Over 3,500 minerals, gemstones and meteorites from Dr. Pohl-Ströher's collection are on display. Aesthetically curated, terra mineralia offers a global mineralogical journey with treasures from Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa and America.
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Leviathan1983, Freiberger Dom 01 (MK), CC BY-SA 3.0
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Richard Long -Petrified Wood Circle
Freiberg Cathedral displays Hans Witten's tulip pulpit, a masterpiece of late Gothic art. Richard Long's "Petrified Wood Circle" (2000) is located in the cloister: Millions of years old wooden fossils, artfully arranged, combine archaic beauty with meditative tranquillity.
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Freepik
11.9 km
The true gold of the Incas
"The true gold of the Incas" - the exhibition sheds light on traditional potato cultivation and the harvesting methods of earlier times. It shows the importance of the tuber for nutrition and agriculture and tells of its journey from South America to our gardens.
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Lisa Mühl
11.9 km
Woven moonlight
Woven moonlight - the permanent exhibition in the Gahlenz village museum sheds light on the history of flax cultivation, harvesting and processing. It tells the story of the plant's journey to the finished fabric and provides an insight into an almost forgotten craft.
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Freepik
11.9 km
Like cabbage and turnips
"Like cabbage and turnips!" - the exhibition provides a vivid insight into the traditional cultivation of green fodder and root crops. It shows their importance for agriculture and the supply of people and animals in everyday rural life.
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Freepik
11.9 km
On the Milky Way
"On the Milk Route" - the exhibition tells the story of how milk used to be produced, processed and marketed. It shows the journey from cow to product and vividly conveys the everyday life and changes in rural dairy farming.
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Lisa Mühl
11.9 km
Got the ear of corn
"Have the ear" - the exhibition explains the traditional grain harvest step by step. From mowing with the scythe to binding the sheaves and threshing, old knowledge is brought to life and made tangible.
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Lisa Mühl
11.9 km
The basis for survival
"The basis for survival..." - the exhibition shows how farmers used to cultivate their fields and improve the soil. It vividly conveys the techniques and knowledge used to create the basis for food and life.
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Weberei Oederan
13.2 km
The museum
The Oederan weaving mill shows the living history of the craft. Historic looms, old techniques and exhibitions tell of the region's textile heritage. A place to marvel, learn and immerse yourself in the art of weaving - traditional and creative at the same time.
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Freepik, Magnific
13.2 km
Special exhibition Corset & Emancipation
Between the ideal of beauty and social coercion: the exhibition sheds light on the world of corset fashion in the 19th century and shows how clothing shaped body images and women's roles. The focus is also on courageous women of the early women's rights movement
Public guided tour - Around the world in 90 minutes
On this exciting tour through terra mineralia, you will learn everything from A for exhibition concept to Z for sceptre quartz. You get an overview of the most beautiful exhibits from every continent, the history of the castle and the founder's passion for collecting.
Guided tours for children during the Saxon summer vacations
An exciting guided tour shows how the world-famous eleven-dot angels are created. Children can try their hand at interactive stations and help to find the eleven dots of the angel in a quiz.
Of goose quills and dragon's blood. The art of books and writing in the monastery
What do geese and dragons have to do with writing? Why were books so valuable and what did monks have to do to preserve knowledge? Entertaining, child-friendly tour about the art of writing with a self-experiment plus pen and ink.
Family tour: "Resourceful, fluffy, agile. Squirrels in Altzella"
Experience squirrels up close! A specialist gives exciting insights into their lives, tells adventurous stories and reveals why they don't like acorns. With a bit of luck, you can even feed the fluffy climbing artists.
On the discovery tour up and down the stairs, visitors can finally look behind all the many doors that are otherwise closed. The tour ranges from Augustus' imperial hall to the everyday work of the servants in the farmyard and fountain house.
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Sylvio Dittrich
Ab 12 Jahren.
16.4 km
Special guided tour: "From abbot to cell - the history of the monastery"
Interesting facts about the history of the Cistercian monastery of Altzella are presented in an entertaining guided tour about the life and work of the monks of the monastery on the Freiberg Mulde.
Special guided tour: Kissed by the muse. Capar David Friedrich in Altzella
C.D. Friedrich found one of his places of inspiration in Altzella. In this special tour to mark the 250th anniversary of C.D. Friedrich's birth, Dr. Peter Dänhardt follows in the artist's footsteps and immerses himself in the Romantic era.
Guided tours for children during the Saxon fall vacations
An exciting guided tour shows how the world-famous eleven-dot angels are created. Children become artisans themselves at interactive stations and help the angel find his eleven dots in a quiz.
Preis: Kinder (bis einschließlich 6 Jahre kostenfrei) 7 bis 14 Jahre: 2 €
Purple Path
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Johannes Richter
634 m
Wilhelm Mundt: Trashstone
The elegantly reflective aluminum surface of the sculpture encloses production residues. Sculptor Wilhelm Mundt makes viewers appear as if in a distorting mirror, bringing form and material to life, coupled with the knowledge of the transformation of waste.
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Markus Wolf
11.9 km
Gregor Gaida: Polygonal horse II
The Polish artist adds his cast aluminum sculpture to the village museum's horse cart. The horse depiction has 10 legs but no head - an ambivalent situation between strength and helplessness.
The white-patinated bronze sculpture symbolizes the importance of paper as a material for Hainichen and Europe. While the columnar structure is reminiscent of stacked sheets of paper, it pays tribute to the enlightenment culture of reading as the driving force of civic life.
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Tanja Rochelmeyer
19.4 km
Tanja Rochelmeyer: Glance
The installation, made up of 171 rectangular panels along the 100-metre-long tunnel, shows frames, stylized brickwork, rectangles and letters that make up the city name. Depending on the perspective, they create mental afterimages for the day.
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Michael Sailstorfer: Fließgleichgewicht
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Michael Sailstorfer: Floating equilibrium
Inspired by the side mirror of a motorcycle, the construction towers about 4.50 meters above the Zschopau and shows the river and cityscape distorted in retrospect and in the course of history - with the same energy of flowing equilibrium