Mining educational trail at Pöhlberg
Scenic hike through the mining landscape of Pöhlberg
Up high it goes to our 832m high local mountain, situated in the middle of the UNESCO World Heritage Montanregion Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří.
On the eastern side of the Pöhlberg, in the middle of a rural-developed area, there is a mining area documented since the 15th century. After the introduction of the Saiger process, silver could be extracted from the copper ore mined here in the Saigerhütte Grünthal. Let yourself be enchanted by the nature, the landscape, and the views that the Pöhlberg area offers you.
Author’s recommendation
- Detour to the summit of Pöhlberg with restaurant and observation tower
- St. Briccius Stolln (only visitable by prior arrangement)
- Rock formation Butterfässer
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
Track types
Rest stops
PöhlbergWaldklause
Tips and suggestions
Tourist Information Annaberg-Buchholz
Buchholzer Str. 2 | 09456 Annaberg-Buchholz
Tel. 03733 / 19433
tourist-info@annaberg-buchholz.de
www.annaberg-buchholz.de
Roadbook
From Kätplatz, cross the B95 and follow the Pöhlberg access road (Ernst-Roch-Straße). Past the Flößgraben you will reach the striking basalt columns below the summit. Keep right and continue on the circular route around the Pöhlberg. You will pass the Pöhlbergalm nature reserve and overlook the Ore Mountains ridge from Bärenstein via Fichtelberg and Keilberg to the Auersberg in the far west. Later, the path leads past the oldest mining area of Annaberg. The St. Briccius Stolln with its fan house is worth a detour. Following the circular route again, you pass the Töpferstolln and the Butterfässer and return to Ernst-Roch-Straße, then walk downhill back to the starting point at Kätplatz.
The hike is marked with hammer and pick on a blue background.
Parkplatz "Mischplatz"
Pöhlberg mining landscape: Silver
Pöhlberg
Annaberg-Buchholz, butter churns
Annaberg-Buchholz, Pöhlbergrundgang 1st viewpoint
Annaberg-Buchholz, Pöhlbergrundgang 2nd viewpoint
„St. Briccius“ Fundgrube
Obere Heilige Dreifaltigkeit oder Dreifaltigkeitsstolln
Mittlerer St. Briccius Stolln
Tiefer Heilige Dreifaltigkeit Stolln
Tiefer St. Briccius Stolln
Annaberg-Buchholz, foot of the Pöhlberg
Freudenstolln
Huthaus am Freudenstolln
Steinbruch mit Tongruben und ehemaligen Töpferstolln
Waldklause
Public transport
Bus
City line B, stop "B95/Am Kätplatz"
Timetables and further information about local public transport can be found here.
Line 210 from Chemnitz to Annaberg-Buchholz (bus station)
Line 400 from Dresden to Annaberg-Buchholz (bus station)
Line 413 from Stollberg to Annaberg-Buchholz (bus station)
Line 415 from Aue to Annaberg-Buchholz (bus station)
Directions
Motorway from Frankfurt, Munich, Berlin, Dresden, Leipzig, Chemnitz:
Motorway A72 - exit Stollberg West - motorway feeder Zwönitz - Annaberg-Buchholz
Federal roads:
from Chemnitz: B95 towards Annaberg-Buchholz
from Oberwiesenthal: B95 towards Annaberg-Buchholz
from Freiberg: B101 towards Annaberg-Buchholz
from Aue / Schwarzenberg: B101 towards Annaberg-Buchholz
Parking
P5 P+R parking central car park (Kätplatz) | directly on the B 95, opposite the Pöhlberg access | free of charge
Coordinates
Book recommendations for this region:
Localization
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.

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