Hainichen: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Hainichen combines literature, optical technology and the history of craftsmanship. The Gellert Museum is a literary museum featuring the special “Art of Fables” collection, exhibitions and projects for visitors aged four and over. Anyone wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Hainichen can continue searching for accommodation afterwards.

Culture

The Discovery Trail is a circular route for exploring Hainichen’s sights. One of its attractions is the experience of seeing live images projected in the Camera Obscura. Inside, a colourful, moving and upright image appears, displayed in the correct orientation.

The Discovery Trail also leads to the demonstration weaving mill in the Clothmakers’ House. The Clothmakers’ House survived Hainichen’s city fires and, following its restoration, retains its Baroque form. In the demonstration workshop there, traditional crafts that were practised in Hainichen are presented. In 1783, the clothmakers’ guild decided to build a new master craftsman’s house; the first meeting took place there one year later. The heyday of clothmaking in Hainichen began after the clothmakers received a guild charter in 1481.

The history of the Camera Obscura also goes back a long way: it was inaugurated on Rahmenberg on 23 June 1883. Between 1982 and 1985, an 11-metre-high Camera Obscura tower was built. The Camera Obscura has been open to interested visitors since 1985. The church in Hainichen is also the only example of this architectural style in Saxony.

Cycle Paths

Mittelsachsen is characterised by river landscapes with gently rolling hills, broad floodplains and steep rock faces. Outside the winter season, Mittelsachsen offers opportunities for hiking and cycling.

The S 201 route is part of a continuous cycling network of more than five kilometres between Hainichen, Falkenau and Gersdorf. A 1.6-kilometre cycle path from Falkenau to the southern outskirts of Hainichen was officially opened in September 2024. The S 201 path between Falkenau and Hainichen is approximately 1.1 kilometres long and 2.5 metres wide.

More local pages: Striegistal, Ostrau, Claußnitz, Großhartmannsdorf, Wechselburg, Rochlitz, Niederwiesa, Penig

To the higher-level travel overview: Mittelsachsen.