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PAGE 08 IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER Chemnitz’s diverse cultural life
PAGE 16 ON TOUR 22 MUST-SEE Tips for a weekend in Chemnitz ATTRACTIONS
PAGE Page 18 20 A HISTORY OF PROGRESS Experiencing Chemnitz’s industrial heritage Chemnitz Theaterplatz Tips for a weekend in Chemnitz 24 LIVING ON A HILL Bildunterschrift16 ON TOUR A relaxing evening in the Maroon Bar The Kaßberg district The Gründerzeit in detail EDITORIAL Our town has a characteristic Dear Readers, “blend of dynamism The city of Chemnitz has a colourful recent history, with more than a few surprises; you and relaxation can expect to be amazed as you discover what we have to offer. that gives us a
Looking to our history, you can discover certain charm. © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2016 many of these surprises in the Museum of Industry or in the State Museum of Arch- 30 GREEN CHEMNITZ aeology. The Petrified Forest offers an even Saxony’s smallest castle more direct experience. The Museum of In- Chemnitz · Rabenstein Castle dustry provides a vivid portrayal of Saxony’s ” BARBARA LUDWIG industrial heritage and plays a prominent Mayor of Chemnitz role not only in our town’s renewed sense of identity but also in this magazine. This industrial heritage has its roots in Chemnitz and is as lively as our vigorous and creative art scene and cultural life. Culture of a com- pletely different kind can be enjoyed every summer at the Kosmonaut Festival, which attracts top bands and tens of thousands of Gunzenhauser Museum visitors to the Oberrabenstein reservoir. 10 Modern art in a modern building Speaking of power and energy, if you need to rejuvenate, you can find peace and quiet in one of our many green spaces. Our town 08 IN THE EYE has a characteristic blend of dynamism and relaxation that gives us a certain charm. OF THE BEHOLDER Wherever you are staying, you will find somewhere to relax and unwind or go out and jog for miles.
One of my top recommendations would be SMAC Saxony Museum of Industry a visit to Kaßberg, Chemnitz’s Gründerzeit Chemnitz State Museum of Archaeology 20 INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE Experience our industrial history from A to Z district. Here you’ll find quaint little rest- aurants and pubs as well as lots of fantastic shops. 08 ART AND CULTURE 20 INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE 30 GREEN CHEMNITZ Chemnitz is a city on the move, with some- IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOL- A HISTORY OF PROGRESS: SWAN LAKE IN THE CITY thing new to offer every day. I am delighted DER: The many faces of art and The Museum of Industry is a JUNGLE: There’s green every- to be able to play my part in our city’s devel- culture in Chemnitz shining example of the revival where: oases where you can opment and I welcome you wholeheartedly. of Chemnitz’s historic indust- unwind, jog, stroll or eat an 16 ON TOUR rial architecture. But there’s ice-cream. A WEEKEND IN CHEMNITZ: much more to it than that. Yours faithfully, Energetic, relaxing, cultured, 34 SERVICES or all three – and always 24 KASSBERG AND ADDRESSES surprising. LIVING ON A HILL: AT A GLANCE:
The most beautiful part of accommodation options, 18 KALEIDOSCOPE town – at least according to addresses for getting about, MUST-SEE ATTRACTIONS: the Kaßbergers. selected restaurants. BARBARA LUDWIG 22 reasons for Chemnitz’s appeal. You’ll want to come 29 CHRISTMAS MARKET Mayor of Chemnitz back again. A THOUSAND LIGHTS: The multi-award-winning Digital Chemnitz. Christmas Market is well For the City Guide app, interesting websites worth the journey. or the audio guide, just scan the QR code. IMPRESSIONS 4 · 5
A MIRROR FOR ALL HUMANITY CHEMNITZ OPERA: Opera presents an artistic vision of human interaction as diverse as life itself. Chemnitz has long been considered a cultural hot spot among insiders thanks to the city’s theatres. Wagner aficionados from around the world will make the pilgrimage to Chemnitz to see the 2016 production of Die Meistersinger.
Chemnitz Opera Scene from John Dew’s production of Parsifal by Richard Wagner IMPRESSIONS 6 · 7
Listen to the A ROLLING HISTORY audio feature here: CHEMNITZ MUSEUM OF INDUSTRY: We look back as technology moves onwards: we travel in time through 4,000 square metres of exhibition space as Saxony’s industrial heritage is brought to life. This exclusive exhibition pays homage to the creativity and individuality of industrialists such as August Horch and Richard Hartmann.
The symbol of the Museum of Industry is an imposing metal sculpture in front of the main entrance, created by Chemnitz artist Prof. Karl Clauss Dietel. KALEIDOSKOPART AND CULTURE 8 · 9
Dr Ingrid Mössinger Director General of the Chemnitz Art Collections
IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
Visitors to Chemnitz often ask themselves, “How is it possible for a flourishing industrial city like Chemnitz to become an internationally-regarded centre for modern and contemporary art?” Ingrid Mössinger, Director General of the Chemnitz Art Collections, Christoph Dittrich, General Manager of the Chemnitz Theatre, and theatre director Carsten Chemnitz Art Collections Chemnitz State Museum of Archaeology Knödler provide some answers. Theaterplatz Suspended model of Saxony
New Saxon Gallery Installation by Ivan Kafka © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2016
Gunzenhauser Museum Painting by Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Chemnitz Art Collections Chemnitz State Museum of Archaeology in the former Schocken Department Store Chemnitz Art Collections
Sound installation by Carsten Nicolai: Flagellation, Schloßkirche (Church), c. 1515, Hans Witten Der Zwerg (The Dwarf) Chemnitz Art Collections at the Chemnitz Opera House The work of architect Henry van de Velde: Villa Esche VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2016 VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2016 Berlin / © courtesy Galerie EIGEN + ART Leipzig / © courtesy Galerie EIGEN + ART ART AND CULTURE 10 · 11 Art happens wherever it is allowed to.
Dr Ingrid Mössinger Director General of the Chemnitz Art Collections
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2016 GUNZENHAUSER MUSEUM All of Germany was talking about the decision by art collector Alfred Gunzenhauser, sadly Karl Schmidt-Rottluff recently deceased, to give his collection to Chemnitz. For Ingrid Mössinger Seehofallee, 1956˛oil on board the Gunzenhauser Museum is of particular significance: “The Gunzenhauser Museum is a tremendous gift to the city. It includes one of the world’s largest collections of works by Otto Dix and Alexej von Jawlensky as well as works by Beckmann, Kirchner, Schmidt-Rottluff and many more. This redresses the painful losses sustained by museums during the Nazi era. And it takes Chem- nitz one step further towards being a city of art.” ART COLLECTIONS Thanks to its significant indus- trial tradition, the city boasts extensive art collections. As one of the richest cities in Germany, Chemnitz had a ready supply of patrons keen to support the collections. The city’s reputation for art was cemented by the Expressionist group of artists Die Brücke (The Bridge), one of whose renowned founders was Chemnitz native Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Many of their artistic creations can be seen in Chemnitz today, along with works by other major Expressionist – and Impres-
sionist – artists. In fact, the Art Collections archives house a larger port- © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2016 folio of works on paper than the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. These comprise 80,000 works of art in total, including the world’s largest col- lections of works by Lyonel Feininger and Honoré Daumier, and the complete collection of Wolfgang Mattheuer’s prints. Our museums, taken together, house 180,000 works of art. “An incredible artistic legacy”, is how Ingrid Mös- singer describes it. “However, this collection also hides many other treasures that we want to bring to the fore in future – as we are doing at present with our comprehensive collection of over 500 works by Schmidt-Rottluff.” Exhi- bitions in recent years have made the headlines all around the world. As a result, exhibitors are making a conscious choice to come to Chemnitz. Recent exhibits have showcased the works of Dylan and Warhol. “Putting on good exhibitions is central to the reputation of a museum. But good exhibitions only go to good places that offer the right surroundings. Artists pay attention to these things. Chemnitz has made a name for itself, for instance with the Munch and Chagall exhibitions”, explained Ingrid Mössinger. © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2016
Ville Esche: view into the former dining room.
SCHLOSSBERG MUSEUM Chemnitz’s history combined with an extraordinary exhibition – the Schloßberg has real surprises in store. “We held the ‘Gothic sculptures in Saxony’ exhibition in the former monastery, which dates from the 12th century, in cooperation with the Dresden State Art Collections”, reports Ingrid Mössinger. “The grandeur of shrines HENRY VAN DE such as The Holy Sepulchre of Chemnitz can only be seen in three places in Europe.” The adjacent Schloßkirche (Church) houses a VELDE MUSEUM quite remarkable treasure in the form of the Flagellation carved If you ask Ingrid Mössinger what not to miss when visiting Chem- from a single oak trunk by Hans Witten. nitz, she immediately says the Villa Esche. “Much about Chemnitz has its origins in our long industrial tradition. Prosperous citizens of what was once the richest town in Germany felt it was their duty to support the arts”, explained Mössinger, “and that’s why Chemnitz is such a monument to architecture.” One such prosper- ous citizen was Herbert Eugen Esche. He commissioned the artist, Otto Dix has a whole designer and architect Henry van de Velde to design a whole villa Holy Sepulchre floor dedicated to him in the complete with interior. And Van de Velde created nothing short of in the Schloßberg Museum Gunzenhauser Museum. an art nouveau masterpiece. ART AND CULTURE 12 · 13
SPECIAL OFFER ALL THE The Sound of Chemnitz WORLD’S A STAGE the opera experience Not far from the station, new arrivals will not be alone in finding their gaze drawn to the chessboard paving of the The Philharmonic Orchestra at the Theaterplatz Chemnitz invites you on a musical journey. Let yourself be seduced by Theaterplatz. Here in the cultural heart of the city the five ROBERT SCHUMANN the opera in Chemnitz! strands of the performing arts in Chemnitz are woven PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA together – the Opera, the Philharmonic Orchestra, the The Robert Schumann Philharmonic Orchestra has a special role. It is one of the few large orchestras that not only plays in the orchestra pit l e iINCLUDED s t u n g e n : Theatre, the Ballet and the Puppet Theatre. Powerful for the opera but also operates as a symphony orchestra proper. It is the Two overnight stays, productions, bold interpretations, spectacular set design Chemnitz ensemble with the biggest reach, attracting large audiences including breakfast, both at home and abroad. 2016 will see particularly brilliant heights in an exclusive 4-star hotel and international collaboration bring connoisseurs of the scaled as the Opera House and City Hall mark the departure of conduc- in direct proximity arts to Chemnitz full of anticipation. tor and musical director Frank Beermann. to the Chemnitz Opera — One-hour walking city tour with an English-speaking guide — One mid-to-high-range ticket To understand this anticipation, you first have to go back in time, because the history of the for the Chemnitz Opera emergence of the dramatic arts in Chemnitz is as eventful as the history of the city itself. — Prosperity and artistic sensibility were so widespread amongst Chemnitz citizens in the Three-course opera menu 19th century that their generous donations enabled the Chemnitz Opera House to be built in a special setting and opened as early as 1909. Whilst the orchestra and opera company created a modern counterpoint to older, more historic venues in Saxony, modern drama wove itself into the fabric of the city after the Second World War, with performances at the Schauspielhaus (playhouse) at what is now known as the Park for the Victims of Fascism. Chemnitz Theatre GROUPS Director Christoph Dittrich sees the absence of an architectural tradition as an opportunity: SPECIAL OFFER WITH “This space offers much greater opportunities for artistic expression.” DOUBLE/SINGLE ROOM from 179.- / 225.-* The Opera Lucia di Lammermoor PER PERSON Chemnitz Opera House
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PLAYHOUSE According to director Carsten Knödler, “for a modern city you SMAC – a stroll through 300,000 years of cultural his- rework modern theatre every day.” The work of renowned actors and directors here has led to tory, with 6,000 exhibits across 3,000 square metres and three productions of the highest quality. The theatre has developed an outstanding reputation for floors. This is the Chemnitz State Museum of Archaeology, or everything from classics such as Shakespeare and Molière to postmodern dramatist Heiner SMAC. A multi-media and impressively hands-on exhibition Müller and light comedy. Chemnitz’s own Theatre Award is another illustration of the city’s helps visitors discover how humanity became what it is today. importance for the dramatic arts. As a space for encountering and reflecting life, it offers With its dynamic curved wave shape, this architectural icon audiences a whole range of perspectives. is an integral part of the cityscape. Designed and built by Rarely do hopes and fears grip you as strongly as they do in the Chemnitz Schauspielhaus, acclaimed architect Erich Mendelsohn, the former Schocken where you can experience them vicariously from the comfort of your own seat. department store can look back on international prestige and a 70-year history in retail. Since 2014, as the State Museum of Archaeology, it has offered visitors a stroll through history instead of a stroll round the shops. BALLETGrace through discipline. The Chemnitz Ballet is not all pointe shoes and tutus, it’s also an international modern dance company with productions ranging from the Over three floors, guests can wander through the development classics to pop. The company’s 2016 production of Eugene Onegin showcases the range of expres- of our species, from hunting and gathering right up to the mod- sion that comes from a ballet company that is also involved with opera and theatre. ern age. A striking feature of the exhibition is the suspended model of Saxony. As it travels vertically between all the floors of the museum, it uses video projection to fast-forward through the millennia. The large bays on each floor formed by the curved windows offer one of the best views of Chemnitz. They also house an exhibition giving an insight into the history of the city and the building itself. These long curved rooms, separated from the archaeological exhibition by white walls running the length of the windows, show the stories of architect Erich Mendelsohn on the first floor, of the Schocken department store on the second and of businessman Salman Schocken on the third. Wall of everyday objects with more than 1,300 artefacts in the SMAC
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The masterful cocktails in the Maroon Bar are created by skilled mixologists. ON TOUR A WEEKEND IN CHEMNITZ A top-flight experience – that’s what you surprisingly diverse cuisine at one of our restaurants. can expect from a weekend in Chemnitz. Afterwards you might go to the opera, the theatre or It’s all about discovering a city, marvelling at its mu- a cabaret show. Or you might try an expertly mixed seums, houses, restaurants and shops, and finding out cocktail at the Maroon Bar, or enjoy the landlord’s hos- that it also has lots of surprises in store by way of night pitality at one of the pubs in the town centre or in the life. surrounding area. The DJs in the clubs always give their SUNDAY So let’s throw ourselves into it! turntables a trial run before the night gets properly If you don’t quite know what to do first, then a visit under way. to the Tourist Information Office at the market square So it’s worth packing a big suitcase for a weekend in 10 am Breakfast like a globetrotter. is a must for you – a guided tour is sure to inspire you. Chemnitz; that way you’ll be ready for whatever takes It doesn’t get much better than this. Go If you prefer a more individual, digital experience, you your fancy. French-light at La Bouchée, Carribean at Brazil or properly local at the Turmbrau- can take a GPS-guided tour, or use your own smart- haus. phone as a tour guide by going to www.chemnitz- 11 pm The night kicks off in SATURDAY one of our nationally acclaimed clubs entdecker.de. and pubs, such as Atomino, Spinnerei Once you’ve taken a quick look at the bowls play- or Nikola Tesla. If you prefer something 12 noon Once the preserve of the Wonderful views: the town hall tower above the market square. ers on the Schloßplatz, it’s time to enjoy Chemnitz’s am Get up and about and into the pm Take the time to discover the smaller-scale or quieter, you can always rich and famous, the door leading from the 9 1 impressive façade to the internal world of or saunter through the wide open spaces hustle and bustle for a saunter through city centre. First grab a bite to eat in one Vegetarian food on the Brühl Boulevard find someone to chat with at aaltra the old town to get a sense of Chemnitz’s of the restaurants around the town hall, – Café Brühlaffe or Exil. the Villa Esche now stands open. Here of the City Park. Tip: give your ears and history. A first-class breakfast awaits you, then stroll across the market square and the interior itself and an in-house museum eyes a treat at the market square, where along with patisserie, chocolates and the down Klosterstraße. celebrate the genius of the Belgian art the bells of the animated glockenspiel very best coffee, at the long-established welcoming atmosphere and serves wholesome nouveau designer, Henry van de Velde. But tower ring out at the top of the hour. Don’t Kaffeehaus Michaelis. food that will keep even the most committed a feast for the eyes has to be accompanied worry if you miss it – it also plays at 11 4 pm More decisions: carnivores happy. by a feast for the stomach: lunch in the am and 7 pm. architecture enthusiasts simply must restaurant here is not to be missed. FRIDAY climb up to Kaßberg, one of the largest am There are artistic surprises intact examples of Gründerzeit architec- 8 pm There’s something for everyone, 11 whether it’s classical tragedy, contemporary pm After eating, you can find out pm Arrive relaxed and get a too. Art lovers have decisions to make in ture in Europe. Don’t forget to try some ice 2 6 Chemnitz – is it Otto Dix and the modern cream on the Kaßbergauffahrt before you dance, a good laugh, opera, ballet, musicals, what a meal looked like for our ancestors general impression with a short stroll Saxon dialect at the cabaret or the “Kom- at the State Museum of Archaeology, around the city, past the DAStietz art at the Gunzenhauser Museum, or go over the Karl-Schmidt-Rottluff bridge. the Art Collections at the Theaterplatz After that it’s just about looking round plex” alternative theatre in Sonnenberg. While away the evening at EXIL, with live or SMAC for short. Thanks to digital tech- cultural centre, across the city centre via performances, music and great food and drink with their unique special exhibitions? and being amazed. Observant visitors will nology you can also see what our ancestors the market square and the Rosenhof to from around the world. might actually have looked like. the Gunzenhauser Museum, then across For those who are more interested in our be able to tell from the many imposing Theaterstraße, past the Stadtbad (public industrial heritage, there is of course the façades that Chemnitz was once one of Haute cuisine in the Schönherr factory: The former Schocken department store is Saxony Museum of Industry. the richest towns in Germany. Those who the Max Louis Restaurant baths) and down Brückenstraße to the today home to the Chemnitz State Museum Take a breather. Chemnitz want to explore further will wend their way 4 pm former Schocken department store. of Archaeology (SMAC). has green spaces round every corner. Let towards Brühl where the former boulevard your mind wander while you dangle your is gaining a new lease of life. feet in the Schloßteich (Castle Pond) 6 pm Chemnitzers put industrial age 8 pm In the middle of the city you can architectural pearls such as the Schönherr literally go deeper into the history of Chem- factory to good use. Here you can find a nitz. For instance, you could enjoy an evening synthesis of the best of yesterday and today, meal in the Ratskeller, where you will find 10 pm After the reunification of 6 pm If hunger strikes, look around a not only in the interplay between the loft historic paintings on the vaults above your Germany, many clubs and bars sprang up in little and you’re sure to find a wide range of space and modern architecture, but also in La Bouchée restaurant – French, delicious, always busy head and good traditional food on your plate. Chemnitz. Some, like the Maroon Bar in options wherever you are: in Kaßberg, home the cooking of Max Louis. It doesn’t just look You’ll find even older establishments and Kaßberg or the Martinic Bar, have a colourful cooking at Onkel Franz’, light Italian fare good, it tastes fresh, bold and delicious. outstanding hospitality at the foot of the story to tell and can be counted today amongst at Caruso or French cuisine at Ami. The Schloßteich – great for relaxing or going for a row. Schloßberg district. the favourite haunts of the Chemnitz glitterati. The “belly” of Chemnitz – the covered market Café Brühlaffe in Brühl has a friendly and Addresses for places to eat can be found at: www.chemnitz-entdecker.de KALEIDOSCOPE 18 · 19
contrast with city life can be found under- RABENSTEIN – CASTLE, VILLA ESCHE Originally surround- 07 12 neath the old Benedictine monastery. The CAVERNS, RESERVOIR The west ed by fields, the Esche family’s villa sits 09 05 city’s oldest surviving residential buildings MUSTside of Chemnitz leaves many a lasting im- regally atop Kappellenberg hill above the are here and you should make sure you pression – Rabenstein Castle, for instance, Chemnitz city park. Prosperous textile have time to eat – the restaurants are well was the birthplace of Carl von Carlowitz, manufacturer Esche commissioned Henry worth a visit. the founder of sustainability. The small van de Velde to design the house as a work Saxon castle makes for a great day out of art in its own right. After marvelling at SCHLOSSKIRCHE (CHURCH) 11 01 SEEand is situated in what could be called the original architectural features, visitors 18 ATTRACTIONS Chemnitz’s relaxation zone, which features can digest their impressions in style in the Schloßberg is worth the climb, competing wooded areas, a zoo, a nature reserve, Villa Esche restaurant. as it does with Kaßberg for the title a treetop rope course and the popular www.villaesche.de of “balcony of Chemnitz”. Through the reservoir and Rabenstein caverns. years, the Schloßberg museum and Castle Church have been a Benedictine monastery, 01GUNZENHAUSER MUSEUM www.kunstsammlungen-chemnitz.de MARIANNE-BRANDT HOUSE 13 a princely residence and a day trip destina- There is only one word for this place: www.tierpark-chemnitz.de Product design at the highest level. 19 15 07 18 tion – and the area round about has stayed unique. Almost 2,500 works by 270 modern www.kletterwald-chemnitz.de Marianne Brandt’s designs for everyday just that, up to and including Küchwald. artists are housed in this former bank, www.stausee-rabenstein.de objects, mostly in metal, remain ground- www.kunstsammlungen-chemnitz.de built by Fred Otto with the clear lines of www.felsendome.de breaking today. An archive of the work of the New Building style. A full 278 works the renowned artist is publicly accessible KARL MARX MONUMENT are by Otto Dix alone, so the 3rd floor is 08THEATERPLATZ What makes in her rooms in Kaßberg. 19 given over entirely to him. this square so special is what surrounds it: www.mariannebrandt-gesellschaft.de He always looks a bit severe and has 14 www.kunstsammlungen-chemnitz.de the King Albert museum building with its certainly seen a lot. Nicknamed the “Nischel” (skull), this is the emblem of the art collections, the opera house, St. Peter’s SIEGERT HOUSE 14 city and depicts its erstwhile namesake. 02SMAC Short name, long history, Church and the Bauhaus-style Chemnitzer With its ornate pink baroque façade, Having provided the backdrop for socialist big numbers. The 3,000 square metres of Hof Hotel. this house on the edge of the market celebrations between 1971 and 1989, the the Chemnitz State Museum of Archaeology www.kunstsammlungen-chemnitz.de square somehow doesn’t quite fit in 40-tonne colossus is now a popular photo are home to 6,200 exhibits covering the www.theater-chemnitz.de with the present era – or our town. And opportunity, a meeting point for skaters last 300,000 years in the area22 known today www.guennewig.de/hotel-chemnitzer-hof yet its namesake played a decisiveM role and probably the heaviest ever decoration 17 as Saxony. The exhibition about the former in Chemnitz’s history. It was Johann 21 for the Rock am Kopp concerts. Schocken department store is not to be 09THE OLD AND NEW TOWN Georg Siegert who paved the way for the missed. www.smac.sachsen.de HALLS It’s a fair question: which is founding of Chemnitz’s textile industry by which? Quite simple. The old one looks seven merchants from Macedonia. It was 20SAXON RAILWAY MUSEUM 03CHEMNITZ ART newer. The new town hall escaped the also the Siegert family who owned the The name Richard Hartmann keeps coming COLLECTIONS (KUNSTSAMM- bombings in 1945, but the old town hall site of the former Benedictine monastery up in Chemnitz. No wonder, since the Sax- LUNGEN CHEMNITZ) The museum and St. Jacob’s Church, which stood in Schloßberg – now a museum where on king of the railways is imprinted on the 04 13 08 on Theaterplatz has them all – Picasso, behind it, did not. It owes its white façade portraits of all seven Macedonians hang industrial heritage of the town. One of his Warhol, Dylan, Cranach, Breugel... In and its “new” appearance to reconstruc- today. steam engines forms part of the collection addition to its spectacular one-off tion. If you take a tour of the double town at the largest functioning steam engine depot in Europe. The Heizhaus (boiler exhibitions, the Chemnitz Art Collections halls and their tower, you can explore the PUBLIC BATHS When you go 15 house) festival attracts thousands of rail headquarters has at its disposal 80,000 treasures inside – paintings swimming, you should usually keep your enthusiasts every year to its Hilbersdorf paintings, prints, sculptures, textiles and by Max Klinger and Neo Rauch for example mouth closed. But in the public baths you 12 16 site. a unique collection of stockings from the – and discover just how high the tower is. have to open it now and again, to gape at www.sem-chemnitz.de years 1880-1910. Not forgetting, of course, www.chemnitz-tourismus.de the history of the building as you swim © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2016 the world’s second largest collection of lengths. EMMAS ONKEL Only here could works by Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. 10SCHÖNHERR FACTORY The clean Bauhaus lines of the façade 21 www.kunstsammlungen-chemnitz.de Another example of the links between are carried over into the interior and turn you find this kind of café. In the middle Chemnitz’s culture and industrial heritage. a visit to what was once the biggest and of Kaßberg you can get some of the best 04ROTER TURM (RED TOWER) It also represents a successful symbiosis most modern swimming pool in Europe coffee, and the best raspberry and white 22 20 Whether the name comes from the red – you won’t find a better blend of work and into a very special experience. chocolate torte, in the city. The café with porphyrian stone from which it is con- relaxation anywhere else. A session in the www.chemnitz.de its cakes and pastries finds itself at the USTcentre of many events organised by the structed or its years of use as a prison steam bath after work, then a culinary ex- numerous small Kaßberg shops, such as is left to the imagination. The city’s perience at Max Louis or a more laid-back DASTIETZ CULTURAL CENTRE 16 the 100-metre Christmas Market. oldest building includes part of the former rendezvous with friends in Café ankh – as Art downstairs, education upstairs. www.emmas-onkel.de city wall and contains the “Distinguished a visitor to Chemnitz it’s easy to let go of DAStietz has things to discover on all its 03 Chemnitzers” exhibition. work worries. www.schoenherrfabrik.de floors. The basement houses the New www.grosse-chemnitzer.de Saxon Gallery and the Atomino Club. 22CLUBKINO (CINEMA) Get comfy 11KASSBERG UNDERGROUND The Petrified Forest towers up through in a swivel chair and make yourself at home be- 05ATOMINO Sort of the mother of PASSAGEWAYS As Kaßberg was the atrium, and visitors to the Museum of fore the film starts. Showing carefully selected all clubs and a hotbed of – well what, being settled, up until about 1870, Chem- Natural History can experience its origins international films, Clubkino Siegmar sets itself exactly? Chemnitz’s best known club nitz brewers became expert in taking hourly via loud volcanic eruptions. On the apart from mainstream cinemas. Chemnitzer will always surprise you, if not with its advantage of its hilltop location and built next floor all is quiet again – here the city Filmwerkstatt (Chemnitz Film Workshop) is 10 06 02 concerts and sophisticated dance nights, the first passageways around 1530. The library and adult education college are known for its characteristic and award-winning then surely with its ping pong disco. system of passageways developed into in the business of nourishing zest for life productions. © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2016 www.atomino-club.de a gigantic cold store. Nowadays, the and quenching thirst for knowledge. www.filmwerkstatt.de acoustics of the space are ideal for music www.dastietz.de 06SAXON MUSEUM OF and cabaret. Kaßberg’s splendid façades INDUSTRY A lively testimonial to are impressive above ground too, and 17SCHLOSSBERG DISTRICT Saxony’s industrial history. This lavishly are one of the largest intact examples of The road to Schloßberg begins with a stroll converted former foundry is now a mu- Gründerzeit and art nouveau architecture around the Schloßteich. The Schloßkirche seum that takes a modern approach to in Europe. (Church) rises up in the background, exhibitions and really has the wow factor. www.chemnitzer-gewoelbegaenge.de contrasting with the multi-coloured www.saechsisches-industriemuseum.de SEEwww.chemnitz-tourismus.de “beanpole” chimney stack. An even greater MULTIMEDIA INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE 20 · 21
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Click, click, click. Then a hissing that gets louder as the temperature in the boiler gradually rises. Slowly, very slowly, the enormous flywheel of the steam engine starts to move. Soon after that it is turning 65 times a minute. The man in charge, Frank Schröder, smiles to himself as visitors to the Museum of Industry gaze in wonder at the huge machine. “Done it again”, he could be thinking. And in fact, he has once again demonstrated how Chemnitz gets to grips every day with its prodigious industrial legacy. Giving industrial heritage cultural status, a culture that can be lived and experienced. Instead of drab theory, here in the city we have history at full tilt – in museums, in revitalised factories, in restaurants, offices and homes.
The Museum of Industry on Zwickauer Straße: Monumental machine: steam engine from 1896 in the Saxon Museum of Industry in Chemnitz at the heart of Saxony’s industrial heritage. INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE 22 · 23
Steel landmark: The Moritz Samuel Esche stocking factory today houses The Poelzig site is currently being viaduct on Annaberger Straße doctors’ surgeries and businesses. renovated and brought up to scratch. Two other industrial to begin with. But it works, and has had sustained success. monuments are already Today, after eight building phases, around 130 businesses building up a head of with more than 1,000 employees have relocated to the Schön- steam in Zwickauer herr factory. Tenants have been catering to customers’ phys- Straße: doctors and busi- ical and intellectual needs from the word go. Since 2000, Café nesses have set up shop ankh has offered guests something to read from its in-house t is at the heart of Saxony’s industrial heritage: the Museum of a dial is actively encouraged, as is cranking up a knitting machine to in the Moritz Samuel library alongside its food and drink. Anyone looking for a day Industry on Zwickauer Straße. Four enormous arches and a red produce a plaited cable – something children particularly enjoy. And Esche Stocking Factory. of beauty or relaxation need look no brick façade make this building not just a treasure trove, but for grown-ups, a silver platform runs diagonally across the exhibi- The Janssen Factory beside And the Saxon Motoring further than the “Beauty & WellArt a treasure in itself. It has been here for more than a hundred tion, showing the feats of two hundred years of Saxony’s industrial the river in Chemnitz Museum has found a Oase” day spa and the “Hamam Sindi- Schönherr factory years, with the main hall having housed both a foundry and history: cars, bicycles, textiles, office equipment. The highpoint of worthy home for its 200 bad” Turkish steam bath. an assembly line. At the start of the 20th century, Herman & Alfred the exhibition is a massive, functioning steam engine from 1896, set becomes a beauty I historic cars in the Stern Garage – one of Germany’s oldest Escher AG were casting 6,000 tonnes of mechanical components a in the museum’s own engine room. Boasting a 4-metre flywheel, multi-storey car parks. Back in the city centre, contempora- spa, and spinning year here, employing around 100 workers. It was not until a good 23-metre long cables, 14 tonnes in weight and 200 horse power, neous accounts of the textile industry 80 years later that production at the site was finally disconti- it’s no surprise when visitors are duly impressed. mill becomes a Textiles were once produced round the clock in William Jans- continue. In 1858, the spinning mill nued. The building crumbled and demolition was scheduled sen’s stocking factory, right on the river in Chemnitz. Its in the Straße der Nationen was the bookshop. – but then came reunification, and a new lease of life. After Across from the Museum of Industry, a former factory is new line of business: exclusive lofts, offices and – appropria- biggest spinning mill in Saxony with extensive renovation the Museum of Industry finally being awakened from a long slumber. The Poelzig site tely enough – a factory outlet for German fashion label Bruno about 60,000 spindles. At present, the empty building is being opened in April 2003. Today visitors can experience the has already had a few incarnations: first as an iron Banani. On the opposite bank you can just catch sight of the renovated by the Free State of Saxony to become the new cen- history of 220 different industries. Mining, textiles, mechani- foundry, then as VEB Trikotagenwerk (VEB knitwear next industrial building: the Haase dyeworks.Textiles were tral library for the Chemnitz University of Technology. cal and automotive engineering are all to the fore, alongside manufacturer). Since then the yellow brick buildings dyed here in years gone by, but the social impact of industrialisation. In the foundry have been used as an auction house and a motorcycle now the brick and copper frontage Another industrial landmark in the city centre is particularly © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2016 rooms it’s all “steam-powered”. Using a telephone with dealership. The plan is for the site to include loft Lofts, museums, conceals a photographic business. intriguing: the sub-station on the Getreidemarkt, which is apartments and offices. restaurants, offices now a youth hostel. and even a youth A bit further downstream is a prime example of Germany’s suc- Next to Stollberger Straße two villas, listed buildings, con- hostel. Chemnitz cessful revitalisation of its indus- clude our tour of Chemnitz’s industrial landmarks. You can takes a creative trial landmarks – the Schönherr get married or enjoy outstan- factory. Louis Schönherr founded ding food in the Villa Esche Intriguing: the former city approach to its the Saxon loom works here in 1852, Restaurant, and you can live centre sub-station now houses industrial legacy. which went on to have worldwide in exquisite surroundings in a youth hostel. success only a few years later. This the Villa Kohorn. Living ordi- 83,000-square-metre industrial nary life in an extraordinary complex accommodated up to 1,700 part-time workers. After way – that’s how Chemnitz reunification came the slump, and production and employee gets to grips with its indust- numbers were drastically reduced. However, a beautiful new rial legacy. idea was born: renovate the factory section by section and fill it with life again. The step-by-step approach was ridiculed
A new success at the Schönherr factory is the Max Louis Restaurant (right). The loving restoration recalls the history of the building and integrates elements of the weaving hall into the architecture of the restaurant. The excellent menu provides © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2016 another good reason for taking a break.
The old Haase dyeworks is back to its former Dining room at the Villa Esche glory – thanks to an innovative lightweight bridge. KASSBERG 24 · 25 LIVING ON A HILL It’s a very particular hill, a hill of superlatives: most densely populated district, largest intact example of Gründerzeit architecture in Germany, some say in all of Europe. And for more than 150 years, with only a short break, right at the top of the list of best places to live. Wegwarte 2 hat unites this district is more than 480 buildings, with the very next crossroads: left along the The prosperous businessmen Ahornstraße its individuality. Every historic area directly adjoining the Hohe Straße to the court house in of the industrial centre quickly Wbuilding, every floor plan city centre and stretching all the the New Objectivity blend of styles, saw the potential of the hill and Making old things new, as long as you can is different. The only straight lines way to the Altendorf district. straight ahead up the magisterial put up houses for their workers – that is in short the story of the building are in the strict square formation And it is indeed living on a Weststraße and into the Gründer- next to their own residences and where the “Wegwarte” (chicory) restaurant of the city blocks. hill. Pubs, restaurants and numer- zeit, or right towards the Arthur villas. Since then this prominent- is situated at the foot of Kaßberg. The The lavishly restored façades of ous small shops make Kaßberg one cultural centre? Whatever your ly positioned district has enjoyed wooden former church was a gift from the majolica houses on Barbarossa- of the most sought-after residen- decision, a very special voyage of constant popularity – with one American Christians to the community straße, the Kyffhäuser Castle on tial areas of the city – original, discovery begins here – from door short 40-year break. For the up- of Kaßberg, whose Trinity Church was Hübschmannstraße, and the art colourful and friendly. to door if you like. per echelons of the GDR, Kaßberg destroyed by allied bombing. It was used as nouveau murals on Ulmenstraße If you enter from the city side, Supposedly, it was a teacher was decadently bourgeois and was an interim solution until 1979 and was then and Gustav-Adolf-Straße bring the the best way to begin is with an who in 1855 first recognised the ad- treated correspondingly shabbily dismantled and put into storage. Eventually, glamour of the Gründerzeit alive ice cream at the Kaßbergauffahrt vantages of the area then known when it came to development. it was reawoken from its slumbers, recon- and give a feel for the prosperity – and then it gets difficult at the as “Katzberg”. structed and put to good use in a different of those who created way. The table in the pulpit is particularly them. sought-after. The restaurant windows are The largest intact decorated with the work of well-known example of Gründer- Chemnitz artists, which turns a visit into zeit architecture in quite a pleasure. Germany comprises
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This street is actually in the Altendorf district, but architecture knows no boundaries. Especially not the houses numbered 21, 23 and 25. The so-called Audio description of the Kaßberg fairytale houses (23-25) have surprisingly colourful, narrative and expansive façades. The half-timbered design of the upper two stories is particularly unusual. Half-timbering also decorates number 21, but more interesting here are the large round aquarium-like windows on 1 VIENNA IN CHEMNITZ the ground floor, which allow people to The façade of the majolica house on Barbarossastraße rich ornamentation and the elaborate cast iron bal- see both in and out. is magnificently eye-catching. The specialised Italian conies make for a Gründerzeit masterpiece you would glazing technique which gives the house its name, the otherwise not expect to see outside of Vienna. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore.
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PERSONAL GUIDE Architects had to get creative if they KASSBERG If you want to know more, wanted to be noticed amongst all the why not join a guided tour exuberant creative diversity – and some of Kaßberg? of them did this with towers and turrets. www.chemnitz-tourismus.de This can be seen strikingly in the houses Kyffhäuserburg on Ulmenstraße and Eulitzstraße, where 4 various different styles of dome came into Hübschmannstraße being almost at the same time. Theodor-Lessing-Str. It’s quite different on Hoffmannstraße. In the building designed by Anton Kunz at Yes, you read it right – Chemnitz has its numbers 58–60, where incidentally the own Kyffhäuser Castle complete with writer Stefan Heym lived, two cupolas frowning Barbarossa. The Emperor probably dominate the roof. The round tower on the never came here, but he is thought to have house slightly up the hill from here, which elevated the then tiny Chemnitz to the used to belong to engineering manufac- status of Imperial City. This fact seems to turer Carl Haubold, is different again, have been enough for the architects to have in both form and function. The building designed this impressive corner house as was constructed in the New Objectivity we see it today – as a fortress in the midst style and the tower doubles as staircase of the seething Gründerzeit mass. and lift.
THE NEW DESIRE FOR BOURGEOIS LIVING ven glancing into the small shop gets to dows. The small shops that lend the hill its charm the heart of life in Kaßberg. Following an are often to be found in a former ground floor E internal logic and yet seemingly complete- apartment, while restaurants welcome guests in ly chaotic in its detail, exuberant even, “Haamit” lovingly restored basements. contains astonishing paper products along with t’s a bit cramped for tall people in “Haamit”. all sorts of things made from fabric, cardboard, I Yet the crowded space isn’t oppressive, rather wood, pottery and glass. Within the multi- it’s more inviting and friendly, familiar. Götz coloured tumult of surprises, there are Weigel is king of “Haamit”, the station- aisles that provide routes through the ery shop at one of the liveliest junctions orderly coexistence. This is reflected in Kaßberg. The name refers to his fami- on a larger scale when you look outside ly’s origins in the Erzgebirge mountain – the straight lines required by square range, “Haamit” meaning “home” in city blocks, overlaid with a tangle of the Erzgebirge dialect. It’s a beautiful Gründerzeit, art nouveau, New Build- word, he says. Kaßberg buildings stand ing and modern urban villas, made of sandstone, cheek by jowl – it is the most densely populat- porphyry, concrete, glass and steel, decorated ed district of Chemnitz. “Kaßberg has the same with plasterwork, bright tiles, cherubs, figures, number of residents as my home town Bad Nau- turrets and individually designed front gardens heim and yet everything here is quite differ- 5 Small and elegant – Papeterie Haamit and entrances. Kaßberg was always a residential ent”, reveals Ulf Kallscheidt, who has been con- Owner Götz Weigel is king of 1000 things made from fabric, area, so don’t expect to see too many big shop win- tributing to the cultural life of the town since › cardboard, wood, pottery, leather and glass. CHRISTMAS TIME 28 · 29 CHEMNITZ Christmas Market
CHEMNITZ 7 Art nouveau pictures Ulmenstraße, TOURIST INFORMATION e could tell you Gustav-Adolf-Straße that Chemnitz Self Made OFFICE Christmas Market Princess Hyacinth gazes down benevolently You have to try this: a slice of home-made torte has a special at- and with a touch of pride on her observers at Emmas Onkel with an Italian speciality coffee. mosphere. We could Chemnitz Tourist Information Office offers a Wtell you about being “Best Christmas in Gustav-Adolf-Straße. If you’re doing art 9 range of interesting and exciting tours. Whether nouveau, then do it right: And above all, City 2014” or that we are regularly you want to explore the City of Modernity on make it big – the enormous murals on the voted Saxony’s most beautiful foot, by bike, by geocaching or on a Segway, our houses in Ulmenstraße and Gustav-Ado- Christmas Market. We could ob- The Erzgebirge mountain range qualified tour guides will be happy to accom- lf-Straße could have come straight from viously also mention the thousand deserves a special mention too, as pany you on your voyage of discovery through Alfons Mucha. So could the original pattern lights strung in the area between the region’s crafts and speciality in Gustav-Adolf-Straße. our lively and diverse city. Klosterstraße, the market square foods turn Düsseldorfer Platz into and Rosenhof, filling the streets with a Christmas wonderland, complete The most popular guided tour is of the town Christmas spirit. with awe-struck children and a stage hall and tower. It affords you a fascinating Or that Chemnitz always has the show. It would also make sense to glimpse into centuries of history. You can also best Christmas tree in Saxony. mention the stage set up on Innere admire the artistic treasures inside the town Klosterstraße, where the sounds of halls. Max Klinger’s monumental 1919 painting We would need to remark on how you the Middle Ages ring through the “Arbeit=Wohlstand=Schönheit” (Work= Pros- can enjoy a stroll around more than streets as the historical abbey Christ- perity=Beauty) adorns the council chamber. 200 festively decorated stalls and mas takes pride of place. The bold Another highlight is the 3.52-metre by 1.77-metre booths, with a glass of mulled wine will make themselves at home in the oil painting “Die Abwägung” (The Trade-off) by or punch in your hand. large hot tub, surrounded by things to 1994 and now owns the renowned and her studio can be visited on there is peaceful coexistence. Neo Rauch. A climb to the top of the High Tower buy and eat. Borssenanger Gallery. He has be- Heinrich-Beck-Straße. The coexistence is tangible. Since will reward you with a view across the roofs of And since we’re talking about come a Kaßberg native and some ack to “Haamit” and Götz 2014, there has been a 100-metre the Chemnitz city centre. numbers, the traditional Mountain We could describe all that. of the houses remind him of the B Weigel. When he was first Christmas Market in December, Parade on the first day of Advent art nouveau buildings in his looking for a location for his which starts (or ends) in the Experience Chemnitz with a city tour – Tourist Informa- charms onlookers with more than But what use is a description of one home town. Glancing into the business, he wasn’t focused square in front of “Haamit” and tion Office contact details are on page 35. 1,000 participants from 30 miners’ of the most beautiful Christmas courtyard of his block he can al- solely on Kaßberg, says Weigel “Emmas Onkel”. guilds and is one of the biggest Markets in Germany compared with most imagine himself in a wood as he ordered another coffee parades in the Erzgebirge. seeing it yourself? or a park. A few metres away in the neighbouring café, “Em- from “Haamit”, one of the few mas Onkel”. Looking back, he large shop windows takes the would consider it more a stroke gaze away to a different world. of luck. “Here people are gath- Specially selected designer ered more closely together than 8 Andréstraße 8 pieces await their new owners anywhere else in Chemnitz, and in “Smow”, a unique furniture concerned a bit more than else- RECOMMENDED READING: Kaßberg – Der Balkon von Chemnitz “When you have money you can do what store where you can’t quite take where with traditional things, (Kaßberg – The Balcony of Chemnitz) you like”, planning officer Gustav Oske everything in at once. like writing with a fountain probably thought to himself as he had his orm is linked with function. pen,” says Weigel, explaining With large-format photos by Dirk Hanus Connoisseurs will rediscover how he arrived at Kaßberg. The town house designed by architect Wenzel F Chemnitzer Verlag Bürger. Sandstone blocks, guard dogs modern classics here. “Our fur- district still seems to be trying to ISBN: 978-3-937025-98-8 supporting balconies over the columned niture is timeless, as that word find itself, though. The conven- doorway, stone balustrades, friezes with would have been used by Bau- tionality of those who built the Price: EUR 29.90 hunting and revelry scenes, a wooden haus pioneer Marianne Brandt”, Gründerzeit houses is present, as balcony and two towers with bay windows said Antje Stable, owner of the are small, sometimes almost an- make the façade of Andréstraße 8 an business, “so for this reason we archic pockets of urban modern- eloquent testimony to its time. take part in the international ity – and everything in-between. If you are lucky you may catch a glimpse of Marianne Brandt Competition Organic food stores and restau- the elaborately restored staircase. that takes place every three rants with home-cooked food, years.” hip cafés and local pubs, sewing aßberg has a tradition of courses and long-established Kmodern design, at least since craftsmen: none of these clash Marianne Brandt worked here, with each other. On the contrary, GREEN CHEMNITZ 30 · 31
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Schloßberg Museum
Schloßkirche (Church)
Medieval taverns mile Wasserschloß Klaffenbach (castle) The challenging golf course is a worthy setting for the awe-inspiring castle.
ONE PLACE swan LAKE I N T H E TWO WORLDS CITY JUNGLE Golfers will find themselves in their element at the 18 hole From above, Chemnitz looks particu- facility at the Klaffenbach golf club. The two paths to the last larly green! Chemnitz has long been hole are technically very different, but the fresh air in associated with industry and industry Klaffenbach remains the same. is not green, some may think
However, a few things have This inner city green belt happened in the city since stretches over six kilometres the industrial revolution. An from the city up to the edge impressive 1,000 hectares of the city. It even beats New make up the green lungs of York’s Central Park, which is the city and are just asking to one third smaller in size. be explored, used and exper- ienced. Statistically speaking, Schloßteich for every resident there are 60 square metres of green space – plenty of space to set out a picnic blanket and recharge your batteries in the middle Milchhäuschen Restaurant of a large city. You will find ample green space in one of four large parks, such as the city park.
Boat rental
Schloßteich Island Schloßteich Island Chemnitz: Popular hot spot to BBQ and relax GREEN CHEMNITZ 32 · 33
Whether you like running, cycling or Open-air stage longboarding, the varied green areas RESTAURANTS AND PUBS IN THE offer the perfect backdrop for sporting SCHLOSSVIERTEL DISTRICT activities – and for meeting friendly Cosmonaut centre Chemnitzers around the grill. KELLERHAUS · AUSSPANNE · SCHLOSSVORWERK Families should not miss out on the ABTEISTUBEN · MIRAMAR · AN DER Chemnitz park railway in Küchwald SCHLOSSMÜHLE
MUSICAL PICNIC f you’re in the mood for hear - through the charming half-timbered I ty traditional fare, you’ll feel houses will conjure up a warm sense of If you’re planning to take a stroll around Kaßberg or the Schloßteich imposing venue, built in 1960, presents an imposing scene in front of right at home in the restaurant and romance, and you may fall in love with district, you should venture a journey to nearby Küchwald. the vast meadow, which is used as a picnic area when the weather is Green views: Küchwald from above. pub district in lower Schloßberg. more than just the city. good. Although Chemnitz no longer lays The area was purchased by the city in 1886 and not only paves claim to a castle, a late evening stroll BETWEEN SCHLOSSTEICH AND SALZSTRASSE the way for hikers but is also a cultural hotspot. The historic Many people have heard of Sigmund Jähn, the GDR citizen who found BATHING IN open-air stage is more active than ever, continually providing his way into the history books by becoming the first German in space. THE WOODS alternating events for all age groups. Even on rest days the His personal story and the history of space travel has been immortal- ised in the cosmonaut centre, directly next to the Küchwald meadow. If you need to cool off after visiting the castle, be sure to KNIGHTS & DAMSELS The centre is run by an association and can make your way to the Ober- Rabenstein Castle, the smallest medieval castle in Saxony, sits enthroned on its stony base just be easily recognised by the huge rocket that rabenstein reservoir, which is outside the city. Surrounded by a moat, it truly shines in the sunlight and is a favourite subject for towers several metres above the surround- in walking distance from the photographers. The popular destination is believed to have been built around 1170 and was first ing trees. The pioneer’s railway, built in castle. The popular natural mentioned in the historical record in 1336. Today, you can book the fascinating building for parties and the 1950s, is also worth a visit. The journey outdoor pool was opened in events or even participate in medieval-themed banquets. on this park railway leads you 2.3 kilo- 1976 as a reservoir for flood metres around the whole of the Küchwald protection and today attracts terrain. The highlight of this is definitely visitors who admire its the steam locomotive dating from the year pristine beauty and idyllic 1948. Traditionally, the train is run by a location. A real gem: Rabenstein Castle team of children who are train enthusiasts. is the smallest medieval castle If you find yourself on the in Saxony. hiking trails around the castle and lake, you should make a detour to the game preserve or to the nearby zoo.
Audio description of the Schloßviertel district
Hotel Schloss Rabenstein is directly next to the castle.
The Oberrabenstein reservoir and its sandy beach can be found just above Rabenstein Castle. Slackliners traditionally meet in Küchwald to perform amazing feats between the trees.
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View of Chemnitz from Oberrabenstein Hotel Röhrsdorfer Hof Borssenanger Gallery Küchwald Open Air Theatre SMAC State Museum Gasthaus Are you planning a trip to Chemnitz, looking to book a city tour or do you need Galerie Borssenanger Küchwaldbühne for Archaeology Chemnitz Schloßvorwerk CHEMNITZ TOURIST INFORMATION OFFICE Limbacher Str. 14 a customised offer for yourself, your association, your company or your travel ADD 09247 Chemnitz Str. der Nationen 2 – 4 Küchwaldring 20 Staatliches Museum für Schloßberg 1 Phone +49 3722 621600 09111 Chemnitz 09113 Chemnitz Archäologie Chemnitz 09113 Chemnitz group? www.roehrsdorfer-hof.de Phone +49 371 331 42 70 Phone +49 371 309815 Stefan-Heym-Platz 1 Phone +49 371 3378785 Hotel Sächsischer Hof www.borssenanger.de www.kuechwaldbuehne.info 09111 Chemnitz www.schlossvorwerk.de Phone +49 371 9119990 Brühl 26 Chemnitz Art Collections Metropol Chemnitz (cinema) The Chemnitz Tourist Information Office is your competent point of contact, www.smac.sachsen.de Heck-Art 09111 Chemnitz MUSEUM AM THEATERPLATZ Zwickauer Str. 11 Mühlenstr. 2 where you will find cheerful assistance and customised offers both before and Phone +49 371 461480 Tram Museum Chemnitz SES Theaterplatz 1 09112 Chemnitz 09111 Chemnitz www.saechsischer-hof.de Straßenbahnmuseum Chemnitz 09111 Chemnitz Phone +49 371 304604 Phone +49 371 6946818 during your stay. Hotel Schloss Rabenstein Phone +49 371 4884424 www.metropol Zwickauer Str. 164 www.restaurant-heck-art.de www.kunstsammlungen -chemnitz.de 09116 Chemnitz Thomas-Müntzer-Höhe 14 HO -chemnitz.de Phone +49 371 4006060 Henrics 09117 Chemnitz Museum of Natural History You can find us directly in the city centre at themarket square. www.strassenbahn TE Phone +49 371 4446640 Chemnitz Art Collections Museum für Naturkunde Theaterstr. 11 -chemnitz.de 09111 Chemnitz www.hotel-schloss-rabenstein.de MUSEUM GUNZENHAUSER Moritzstr. 20 LS Phone +49 371 6664999 Stollberger Str. 2 09111 Chemnitz Villa Esche An overview of our service Achat Comfort Messe-Chemnitz Hotel und Restaurant www.henrics.de Kleinolbersdorf 09119 Chemnitz Phone +49 371 4884551 Parkstr. 58 Winklhofer Str. 14 Phone +49 371 4887024 www.naturkundemuseum 09120 Chemnitz Janssen Ferdinandstr. 105 09116 Chemnitz www.kunstsammlungen -chemnitz.de Phone +49 371 5331088 Schloßstr. 12 · City tours and travel guides Phone +49 371 81210 09128 Chemnitz -chemnitz.de New Saxon Gallery www.villaesche.de 09111 Chemnitz www.achat-hotels.com Phone +49 371 772402 · Arranging hotel rooms www.hotel-kleinolbersdorf.de Chemnitz Beach Neue Sächsische Galerie Wasserschloß Klaffenbach (castle) Phone +49 371 4590950 alexxanders Hotel & Uferstrand Chemnitz www.janssen-restaurant.de · Individual and group special offers Hotel Siegmar Moritzstr. 20 Wasserschloßweg 6 Boardinghouse Restaurant Falkestr. 2 09111 Chemnitz 09123 Chemnitz Kellerhaus · Arranging coaches for excursions Ludwig-Kirsch-Str. 9 Curiestr. 3a 09111 Chemnitz Phone +49 371 3676680 Phone +49 371 26635-0 Schloßberg 2 09130 Chemnitz 09117 Chemnitz · Conference and convention service Phone +49 371 2324042 www.neue-saechsische-galerie.de www.wasseschloss-klaffenbach.de 09113 Chemnitz Phone +49 371 4311111 Phone +49 371 26120 www.uferstrand.de Oben Gallery Weise Gallery Phone +49 371 3351677 · Event tickets www.alexxanders.de Hotel Abendroth Chemnitz Cabaret Galerie Oben Galerie Weise www.kellerhaus-chemnitz.de Hofer Str. 11a · Souvenirs Amber Hotel Chemnitz Park Das Chemnitzer Kabarett Heinrich-Beck-Str. 35 Innere Klosterstr. 1 Maroon Bar Wildparkstr. 6 09224 Chemnitz An der Markthalle 1 – 3 09112 Chemnitz 09111 Chemnitz Ulmenstr. 16 09247 Chemnitz Phone +49 371 23980 09111 Chemnitz Phone +49 371 6661569 Phone +49 371 694444 09112 Chemnitz We’re here to help. Phone +49 3722 5130 www.abendroth-hotel.de Phone +49 371 675090 www.galerieoben.de www.galerie-weise.de Phone +49 371 6665466 www.amber-hotels.de Hotel Elisenhof www.das-chemnitzer Opera House Weltecho (cultural centre) www.maroon-bar.de Mühlenstr. 102 -kabarett.de BEST WESTERN Opernhaus Annaberger Str. 24 Contact 09111 Chemnitz max louis Hotel am Schlosspark Chemnitz Exhibition Hall Theaterplatz 2 09111 Chemnitz Phone +49 371 471690 Schönherrstr. 8 August-Bebel-Str. 1 Messe Chemnitz 09111 Chemnitz Phone +49 371 364691 www.hotelelisenhof 09113 Chemnitz 09577 Lichtenwalde Messeplatz 1 Phone +49 371 4000430 www.weltecho.eu Chemnitz Tourist Information Office Phone +49 37206 88 20 -chemnitz.de 09116 Chemnitz www.theater-chemnitz.de Phone +49 371 46402433 www.max-louis.de Markt 1 · 09111 Chemnitz www.hotel-lichtenwalde.de ibis budget Phone +49 371 38038100 Playhouse and Puppet Theatre Biendo Hotel Chemnitz Süd West www.messe-chemnitz.com Schauspielhaus und Figurentheater Michaelis Str. der Nationen 12 Carl-Hamel Str. 7a Chemnitz park railway Zieschestr. 28 Düsseldorfer Platz 1 Tel.: +49 371 690 680 09111 Chemnitz 09116 Chemnitz Parkeisenbahn Chemnitz 09111 Chemnitz 09111 Chemnitz Phone +49 371 4331920 Phone +49 371 2712720 Küchwaldring 24 Phone +49 371 4000430 Phone +49 371 27337985 Fax: +49 371 690 6830 www.ibis.com GAS www.michaelis-chemnitz.de www.biendo-hotel.de 09113 Chemnitz www.theater-chemnitz.de TRO Mercure Hotel Phone +49 371 3301100 Business Hotel Artes Rabenstein Castle Abtei-Stuben NO Miramar Kongress Chemnitz www.parkeisenbahn-chemnitz.de Burg Rabenstein MY [email protected] Leipziger Strasse 214 Schloßberg 14 Schloßberg 16 Brückenstr. 19 Chemnitz zoo 09114 Chemnitz Oberfrohnaer Str. 149 09113 Chemnitz 09113 Chemnitz At www.chemnitz-tourismus.de, you will find other www.chemnitz-tourismus.de Phone +49 371 33740 09111 Chemnitz Tierpark Chemnitz 09117 Chemnitz Phone +49 371 3301521 Phone +49 371 3352920 www.hotel-artes.de Phone +49 371 6830 Nevoigtstr. 18 Phone +49 371 853353 www.miramar-chemnitz.de up-to-date offers, general information, bus parking www.hotel-mercure-chemnitz.de Alexxanders Restaurant City Hotel 09117 Chemnitz www.burg-rabenstein.info Miuu Schokoladenmanufaktur spaces and much more. Come and visit us! Opening hours Phone +49 371 850028 & Boardinghouse Blankenauer Str. 75 pentahotel Chemnitz Rabenstein caverns Theaterstr. 13 www.tierpark-chemnitz.de Ludwig-Kirsch-Str. 9 09113 Chemnitz Salzstr. 56 Felsendome Rabenstein GmbH 09111 Chemnitz 09130 Chemnitz Phone +49 371 45867100 09113 Chemnitz City Hall Chemnitz Weg nach dem Phone +49 371 69578751 All prices are given in euros per person, including Monday – Friday: 9 am to 6 pm Phone +49 371 4311111 www.cityhotel-chemnitz.de Phone +49 371 33410 Stadthalle Chemnitz Kalkwerk 4 www.miuu.de value-added tax. 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(Special opening hours during Advent) Wasserschloßweg 6 www.stadthalle-chemnitz.de 09111 Chemnitz Phone +49 371 8102944 Sachsenmeyer Caberet Phone +49 371 6948181 09123 Chemnitz Phone +49 371 6662790 www.folklorehof.de Clubkino Siegmar (cinema) Kabarett Sachsenmeyer/ www.la-bouchee.de Phone +49 371 26110 Zwickauer Str. 425 Kabarettkiste www.dein-alex.de Günnewig Hotel Chemnitzer Hof Ratskeller Chemnitz www.schlosshotel-chemnitz.de 09117 Chemnitz An der Markthalle 8 An der Schloßmühle Theaterplatz 4 Markt 1 Seaside Residenz Phone +49 371 851971 09111 Chemnitz Schloßberg 3 09111 Chemnitz 09111 Chemnitz Hotel Chemnitz www.clubkino-siegmar.com Phone +49 371 6947711 09113 Chemnitz Phone +49 371 6840 Phone +49 371 6949875 Bernsdorfer Str. 2 cosmonaut centre www.sachsenmeyer-kabarett.de Phone +49 371 3352533 www.guennewig.de/ www.ratskeller-chemnitz.de hotel-chemnitzer-hof 09126 Chemnitz Sigmund Jähn Saxon Motoring Museum www.gasthaus-schlossmuehle.de Phone +49 371 35510 Kosmonautenzentrum Museum für sächsische Fahrzeuge Restaurant Villa Esche Hotel Alte Mühle Brazil www.residenzhotelchemnitz.de Sigmund Jähn Zwickauer Str. 77 Parkstr. 58 An der alten Mühle 10 Küchwaldring 20 09112 Chemnitz Innere Klosterstr. 10 09120 Chemnitz 09117 Chemnitz Sporthotel PUBLISHING INFORMATION 09113 Chemnitz Phone +49 371 2601196 09111 Chemnitz Phone +49 371 2361363 Phone +49 371 81440 am Stadtpark Phone +49 371 3300621 www.fahrzeugmuseum-chemnitz.de Phone +49 371 6660050 www.restaurant-villaesche.de www.hotel-alte-muehle.de Dittersdorfer Str. 83 Publisher: Photos: TITLE: © Dirk Hanus – City view town hall // PAGE 2: © Dirk Hanus – Brühl / © Photo Press Office City www.kosmonautenzentrum.de www.restaurant-brazil.de 09120 Chemnitz Saxon Museum of Industry Tillmann’s of Chemnitz – Mayor // PAGE 3: © Dirk Hanus – Gründerzeit detail, barkeeper, Gunzenhauser Museum, Rabenstein Hotel an der Oper Phone +49 371 278000 DAStietz cultural centre Sächsisches Industriemuseum Buono Castle, Saxon Museum of Industry, SMAC // PAGES 4·5: © Dieter Wuschanski – Die Theater Chemnitz GmbH, Wagner Str. der Nationen 56 Brückenstr. 17 www.sporthotel-chemnitz.de Kulturkaufhaus DAStietz Chemnitz Theaterstr. 7 09111 Chemnitz 09111 Chemnitz Production “Parsifal” // PAGES 6·7: © Dirk Hanus – Museum of Industry // PAGES 08·09: © Stockphoto – Ingrid Moritzstr. 20 Zwickauer Str. 119 09111 Chemnitz Phone +49 371 6810 Jugendherberge Phone +49 371 3558763 Mössinger / © Dirk Hanus – Gunzenhauser Museum, SMAC, Chemnitz art collections, painting art collections, 09111 Chemnitz 09112 Chemnitz Phone +49 371 2731218 www.hoteloper-chemnitz.de Chemnitz „eins“ www.tillmanns-chemnitz.de Innere Klosterstraße 6 – 8 · 09111 Chemnitz · Germany opera “Der Zwerg” (The Dwarf), Villa Esche, sound installation Chemnitz art collections / © New Saxon Gallery – Phone +49 371 4884366 Phone +49 371 3676140 www.buono-chemnitz.de Getreidemarkt 1 Turmbrauhaus Tel. +49 371-3660-200 · Fax +49 371-3660-212 installation / found on Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 – User: Kolossos, File: Chemnitz-Schloßkirche-Geis.jpg // PAGES 10·11: Hotel Avenue 09111 Chemnitz www.dastietz.de www.saechsisches Café ankh Neumarkt 2 Managing Director: Sören Uhle © HAERTELPRESS, Harry Härtel – Dr Ingrid Mössinger / © bpk | Chemnitz art collections | May Voigt – paintings, oil on Dresdner Str. 136 Phone +49 371 27809897 Fritz Theater (theatre) -industriemuseum.com 09131 Chemnitz Schönherrstr. 8 09111 Chemnitz [email protected] · www.chemnitz-tourismus.de board (1956) by Karl Schmidt-Rottluff [1884 - 1976], viewing size 88.3 x 102.3 cm / © Dirk Hanus – Villa Esche, Holy www.eins.de/region/engagement/ Kirchhoffstr. 34 – 36 Saxon Railway Museum Phone +49 371 471910 09113 Chemnitz Phone +49 371 9095095 Sepulchre in the Schloßberg Museum // PAGES 12-13: © Dirk Hanus – Theaterplatz, philharmonic orchestra at the jugendherberge-eins 09117 Chemnitz Sächsisches Eisenbahnmuseum www.avenue-hotels.de Phone +49 371 4586949 www.turmbrauhaus.de Concept/design: zebra Werbeagentur GmbH · www.zebra.de Theaterplatz / © Dieter Wuschanski, Die Theater Chemnitz GmbH – opera by Gaetano Donizetti “Lucia di Lammermoor” Freizeit und Camping Phone +49 371 8747270 An der Dresdner www.cafeankh.de Vapiano // © Dieter Wuschanski, Die Theater Chemnitz GmbH – Ballet “Die Schneekönigin” (The Snow Queen), Hotel Grünaer Hof Rabenstein www.fritz-theater.de Bahnlinie 130c PAGES 14·15: City Pub Chemnitz Text: Text-in-Form® Hecker & Kaden GbR · www.text-in-form.de opera, puppet theatre / © Dirk Hanus – SMAC // PAGES 16·17: © Dirk Hanus – all images // PAGES 18·19: © Ernesto Chemnitzer Str. 98 Thomas-Müntzer-Höhe 10 German Games Museum 09131 Chemnitz Str. der Nationen 12 09224 Chemnitz 09117 Chemnitz Deutsches Spielemuseum e. 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Phone +49 371 92092848 Brückenstr. 17 09111 Chemnitz Uhlmann – atomino / © Michael Jungblut – SMAC / © Dirk Hanus – all additional images // PAGES 20·21: © Dirk Phone +49 371 8577909 www.sem-chemnitz.de 09111 Chemnitz Phone +49 371 35597301 Phone +49 371 850608 Neefestr. 78a Translation: SprachUnion · www.sprachunion.de Hanus – all images // PAGE 22: © Press images Max Louis – Restaurant in the Schönherr factory / © Dirk Hanus www.gruenaerhof.de Phone +49 371 6664013 de.vapiano.com www.campingplatz-rabenstein.de 09119 Chemnitz Schloßberg Museum – Esche factory, viaduct, Pölzig site, Haase factory // PAGE 23: © Dirk Hanus – all images // PAGES 24·25: © Dirk Hotel Europark Chemnitz Phone +49 371 306565 Schloßbergmuseum www.tower-pup.de Viva Mama Joe’s Editing: Undine Materni profit by art · www.lektorat-korrektorat-materni.de Hanus – all images // PAGES 26·27: © Dirk Hanus – all images // PAGES 28·29: © Dirk Hanus – all images // Schulstr. 33 www.deutsches-spielemuseum.eu Schloßberg 12 Diebels Fasskeller Beckerstr. 15 – 17 PAGES 30·31: © Mike Hillebrand – Golfer / © Dirk Hanus – all additional images // PAGES 32·33: © Dirk Hanus – all 09125 Chemnitz CUL 09113 Chemnitz TUR Heck-Art Gallery An der Markthalle 3 09120 Chemnitz Printing: Druckerei Vetters GmbH & Co.KG images // PAGES 35: © Sylvia Stölzel – Chemnitz Tourist Information Office Phone +49 371 3068433 Galerie Heck-Art Phone +49 371 4884501 09111 Chemnitz Phone +49 371 4640204 www.europark.de LEISURE www.schlossbergmuseum.de www.vivamamajoes.de TIME Mühlenstr. 2 Phone +49 371 6946994 Hotel Forsthaus Grüna 09111 Chemnitz Schmidt-Rottluff Gallery www.fasskeller.de Zur Ausspanne Galerie Schmidt-Rottluff Rabensteiner Str. 17 Phone +49 371 6446766 Emmas Onkel Schloßberg 4 artECK Gallery 09224 Chemnitz www.kunstfuerchemnitz.de Markt 1 09113 Chemnitz Galerie artECK Weststr. 67 Phone +49 371 842520 Henry van de Velde Museum 09111 Chemnitz Phone +49 371 3300225 www.forsthaus-gruena.de Moritzstr. 39 Phone +49 371 6761107 09112 Chemnitz Parkstr. 58 www.ausspanne-chemnitz.de 09111 Chemnitz www.schmidt-rottluff.de Phone +49 176 29507411 Hotel Rabensteiner Hof 09120 Chemnitz Phone +49 371 307973 www.emmas-onkel.de Phone +49 371 4884424 Schönherr factory Kirchhoffstr. 34 – 36 www.art-eck.de 09117 Chemnitz www.kunstsammlungen schönherr.fabrik espitas Produced with funding from the Free State of Saxony as part of the tourism promotion programme. Phone +49 371 87470 Atomino (cultural centre) -chemnitz.de Schönherrstr. 8 Leipziger Str. 106–108 www.hotel-rabensteiner-hof.de Moritzstr. 20 09113 Chemnitz 09114 Chemnitz 09111 Chemnitz Phone +49 371 4949700 Phone +49 371 4446922 www.atomino-club.de www.schoenherrfabrik.de www.espitas.de Flying visits In the footsteps of Chemnitz Henry van de Velde
Perfect for anyone who wants to get to know Chemnitz Belgian Henry van de Velde is considered one of the most versatile artists of the in a nutshell. Discover the highlights of the city with our art nouveau period. Chemnitz stocking manufacturer Herbert Eugen Esche was so knowledgeable tour guide! inspired by Van de Velde’s feel for design that in 1902 he gave the Belgian his first architectural commission in Germany: the design of a prestigious villa. From its fences to its curtains, this work of art bears all the hallmarks of the Belgian archi- GROUPS INCLUDED tect. The Villa Esche is considered a building of historic importance at European level and is one of the highlights of the European Henry van de Velde Route. SPECIAL OFFER WITH DOUBLE/SINGLE ROOM One overnight stay, from 75.- / 89.-* including breakfast, INCLUDED GROUPS PER PERSON in a hotel SPECIAL OFFER WITH in the city centre *Minimum group size 20. Two overnight stays including DOUBLE/SINGLE ROOM — Prices vary depending on breakfast in a 4-star hotel from 145.- / 189.-* availability and hotel One-hour walking — PER PERSON city tour with an Two-hour bus tour with an English-speaking English-speaking guide *Minimum group size 20. Prices vary guide, taking in the Van de Velde highlights of — depending on availability and hotel the Villa Koerner and the Villa Quisisana INDIVIDUAL TRAVELLERS Admission to a (groups) / One-hour walking tour of Chemnitz’s Chemnitz museum of SPECIAL OFFER WITH industrial heritage with an English-speaking INDIVIDUAL TRAVELLERS DOUBLE/SINGLE ROOM your choice guide (individual travellers) SPECIAL OFFER WITH from 95.- / 119.-* — DOUBLE/SINGLE ROOM — Seasonal PER PERSON Admission to the Henry van de Velde Museum at from 159.- / 229.-* two-course menu *Prices vary depending on the Villa Esche (incl. guided tour for groups) PER PERSON availability and hotel — *Prices vary depending on Seasonal two-course menu availability and hotel in Villa Esche restaurant
SPECIAL OFFER The magic of Industrial heritage Chemnitz Christmas Chemnitz
Experience first-hand one of the INCLUDED From the first week of Advent, GROUPS most important centres of indus- you can experience storybook SPECIAL OFFER WITH trial heritage in Germany by Two overnight stays, Christmas magic in Chemnitz. DOUBLE/SINGLE ROOM visiting the numerous museums including breakfast, Folk art and medieval han- from 135.- / 159.-* of historical technology in the dicrafts from the Erzgebirge in a hotel in the city centre PER PERSON city. Walk with us through the — region create a special flair that past, present and future in the Two-hour walking city tour has something to offer for both *Minimum group size 20. Prices vary depending on availability and hotel industrial heart of Saxony! “Chemnitz’s Industrial Heritage” adults and children. with an English-speaking Enjoy the festive sights of guide (group) / One-hour Christmastime in Chemnitz! GROUPS walking tour “Chemnitz’s INDIVIDUAL TRAVELLERS SPECIAL OFFER WITH Industrial Heritage” with an DOUBLE/SINGLE ROOM SPECIAL OFFER WITH English-speaking guide INCLUDED DOUBLE/SINGLE ROOM from 135.- / 159.-* (individual travellers) from 149.- / 195.-* PER PERSON — Two overnight stays, including PER PERSON *Minimum group size 20. Prices vary Seasonal three-course menu breakfast, in a hotel in Chemnitz depending on availability and hotel in an industrial setting — *Prices vary depending on — One-hour walking city tour with availability and hotel Admission to the Saxon Museum an English-speaking guide of Industry in Chemnitz — INDIVIDUAL TRAVELLERS — Admission to a Chemnitz On request, special offers can also
SPECIAL OFFER WITH Admission to one museum of your choice be reserved with an extra night or DOUBLE/SINGLE ROOM additional museum of — without an overnight stay in a hotel. from 149.- / 195.-* historical technology Seasonal two-course menu We would be happy to arrange your (e.g. Saxon Railway Museum, in a historical restaurant PER PERSON personal programme including Saxon Motoring Museum, — museum tours, tickets for cultural *Prices vary depending on Tram Museum, 1 Christmas souvenir per room availability and hotel institutions and much more. Please do German Games Museum) get in touch!