Grimma
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Understand
Grimma is situated in the state of Saxony about 25 km southeast of the city of Leipzig and some 16 km south of Wurzen in the Muldental valley. Although it only has a population of around 28,000, it is the fourth largest town in Saxony by area.
Get in
Just over half an hour by regional express train from Leipzig. Trains run every hour.
Grimma has an exit on the A14 motorway (Leipzig–Dresden).
See
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Rathaus Grimma
address: MarktRenaissance style town hall dating from 1442
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address: Klosterstraße 1School founded in 1550 attached to the Klosterkirche St. Augustin
Nimbschen abbeyRuins of a medieval Cistercian convent. Its most famous nun was Katharina von Bora who, together with eight of her sisters, fled from the place in 1523 and later married the Protestant reformer Martin Luther.
PöppelmannbrückeBaroque stone bridge across the Mulde river, built in 1719, designed by Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, court architect to Augustus the Strong.
Mutzschen castle
Eat
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Glashaus Pizzeria
phone: +49 3437 7083167address: Bahnhofstraße 5, 04668Pizza restaurant. -
King-pizza-service
phone: +49 3437 948014address: Nikolai-Platz 11, 04668Pizza restaurant. -
address: Markt 27
Sleep
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Romantisches Hotel Schloss Gattersburg
address: Colditzer Str. 3,
Go next
- Colditz (15 km south; half hour by bus 619) – the 1000-year old castle was used as a prisoners-of-war camp during World War II.
- Wurzen (18 km north; half hour by bus 693)
- (22 km northeast; 40 min by bus 630) – Baroque hunting château in Wermsdorf
- Borna (23 km southwest)
- Rochlitz (25 km south) – medieval castle
- Leipzig (30 km northwest; half hour by train)
- Döbeln (40 km southeast; 35 min by train) – beautiful renovated old town core
- Riesa (50 km east)