Grimma - town tour in 30 minutes

1 Soviet Army

OBMO 20th mechanized infantry division

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/44167724

2 train station

has taxi-stand, green park

3 tank monument

Soviet

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/44168764

4 Leipziger Straße 39

typical house

5 city dispatch center

built in 1996 on land from neighboring residences, it includes a helicopter landing pad.

http://nachrichten.lvz-online.de/region/grimma/leitstelle-bleibt-vorerst-in-grimma/r-grimma-a-43722.html

6 city park

has pond with swans, rowboats and a suspension footbridge.

7 Frauen Kirche

family church

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/2186424

8 Goldene Schiff

family business, food and lodging a third of the way from Leipzig and Dresden.

http://www.hotel-goldenes-schiff-grimma.de

http://www.trivago.nl/grimma-21878/hotel/goldenes-schiff-155189/foto-i57468

9 St. Augustin School

700 year-old prep school

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnasium_St._Augustin

10 city hall and market

11 nice view

an empty lot with a good view of Grimma across the river ( such as #9 above)

This map is available in Google Maps:  link

Grimma news:

http://nachrichten.lvz-online.de/region/grimma/r-grimma.html

Schloß Dhaun - going to town

10 trail-head

A staircase beside the school leads to the trail back to Hotel Zur Burg

11 train station

unmanned

12 post office

behind a gift-shop

13 Bäckerei Fickinger

Gerbergasse 1

55606 Kirn, Germany

14 Eiscafé Venezia

Marktplatz 15, 55606 Kirn/Nahe

9.30 -10pm Feb-October

15 Kyrburg

A castle similar to Schloß Dhaun

with views of the town of Kirn

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrburg

16 Deer Park

17 trail mid-point

18 Pizzeria Ristorante Costa-Verde

Waldeck 1, 55606 Hochstetten-Dhaun, Germany

( no credit cards)

+49 6752/912246

19 Geology Lehrfahrt

boulders with placards

The Google map of these places is here:  Kirn place-map

Schloß Dhaun - touring nearby

1 Gasthof

http://www.burghotel-dhaun.de/

2 Dungeon

winding stairs, chambers, windows, mystery.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss_Dhaun

3 echo bluff

shriek, and you hear the echo from the valley.

4 area of historic well

like a long, sloping driveway leading to a stone thingie.

5 Sternwerter telescope

nobody goes inside, its always closed but it has a nice bench out in front.

6 picnic table reached by staircase

perfect on a sunny afternoon.

7 trail hut

Easy trail, great views, nice destination for a short stroll.

8 area of ruined watchtower

an aerobic hike, slippery when wet.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burg_Brunkenstein