Colmnitz
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The 7.5 kilometres long village is situated at the south border of the local recreation area “Tharandt Forest”. Populated 1000 years ago and first mentioned documentary in 1348, Colmnitz has developed into an agriculture village with miscellaneous handicrafts touched by the silver mining in Freiberg.)
In 1862 Colmnitz was connected to the railway line from Chemnitz to Dresden.Within a radius of 20 kilometres you find the castle of Frauenstein with the museum of the famous technician of organ building, Gottfried Silbermann, the dam of Klingenberg, the former huntig seat “Grillenburg” of the Saxon Kings and in the Tännicht Valley the cave of the former robber-chief Lips Tullian where the central point of Saxony is situated.
The silver town of Freiberg invites visitors with its mediaeval buildings like the Gothic cathedral, the Obermarkt and a lot of old town houses.
The beautiful wood around Colmnitz can be used for walking like for riding.
