Tourist Attractions in Annaberg-Buchholz

In Grosse Kirchgasse in Annaberg is the Late Gothic St-Annen-Kirche (1499-1525), the largest hall-church in Saxony, built of the local gneiss. Notable features of the interior are the Bergaltar (Miners' Altar; by Hans Hesse, 1521), with representations of miners at work in the silver mines; the Schöne Tür ("Beautiful Door"); the font (by Hans Witten, 1515); and the Münzeraltar (Coiners' Altar; by Christoph Walter, 1522).

North-west of Annaberg-Buchholz are the Greifensteine, a group of hills (Kreuzfelsen, Gamsfelsen, Seekofel, Kleiner Brocken, Stülpnerwand, Turnerfelsen) much frequented by climbers. Rising to a height of 731m/2399ft, they are the remnants of a mighty granite massif. Also in Greifensteine are the Greifenstein Museum, the open-air theater and Stülpnerhöhle and Ritterhöhle (old mining adits).

In Annaberg is the Adam-Ries-Haus, home of the arithmetician Adam Ries, who was involved in mining, coining and land surveying around 1523.

The Erzgebirge Museum in Annaberg has exhibits and documents illustrating the history and economy of the Upper Erzgebirge and the town.

The Annaberg Town Hall was rebuilt in 1751.

The main feature of interest in Buchholz is St Catherine's Church, begun in 1504 but completed only in 1872-77.

In Frohnau, north of Buchholz, is the Frohnauer Hammer Museum of Technology, housed in a building which was originally a flour-mill and later an oil mill. From 1621 to 1904 it was used for forging copper and iron.

The two villages of Mauersberg and Grossrückerswalde, on the road to Marienberg near Annaberg-Buchholz, have fine 15th C. fortified churches.

In Annaberg's Münzergasse is the Bergkirche (1502).

To the east of Annaberg-Buchholz rises the Pöhlberg (831 m/2,727ft; restaurant, Pöhlberghaus, outlook tower). On the road to the summit, at 760 m/2,495ft, is a skiing area. There are two other skiing areas on the hill, the Andreasabfahrt (piste; ski-lift) at an old quarry (basalt columns known as the "Butter Kegs"), and another at 760 m/2,495ft (ski-jump).

In Buchholz is the Stiefelmühle, an old half-timbered building.