Car Hire Chemnitz - Mini guide to Chemnitz

Located on the Chemnitz River, Chemnitz is a delightful city with a history going back more than 800 years. The city’s diversity makes a visit here an exciting and different experience from what you will find in the rest of Germany.

Chemnitz’s architecture is the first thing visitors see. Most notable are the splendid Art Nouveau villas and apartment houses on the Kassberg. There is plenty of art, culture and recreational activity in the city. The Chemnitz Opera is located in the Municipal Theatre and is a good place to see excellent productions. Brilliant cabaret, festivals, sporting events and an extensive variety of museums can also be found in Chemnitz.

One of the most important German Renaissance castle properties, the Augustusburg, was built between 1568 and 1572 as a hunting and summer residence by the electoral prince, August I, on the 500-metre high Schellenbeg. It houses various museums including the Motorcycle Museum, the Hunt and Avian Studies Museum, and the Carriage Collection.

Rabenstein Castle is the smallest preserved castle in Saxony, while Klaffenbach Castle, re-opened in 1995, offers a continuously changing series of events and exhibitions. The City Art Gallery has a large collection of works by Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, and the Museum of Natural History's Petrified Forest and Sterzelear exhibits are well worth seeing.

When you’re ready to wind down, numerous parks and green spaces give the city a special ambience and charm. One of the city’s most famous spas is Kulturfabrik Schönheit, which uses the oceans' powers as the focal point of its beauty and wellness program. Chemnitz offers varied and delightful cuisine, ranging from hearty traditional German foods to the finest French cuisine.

Chemnitz’s nearby neighbourhoods boast a varied number of recreational, thermal and health baths, spas and facilities. Idyllically located in the charming Erzgebirg’s picturesque landscape, is Saxony’s oldest, warmest thermal spring. For more than 600 years people have used the fluoride-laden waters from the Wolkenstein Thermal Spring in applied-water cures. Alternatively, the Silbertherme (‘Silver Spa’) welcomes visitors with a stylish ambience.

If you are coming by air, Leipzig and Dresden airports are just an hour away. Rail service is excellent and there is major autobahn and highway transportation from many European cities.