City tour through Dippoldiswalde, route length approx. 3 km, duration approx. 1 h (without museum visits)
Once you arrive at Dippoldiswalde station, you start your hike here. Keep right at Reichstädter Straße and walk towards Freiberger Platz (Radio Göhler). Turn right here onto Freiberger Straße. At the end of the street, keep left and follow Alte Altenberger Straße towards the town center. Below the secondary school, turn left into Schulgässchen. Once you reach Karl-Marx-Platz, continue right along Bahnhofstraße. After the Leiteritz bakery, continue along Schuhgasse until you reach Café Achat, where you can admire the shoe fountain. Once on Herrengasse, turn right and walk past the town library to the post office column. Keep left at Brauhofstraße. The next street is Große Wassergasse, where you turn left and walk straight ahead, past the water feature, until you reach the historic market square with its four pumping stations and the Löwenbrunnen fountain. Here you will also find the town hall with its Renaissance gable, figures of the patron saints Mary with baby Jesus and Laurentius and the Maltitz coat of arms. Follow Dippoldgasse between the town hall and the pharmacy. At the end is the legendary figure of Dippold behind glass. You enter the church square with its prayer column, vicarage, well room, the town church of St. Marien and Laurentius (with organ by master organ builder Stöckel) and the castle, which houses the Museum of Medieval Mining in the Ore Mountains. Through the castle corridor with the former town wall, you return to Bahnhofstraße. Keep right and walk straight ahead, cross Weißeritzstraße, Freiberger Platz and follow Reichstädter Straße straight ahead. The Polypark multi-generation park is located on the right-hand side.
An active rest and play area for the whole family.
You have reached the starting point at Dippoldiswalde station.
