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St. Mary's Cathedral, Freiberg – Freudenstein Castle loop from Freiberg (Sachs)

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St. Mary's Cathedral, Freiberg – Freudenstein Castle loop from Freiberg (Sachs)

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St. Mary's Cathedral, Freiberg – Freudenstein Castle loop from Freiberg (Sachs)

02:31

9.60km

70m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 17, 2026

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Start point

Train Station

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1.17 km

Gossip Women Fountain

Highlight • Monument

Gottfried Kohl (April 3, 1921 in Freiberg – January 20, 2012 in Freiberg) was a German sculptor. Kohl was the son of a Freiberg master wood sculptor. From 1928 he attended the Rochlitzer School and then the grammar school in his hometown. He then took up an apprenticeship as a wood sculptor in Dresden and at the same time continued his education through evening studies at the art academy. In 1939 Kohl was Reichssieger in a wood carving competition and received a scholarship for 1939/1940 for training with Cirillo Dell'Antonio at the woodcarving school in Bad Warmbrunn in preparation for studying at the Art Academy in Munich. After training in Bad Warmbrunn, he was drafted into the Wehrmacht as a communications engineer in 1940. Initially he was stationed in front of Rome, where he took the opportunity for practical studies at the Villa Massimo. In 1946 he returned home from being a French prisoner of war and found out that his mother had died in 1944 and that his father had died in an accident in 1945. In 1947 he passed the master's examination: he designed the tomb for his parents as a masterpiece and took over his father's workshop, although he focused on artistic work in stone and bronze and had his craft business as a wood sculptor continued by an employee. Until 1956 Kohl worked in Berlin with Hermann Henselmann as head of the sculptor's workshop on the reconstruction and the transformation in the style of socialist realism. He lived and worked in Freiberg again since 1956 and was a member of the "Kaue" artists' association.
Kohl was a member of the LDPD and a member of the Karl-Marx-Stadt district council. In March 1977, at the 12th LDPD party congress in Weimar, he was elected a member of the central board of the LDPD. In 1987 he was awarded the National Prize of the GDR. Kohl has been an honorary citizen of the city of Freiberg since 2008.

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2.18 km

Inventor of Sustainability Statue | Albert Park (Silberweg)

Highlight • Monument

Hans Carl von Carlowitz, actually Johann "Hannß" Carl von Carlowitz, was a German cameralist, royal Polish and electoral Saxon chamberlain and mining councillor, and chief mining officer of the Ore Mountains. He wrote the first complete work on forestry with Sylvicultura oeconomica, or household report and natural instructions for wild tree cultivation (1713) and is considered to be the main creator of the concept of forest sustainability.

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Carl_von_Carlowitz

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2.47 km

Petri Tower (St. Peter's Tower), Freiberg

Highlight • Religious Site

Tower climb / tour through the community
The ascent of the Petriturm grants a view over Freiberg's old town and far beyond.

November - March:

Wed-Sun: 14: 00-16: 00 (every hour on the hour)

April - October:

Mon, Tue, Thu-Sun: 14: 00-17: 00 (every hour on the hour)

Wed: 12:30

Sat: 14:00

TIP: During the winter holidays, guided tours will be held from 12:00 to 16:00 on every full hour.

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2.63 km

Obermarkt (Upper Market), Freiberg

Highlight • Historical Site

Built in 1542 in the style of the "Görlitz Renaissance" and others with plasters instead of profiled window frames. The ground floor was built at the end of the 19th century in the neo-renaissance style. From 1690 to 1714 the house was the seat of the chief miner Hans Carl von Carlowitz, co-founder of the forestry apprenticeship to secure the need for wood for mining and smelting.

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3.19 km

Bronze relief model of Freiberg Old Town

Highlight • Monument

This sculpture is on the square in front of the castle, is very detailed and interesting.

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3.94 km

St. Mary's Cathedral, Freiberg

Highlight • Religious Site

The cathedral was rebuilt after the great fire in the city and inaugurated in 1512. In 1971 it was extensively renovated and restored. You can visit the cathedral for a fee, and concerts also take place here.

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4.59 km

Freudenstein Castle

Highlight • Castle

The Freiberg Castle is home to the Terra Mineralia, an exhibition that I can highly recommend.

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5.76 km

Fortuna Fountain, Freiberg

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A dream in bronze

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9.60 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.14 km

1.76 km

855 m

551 m

150 m

144 m

Surfaces

7.24 km

1.19 km

1.07 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 19 May

19°C

9°C

73 %

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St. Mary's Cathedral, Freiberg – Freudenstein Castle loop from Freiberg (Sachs)

Gossip Women Fountain

Inventor of Sustainability Statue | Albert Park (Silberweg)

Petri Tower (St. Peter's Tower), Freiberg

Obermarkt (Upper Market), Freiberg

Bronze relief model of Freiberg Old Town

St. Mary's Cathedral, Freiberg

Freudenstein Castle

Fortuna Fountain, Freiberg

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