• 4.87 km long
  • Difficulty: easy
  • Condition: very easy
  • Hiking
  • 1:30 h
  • 4.87 km
  • 95 m
  • 116 m
  • 564 m
  • 648 m
  • 84 m
  • Start: Altmarkt Geyer and watchtower
  • Destination: Greifenbach reservoir
Family route from the town center to the Greifenbach reservoir with tower explorer, romantically wild Greifenbach valley, and walkable tunnel entrances, about 5km

Tower Museum opening hours: Tue – Fri 10 am – 3 pm, Sat 10 am – 4 pm 

Toni's House of Stones

Summer opening hours (April to October): daily 10 am – 5 pm (except Fridays)
Winter opening hours (November to March): Sat, Sun & holidays 10 am – 5 pm
During Saxony holidays: daily 10 am – 5 pm

Greifenstein tunnel snack bar closed on Mondays

Pavements

Unknown (36%)
Street (1%)
Asphalt (17%)
Gravel (28%)
Trail (18%)

Best to visit

suitable
Depends on weather

Directions

The little watchman boy »Albin« invites all families on a special exploration route into the seven-story Tower Museum. It is rumored that the tower was built from quark, eggs, and ox blood. Once the watchman kept watch day and night, and Albin, the watchman boy, was only allowed to leave the tower for the first time when school started. For today's little explorers, Albin has devised tricky questions. As a reward for the correct answers, there is the »Watchman Pass« and a small souvenir free of charge. Visitors can also ring bells and admire a constrictor snake.

Afterward, we hike into the Greifenbach valley (red/white) towards the ski jumps. The former mining area in the Greifenbach valley is characterized by heaps, pits, and walkable tunnel entrances. With sturdy shoes, we look inside the mine shafts (flashlight recommended). At the Greifenstein tunnel (snack bar), we take a well-deserved break. Inside the shaft, we can play train driver and imagine how the ores were extracted from the mountain. Our hike continues along a mining art canal to the Greifenbach reservoir. There, we pedal boat on the lake, and in warm weather, we dare to take a refreshing swim. At the end of our adventure route, we pan for stones or polish a mineral.

Tour information

  • Cultural Interesting

  • Stop at an Inn

Equipment

sturdy footwear and flashlight recommended

Directions & Parking facilities

Parking

free parking possible at Altmarkt Geyer, at Lotterhof or at Friends' Place on Annaberger Str.

paid parking possible at Greifenbach reservoir

Public transportation
BUS: Geyer bus station stop

Author

Greifensteinregion

Organization

Greifensteinregion

Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author

Tower Museum (www.turmmuseum-geyer.de)
Ski jump complex in the Greifenbach valley
Greifenbach reservoir 
Mini golf
Toni's House of Stones (www.tonis-haus-der-steine.de)