The old masters will take you on a 3-day journey through time into the world of Martin Luther...
Dusty, dark and cramped. It is associations like these that mining generally evokes. You ll discover that this rustic craft can also have a surprisingly artistic effect when you visit the Erzgebirge towns of Freiberg and Annaberg-Buchholz. In the mining centres, you ll find valuable paintings from the Cranach collection and discover magnificent art treasures in the churches where the miners once held their early mass.
Your journey will begin in Dresden, where you ll find a wealth of masterpieces from the Reformation era. Here you can not only admire valuable paintings, but also explore the Frauenkirche, which exemplifies Martin Luther's ideas of a Protestant church building.
Our itinerary:
1. Day: Dresden - Treasures from the Reformation
- Themed city tour
- Visit to the Dresden State Art Collections including the Old Masters Picture Gallery
- Visit to the Frauenkirche
2. Day: Freiberg, Augustusburg, Annaberg-Buchholz - Renaissance art within historic walls
- City tour with a visit to Freiberg Cathedral
- Performance on the famous Silbermann organs
- Visit to the Freiberg City and Mining Museum with its Cranach paintings
- Visit to Freudenstein Castle, seat of Duke Henry the Pious, who introduced the Reformation to Saxony
- Trip to Augustusburg
- Tour of the Renaissance castle of Augustusburg with the castle church and its famous Cranach altarpiece
- Trip to Annaberg-Buchholz (overnight stay)
3. Day: Annaberg-Buchholz, Schneeberg - the artistic facet of mining
- Town tour with a visit to St. Anne's Church, St. Catherine's Church and St. Mary's Mountain Church
- . Marien
- Trip to Schneeberg
- Visit to St Wolfgang's Church, with the first large altar of the Reformation
Tip: Excursion to Musicon Valley® Markneukirchen
Day 4: Journey home
