The spa of Bad Schmiedeberg (mud baths) lies in a wide valley on the east side of the hilly and wooded Dübener Heide (Düben Heath).
The pattern of the town is set by the crooked main street with its 16th-18th C. houses. Among them are a number of Renaissance buildings with bench recesses in the doorways.
The Town Church (15th C.) of Bad Schmiedeberg was originally a Gothic hall-church but after the collapse of the vaulting was remodeled in Baroque style. The Ratsherrenloge (town councilors' box) was added in 1731. Fine interior, with a richly carved reredos (1680) and stalls of the Leipzig school.
Of the town's old fortifications there survives only one town gate, the Aue-Tor (15th C.).
In the Markt of Bad Schmiedeberg is the Town Hall (1570). Originally a Renaissance building, it was rebuilt in Baroque style (1661-63) after its destruction during the Thirty Years War and restored in 1981. It has two fine doorways, sited asymmetrically.
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