The Top 20 Caves in Mittelsachsen

Lime mining is one of the first economically important industries alongside agriculture in our villages. The first beginnings are thought to date back to the 12th century.
Starting in the … read more

Near the mouth of the mine there is a tunnel in which quartzite was mined. This rock was used in the Meissen porcelain factory to make glaze.
Above the mouth … read more

The mouth hole Adam Stolln is beautifully located directly on the Freiberger Mulde. There are good explanatory panels on the former mining industry.

As Lourdesgrotte Mariengrotten are called, which represent replicas of the Grotto of Massabielle in Lourdes in southern France and Our Lady of Lourdes. In this grotto in 1858 St. Bernadette … read more

Orifice Alter/Tiefer Fürstenstollen Kunstgraben Roter Graben

In the valley of the Freiberger Mulde, the mouth of the most important and longest Freiberger adit was attached to the main adit Stehenden. … read more

the fascination of a cave is hard to resist - in this area it's worth a detour ...

On the right side of the Röschenmundloch there is a small cave that was created by quartzite mining. Apparently, opportunity not only makes thieves but also miners, because this cave … read more

Secured tunnel mouth, excavation expired due to storage, heap largely removed and searched by collectors several times over the decades - no find possible anymore!

The tunnel mouth hole of the New Blessing God Stolln was secured around 1992 by a mountain security company with steel construction in the area of the quarry stone masonry … read more