips, marked biking paths, a moor learning path, several hiking tracks as well as sightseeing flights.     In summer you can relax and swim in the public swimming pool at the Rätzteich, a lake situated in the natural forest. The “Aqua Marien”, a public event swimming pool with an indoor and outdoor area, is open all year long. There is a wave pool, a salt pool, a long slide, a sauna and much more offering fun for old and young.     Next to the event pool there is the gym “m’arena” with a tennis school, courts, badminton and squash courts, and a bowling alley. The whole year you can participate at tennis lessons and courses.         Situated in the centre of the Erzgebirge, Marienberg is the perfect start for discovering Saxony and the neighbour state Czech Republic. Whether you want to visit Dresden, Chemnitz, Annaberg or Prague - all these destinations are easily to visit within one day starting from Marienberg. Another must is a trip to Seiffen, where the famous and unique wooden figures are produced.
designed by w3work