8 Sights in Grimma, Germany (with Map and Images)

Mutzschen Castle is located on the outskirts of the city centre of Mutzschen, east of Grimma in the district of Leipzig in Saxony, on a spur above the Mutzschen water. Already in the early Bronze Age, a fortification of the Lusatian culture arose here, as a branch of the Aunjetice culture. There is evidence of a Wendish castle complex dating back to the 9th century and, after the eastern settlement in the second half of the 10th century, an early burgward. No remains of the medieval castle have survived above ground. The baroque castle visible today, a two-storey building with gabled risalit, includes the gatekeeper's house, an octagonal flanking tower, the castle bridge, the remains of the manor in front of the outer bailey, the terraced gardens, an extensive, natural park and a dammed castle pond with a castle mill, the castle houses with the salt tavern and the houses under the castle.

Wikipedia: Schloss Mutzschen (DE)

Nimbschen Abbey (Marienthron) is a former Cistercian abbey located immediately south of Grimma in the Saxon district of Leipzig an der Mulde. It existed between 1243 and 1536/42 and, after its dissolution between 1550 and 1948, belonged to the Prince's School in Grimma and the Gymnasium St. Augustin in Grimma. In 1810, the material of the monastery, which had fallen into disrepair after its dissolution, was used to create the new monastery estate, which is now used as a hotel. In addition to the monastery, the settlement of Nimbschen was built on the neighbouring Klosterholz.

Wikipedia: Kloster Nimbschen (DE)

The Pöppelmann Bridge spans the river Mulde in Grimma. The bridge bears the name of its original planner, the well-known baroque architect Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, and is used for pedestrian and bicycle traffic. The listed building from 1719 originally had six basket arches, of which four arches have been preserved since the August flood of 2002. Since 2012, the middle bridge section with two collapsed bridge arches and the destroyed main opening has consisted of a steel pipe blasting bridge.

Wikipedia: Pöppelmannbrücke (Grimma) (DE), Website

The Frauenkirche zu Grimma is a church building of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony in Grimma in the district of Leipzig in the Free State of Saxony. With its two towers, each 46 metres high, the sacred building plays a significant role in shaping the townscape of Grimma. The church has its origins in a small market church of Our Lady of St. Mary, built after 1170, near the old market, today Baderplan.

Wikipedia: Frauenkirche (Grimma) (DE)

The monastery church of St. Augustin zu Grimma is a sacred building built around 1435 as a hall church, the predecessor of which was built around 1300. With a wall thickness of almost one and a half meters, the building has a length of more than 54 meters, an average width of over 12 and an altitude of 19 meters. Martin Luther once called her a "breastbreaker".

Wikipedia: Klosterkirche Grimma (DE)

The Bismarck Tower near Grimma in the Saxon district of Leipzig is a Bismarck monument erected in honor of the former German Chancellor Prince Otto von Bismarck. It is located in the Jutta-Park landscape park at an altitude of about 169 m on the western flank of the 181 m high Galgenberg near the district of Kaditzsch, south-east of Grimma.

Wikipedia: Bismarckturm (Grimma) (DE), Website

The menhirs in the Thümmlitz Forest are two prehistoric menhirs in the Thümmlitz Forest near Grimma in the district of Leipzig. At 5 m, Menhir II is the highest menhir in Saxony and one of the highest in Germany.

Wikipedia: Menhire im Thümmlitzwald (DE)

St. George's Chapel in Grimma is an early Gothic medieval chapel on the Via Regia. The towerless hall building made of quarry stone is located at Leisniger Straße 54 in the Grimma district of Neuneunitz.

Wikipedia: St.-Georgen-Kapelle (Grimma) (DE)