• City of Chemnitz
• Museums of Chemnitz

  How to get there

• by plane
• by train and bus
• by car

    Accomodation
 
 
 

official Homepage: www.chemnitz.de

other useful ressources:
Stadt-Information (Tourist-Information)
Stadt- Portrait (Technical Universität)
Freie Presse
Chemnitz-online
Region Chemnitz

A City Tour (with Pictures):
RundgangTU
Rundgang durch die Innenstadt
Stadtansichten
 
 

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Links: Museum of Chemnitz:

common homepage: www.musehen.de

single museums:
Burg Rabenstein
Deutsches SPIELEmuseum
Industriemuseum Chemnitz
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz
Museum für Naturkunde Chemnitz
Museum für Sächsische Fahrzeuge (im Wasserschloß Klaffenbach)
Neue Sächsische Galerie
Roter Turm
Sächsisches Eisenbahnmuseum Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf
Schloßbergmuseum Chemnitz
Schulmuseum Ebersdorf
 
 

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How to get there by plane

Next airports are Leipzig-Halle or Dresden-Klotsche. Several bus connections bring you either to the main railway stations or direclyt to Chemnitz (about 80 kilometers).
 
 

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How to get there by Train and Bus

You can reach Chemnitz easily by train:
1) by Interregio (IR) direct connection from Munich, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, Berlin und Rostock
2) by Intercity (IC / ICE) to Leipzig (80 km distant; change to City Expreß)
3) by international express train from Czech Republic or Poland: via Dresden

There are also long distance buses that connect Chemnitz with Russia, Bielorus, Poland and Ukrainia.

From Chemnitz Main Station you may take local bus #41 in direction "Heinersdorf"; for Schloßbergmuseum leave at bus stop "Nordstraße".

You can also walk from Main Station to our museum in about 25 minutes. If you leave the station yy the north (side) entrance you may follow the steet right ahead ("Georgstraße") until it ends at a small lake ("Schloßteich"). Turn right and follow the shore. Soon you can see the museum on top of the hill ("Schloßberg"). Several ways and Stairways lead you up there.
 
 

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How to get there by car

If you use the motorways A4 or A 72 we recommend exit "Chemnitz-Nord" on A 4.
 

Click here for an orientation map (63KB)

Follow state road B 95 ("Leipziger Ctraße") to city center. Turn left in direction Hainichen (B 169) and Freiberg (B 173). Continue on this route (first "Winklerstraße", then right turn to "Hechlerstraße") until the road goes down to the lake. Turn left (still on top of the hill!) into "Salzstraße" and you will find our museum in about 200 meters distance. You may leave your car free of charge on the right side of the street. The museum is situated in the centre of a small park behind the old wall.
 
 

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Accomodation (a Selection)

Nearby Hotels:

Renaissance Chemnitz Hotel
(3 minutes walk to the m Museum; 150 -250 DM)
Salzstraße 56, D-09113 Chemnitz; phone.:  +49-371-334-10 / -1777(fax)

Hotel garni (with art gallery) Villa im Grünen
(near motorway exit Chemnitz-Nord, very quiet,  min. 100 DM)
Max-Planck-Str. 46, D-09114 Chemnitz; phone.: +49-371-3302380 / 373331(fax)

Hotel Grüner Hof
(near motorway exit Chemnitz-Nord; min 75 DM)
Leipziger Str. 193-9, D-09114 Chemnitz; phone: +49-371-33803-0 / -103(fax)

Hotel garni Elisenhof
(city center, 10 minutes walk to main station or museum; min 90 DM)
Mühlenstr. 102, D-09111 Chemnitz; phone: +49-371-47169-0 / -50(fax)

Low Budget Accomodation:

Jouth Hostel
Augustusburger Str. 369, D-09127 Chemnitz; phone/fax: +49-371-71331

Hotel-Pension Europark (min 29 DM)
Schulstr. 38, D-09125 Chemnitz; phone: +49-371-5228-341 / 342(fax)
 

The accomodation service of the Tourist Information ("Chemnitz Service") helps you when booking any of the Chemnitz hotels and boarding houses. They also offer a selection of bed & Breakfast accomodation.Bahhofstraße D-09111 Chemnitz; phone: +49-371-4508-750 / -760(fax)??