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Cultural Route of the Vögte - Stage 1: From Greiz to Gera

At a glance

  • Start: Upper Castle Greiz
  • Destination: Osterstein Gera
  • Medium
  • 104,99 km
  • 1 hour 30 minutes
  • 766 m
  • 436 m
  • 188 m

The discovery journey in the footsteps of the Vögte begins in Greiz. The Upper Castle with its exciting exhibition offers a high experiential value.

The cultural route takes us to the Saxon Vogtland with Schloss Netzschkau, Mylau Castle, and the historic town center of Reichenbach.

The church in Ruppertsgrün and Schönfels as an impressive medieval castle mark important interim stops.

The parish and the former monastery in Frankenhausen near Crimmitschau recall the Middle Ages in the Pleißenland.

Schmölln was raised to the status of a town by the Vögte between 1324 and 1329 and has one of the largest market squares in Central Germany.

At Blankenhain Castle and Posterstein Castle you will find worthwhile exhibitions before reaching Ronneburg with the castle and the church, and finally the former seat of the Vögte of Gera: Osterstein.

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