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Silver City Tourist train

World Heritage Stop

Embark on a tour past the most beautiful buildings and sights of Freiberg's old town - since 2019 part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge/Krusnohori". On the way, they will learn all sorts of things from 850 years of the city's history: facts, anecdotes and stories about customs and tradition. Of course, there are also audio samples - of the Silbermann organ, the Steigerlied (German miners´ song) and Anacker's miner's greeting.

Highlights of the route

  • Schloßplatz
  • Untermarkt with St. Mary´s Cathedral and City and Mining Museum
  • Buttermarkt with St. Nicholas Church und theatre
  • Schüppchenberg / frist silver discovery
  • (planned) Silber exhibition mine „Reiche Zeche“
  • City wall with Donats tower and Kornhaus (granary)
  • Freudenstein castle with the world's largest mineral collection terra mineralia
  • Upper Market (Obermarkt) with the fountain monument to the town's founder "Otto the Rich" and the town hall with Meissen porcelain carillon

To the Route



City Sightseeing Tour

Timetables 3 Mai - 22 December 2023*: Wednesday To Sunday

  • 10.00
  • 11.15
  • 13.30
  • 14.45
  • 16.00

*  winterbreak: until March 2023, the season is scheduled to start on 3 Mai 2023;
November & December according to shortened winter timetable

Duration: approx. 1 Hour

Departure / Arrival: Schloßplatz

Preise:

Adults: 12.00 €
Reduced*: 11.00 €
Children from 4 to 14 years: 5.00 €
Families (2 adults and 2 children): 30.00 €, each additional child 1.00 €
Groups:  from 20 p. 11,00 € p.p. | from 35 p. 10,00 € p.p. | from 45 p. 7,00 € p.p.
Charter:
Partial charter (capacity per wagon 15 - 18 guests): 150 €
Full charter (45 - 54 guests): 350 €

*Guests with a degree of disability of 70 % or more.
Guests who have a "B" in their ID card travel free of charge.

The GTC of the operator apply, e.g. point 5 in the event of trip cancellation.

Tickets available directly on site

Tickets are available on site at the Tourist Information. Advance reservation is not possible. Groups of 10 or more are welcome to register.

A maximum of 32 people can travel on each trip.


Special tours / train hire:

 Additional dates for group and special tours are possible with advance notice: info@silberstadtbahn.de,
Tel.+49 (0) 3731 / 16 82 70 6

Operator

Mike Pickran | Silberstadtbahn
Herderstrasse 8 | 09599 Freiberg