쉬운 데미츠-투미츠 주변 하이킹 및 워킹 코스

The canteen of the nearby Basalt AG quarries stood at this point. After a long period of vacancy and a fire in 2011, it was finally demolished and the rest area was created.

Railway viaduct on the Bischofswerda - Bautzen line. Impressively spans the valley. Worth seeing

"Old Stone Saw": Very interesting guided tour with a 20-minute film about the history of granite quarrying. Opening hours (as of 09/2023): May-September, every 1st Sunday of the month 10 a.m.-5 p.m

"Feldspar, quartz, and mica, I'll never forget those three," a schoolmaster once rhymed to help his students memorize the components of this plutonic rock. From the mid-19th century onward, granite had become a building material with steadily increasing demand. Building construction required bricks, window and door frames, steps and landings; road construction required paving stones and curbs; and railways required ballast and stones for bridge construction. Granite covers an area of 4,600 km² in Lusatia alone. This is the reason why countless quarries emerged between Kamenz and the Königshainer Hills. The area around the Klosterberg between Demitz-Thumitz and Schmölln quickly developed into the most important and largest mining area in Saxony. The steadily increasing demand for granite products led to the development of many quarries. These, in turn, attracted workers who settled in the villages surrounding the Klosterberg. In the 100 years between 1850 and 1950, the population of Demitz-Thumitz increased nearly tenfold. Source: https://www.demitz-thumitz.de/

Was part of a crane with which the stones were transported.

Here you can see the remains of the former railway that carried the broken stones out of the quarry.

You should have seen it, the tiny tower on the outskirts of the village.

Historical museum, shows how the granite was worked.