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Frauenstein Castle Ruins – Grandfather's Chair loop from Frauenstein

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Mittelsachsen

Frauenstein

Frauenstein Castle Ruins – Grandfather's Chair loop from Frauenstein

Moderate

4.6

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Frauenstein Castle Ruins – Grandfather's Chair loop from Frauenstein

02:13

7.71km

190m

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 6, 2026

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188 m

Frauenstein Castle Ruins

Highlight • Castle

The ruins in their current form owe the castle to the destruction by the House of Wettin in the 15th century, the construction of Frauenstein Castle next door and the …

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354 m

Frauenstein Art Experience Trail

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The Frauenstein Art Experience Trail is a 3.15 km circular trail in Frauenstein, Saxony, featuring artworks from the European Art Symposium and the nature trail. It is located partly near …

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387 m

Johannes Georg Neuber Ski Jump

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Competitions probably took place here until the 1970s -> information board.

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648 m

World War I Memorial Rock, Frauenstein

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Behind the ruins of Frauenstein Castle, a rock with a pavilion protrudes, called the Zeisigstein. The name is said to derive from a captain of the Meissen burgraves, Zeisig. The …

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1.13 km

Grandfather's Chair

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Grandfather's chair, this rock made of granite porphyry is popularly called.

More than 300 million years ago, acidic magma penetrated a fissure in the earth's upper crust and slowly solidified …

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1.60 km

Sheep Bridge

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Schafbrücke over the Bobritzsch on the hiking and theme trail "Silbermannpfad" (opening 11/2019)

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7.56 km

Frauenstein Market Square and Church

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The Frauensteiner town church "To Our Lady" in its present appearance was built in 1873 after the 3rd city fire in 1869. At the same time, the market was rebuilt …

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7.59 km

Royal Saxon milestone Frauenstein

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In Saxony, the Saxon postal mile posts are listed as a whole, which also includes true-to-the-original replicas and remnants of these technical monuments.

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7.71 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.02 km

1.22 km

980 m

483 m

Surfaces

2.13 km

1.85 km

1.64 km

1.10 km

984 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (660 m)

Lowest point (520 m)

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Frauenstein Castle Ruins – Grandfather's Chair loop from Frauenstein

Frauenstein Castle Ruins

Frauenstein Art Experience Trail

Johannes Georg Neuber Ski Jump

World War I Memorial Rock, Frauenstein

Grandfather's Chair

Sheep Bridge

Frauenstein Market Square and Church

Royal Saxon milestone Frauenstein

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