Why this ride
A 94 km round trip from Annaberg-Buchholz - roughly 1 h 48 in the saddle. On the way it passes Lauta Mining Landscape, Grünthal Silver-Copper Liquation Works and back through Lauta Mining Landscape. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Annaberg-Frohnau Mining Landscape and Grünthal Silver-Copper Liquation Works
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 94 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 48
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Annaberg-Frohnau Mining Landscape
Silver built Annaberg. In the late fifteenth century rich silver ore was found in the Erzgebirge, the Ore Mountains on the border between Saxony and Bohemia, and a town was founded almost overnight in 1496 to house the miners. Within a few decades Annaberg was one of the largest towns in Saxony, and its wealth paid for the St. Annenkirche, one of the most beautiful late Gothic hall churches in Germany, with slender pillars branching into a star-ribbed vault like the trunks of trees.
Read the complete Annaberg-Frohnau Mining Landscape write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Annaberg-Frohnau Mining Landscape is where the day begins. Next is Lauta Mining Landscape.
2. Lauta Mining Landscape
Marienberg was laid out in 1521 as a planned silver town, with a vast square market place and streets set in a grid, an idea of urban order that was new in this part of Europe. Lauta, today a district of Marienberg, lies among the old mine workings, spoil heaps and shafts that fed that wealth, and it is one of the components of the Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region, the cross-border World Heritage Site shared by Saxony and the Czech Republic and inscribed in 2019.
Read the complete Lauta Mining Landscape write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Lauta Mining Landscape comes up 20 km in. Next is Grünthal Silver-Copper Liquation Works.
3. Grünthal Silver-Copper Liquation Works
Down in the valley of the Flöha, on the edge of Olbernhau, stands an industrial village that looks almost too neat to be real: slate-roofed workshops, a hammer mill, workers' houses and a stout gatehouse, all enclosed within a wall. This is the Saigerhütte Grünthal, a works that separated silver from copper ore by a technique called liquation, and it is one of the best preserved sites of its kind in Europe. It forms part of the Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region, listed by UNESCO in 2019 for both the German and Czech sides of the range.
Read the complete Grünthal Silver-Copper Liquation Works write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
41 km in you reach Grünthal Silver-Copper Liquation Works. Next is back through Lauta Mining Landscape.
4. back through Lauta Mining Landscape
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Lauta Mining Landscape write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Lauta Mining Landscape, late in the day. Next is Annaberg-Frohnau Mining Landscape.
5. Annaberg-Frohnau Mining Landscape
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Annaberg-Frohnau Mining Landscape write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Annaberg-Frohnau Mining Landscape. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Annaberg-Frohnau Mining Landscape to Lauta Mining Landscape
Annaberg-Frohnau Mining Landscape → Lauta Mining Landscape is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Lauta Mining Landscape to Grünthal Silver-Copper Liquation Works
Lauta Mining Landscape → Grünthal Silver-Copper Liquation Works is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Grünthal Silver-Copper Liquation Works to back through Lauta Mining Landscape
Grünthal Silver-Copper Liquation Works → back through Lauta Mining Landscape is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Lauta Mining Landscape to Annaberg-Frohnau Mining Landscape
back through Lauta Mining Landscape → Annaberg-Frohnau Mining Landscape is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.