Οι καλύτερες διαδρομές και πεζοπορίες Machern

Definitely worth seeing

Definitely worth seeing

Püchau Castle rises on the eastern edge of the town on a mountain spur that towers several meters above the Mulde floodplain. The castle itself stands at the eastern end of the approximately 100 by 60 meter area. The square in front of it is lined with outbuildings, a few trees, and has a historic fountain at its center. The castle is an irregular three-wing complex grouped around an approximately 200 m² courtyard. The north side is enclosed by a one-story, crenellated battlement. In the southeast corner of the courtyard, a stair tower, also crenellated, rises above the three-story buildings. The entrance to the complex, designed as a bridge and flanked by two columns with eagles, leads to an arched gateway in the west wing. This is decorated with balconies and attached turrets on the front side. The outer southeast corner is also tower-like and features a two-story cast-iron balcony. Of the numerous rooms of the castle, the small dining room with its richly carved ceiling, the Marble Hall with its magnificent star-shaped ceiling[1], and the Armory are particularly magnificent. Below the castle hill, the 12.4-hectare English-style castle park with two ponds extends to the north and east. Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss_P%C3%BCchau

The church and the castle are the landmarks of Püchau. The castle park is advertised on information boards as something special, but it makes a pitiful and totally neglected impression.

According to the information board: "The old village pond was created from a pit from which clay was previously mined. Carl-Friedrich Anton Graf von Hohenthal-Püchau had a zoo built here in 1846..."

The Temple of Hygieia was built in 1797 as the last building in the Machern Castle Park by Carl Count von Lindenau.

This is an artificial ruin complex with a shooting range, bridge and staircase as well as a stone arch gate, rock wall and long stone bench, which was created to beautify the park. The building is named in honor of the Prussian King Frederick William II, who visited the park in 1792. Source: https://www.meinsachsen.net/gallery/302/188-wilhelmsruhe-1792-errichtene-ruinenanlage-201605.html

Just a few steps away from the knight's castle is the sandstone pyramid clad in dark red porphyry. Two plaster lions flank the entrance, which is designed as a Doric gable porch. The pyramid was intended to serve as a count's mausoleum, but was never used as such. An ingenious system of hidden openings between the interior and the crypt below, as well as two side corridors, may have served Masonic-Rosicrucian rituals. Source: https://www.sachsen-lese.de/sehenswuerdigkeiten/oertlichkeiten/der-landschaftspark-in-machern/