29 Sights in Radebeul, Germany (with Map and Images)
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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Radebeul, Germany! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Radebeul. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.
Sightseeing Tours in Radebeul1. Schloss Wackerbarth
Wackerbarth Castle, originally Wackerbarth's Ruh', is a baroque castle surrounded by vineyards in the Radebeul district of Niederlößnitz on the road to Meißen, which serves as the seat of the Saxon State Winery. The winery belongs to the Radebeuler Johannisberg single vineyard within the Lößnitz vineyard and is located in the Radebeul historic vineyard landscape monument conservation area. The historic area of the castle forms an offshoot of the Lößnitz landscape conservation area above it.
2. Lutherkirche
The Luther Church, formerly the Church of Radebeul, is an Evangelical Lutheran church on Meißner Straße in Radebeul-Ost, Saxony. The address is Kirchplatz 1, it is located between Meißner Straße 99 and 101. As one of the rare buildings in Radebeul with exposed brickwork, the Luther Church is also called the Red Church. The burial ground created for the parish at the same time as the church building is the cemetery in Radebeul-Ost, also known as the Luther Cemetery, about 700 meters away as the crow flies on the other side of the railway line.
3. Hohenhaus
Hohenhaus, until around 1830 Bischoffsberg, is a former vineyard property with a manor house in the Zitzschewig district of the Saxon town of Radebeul. The property, which was already listed in 1904 in Gurlitt's Art Monuments of Dresden's Surroundings, is located in the Radebeul Historic Vineyard Landscape Monument Conservation Area, and the monument protection also existed in GDR times. Hohenhaus is a "testimony to centuries of viticulture in the Lößnitz[,...] architectural, landscape design and regional history of importance".
4. Friedenskirche
The Friedenskirche zu Radebeul, formerly Kirche zu Kötzschenbroda, is an Evangelical Lutheran church on the Anger of Altkötzschenbroda in Radebeul-West, Saxony. On 27 August 1645, the armistice of Kötzschenbroda was concluded between the Saxon Elector Johann Georg I and the Swedish general Lennart Torstensson under the host pastor Augustin Prescher in the adjoining vicarage, which ended the Thirty Years' War for Saxony. In 2012, the Saxon State Agency for Civic Education awarded the church together with the Karl Preusker Library in Großenhain as Political Places in Saxony.
5. Bismarckturm Radebeul
The Bismarck Tower in Radebeul, also known as the Bismarck Column, is one of about 145 Bismarck towers still existing in Germany in honor of Prince Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898). The Radebeul Tower was designed by Wilhelm Kreis as an individual design, built by master builder Alfred Große from Kötzschenbroda and inaugurated on 2 September 1907. It has a height of 18 meters.
6. Bilzburg
The Jägerberg is a former vineyard property in the Oberlößnitz district of Radebeul in Saxony, at Augustusweg 110, the vineyards above belong to Wahnsdorf, named after the vineyard name. In 1895, the Jägerberg became part of the Bilz Sanatorium, and Eduard Bilz also lived there privately. The property is located in the historic vineyard landscape of Radebeul and in the Lößnitz landscape conservation area, it is a "unique country estate, [...] important in terms of architectural history, art and landscape design".
7. Karl-May-Museum
The Karl May Museum is a museum in Radebeul, Germany named after the German author Karl May, containing artifacts from May's life as well as a worldwide ethnographic and art collections with emphasis on the life on the American frontier and Native American life of that era. It is located in Villa Shatterhand, May's Italian Renaissance home, and Villa Bärenfett, a log cabin built in the garden that was the founding core of the museum. The main house was opened to the public after Klara May's death.
8. Haus Steinbach
Haus Steinbach, also known as Lüttiches Haus, is a winery property in the Radebeul district of Oberlößnitz, at Bennostraße 41. The property, which has been a listed building since at least 1973, consists of an older winegrower's house along with two outbuildings and a somewhat younger country house-like villa in a park with old trees, plus a vineyard. The property is located on an old vineyard property below the Lößnitz steep slopes, immediately west of Haus Sorgenfrei. In the Dehio handbook of 1996, Haus Steinbach has its own paragraph.
9. Krapenburg
The Krapenburg is a manor house in the high mountains of the Zitzschewiger Flur in the Saxon town of Radebeul with a vineyard located in the Radebeuler Johannisberg vineyard, the Krapenberg above. Both are located within the Radebeuler Lößnitz vineyard and belong to the Radebeul Historic Vineyard Landscape Conservation Area. The address is Mittlere Bergstraße 44, on the corner of Krapenbergweg, which is named after the vineyard. Further west on Mittlere Bergstraße is the Krapenberg winegrower's house at number 44a.
10. Friedensburg
The Friedensburg in the Saxon town of Radebeul is a former mountain inn used as a residential building on the edge of the slope above Niederlößnitz, at Obere Burgstraße 6. The silhouette of the Niederlößnitz vineyards is significantly shaped by the Friedensburg, together with the water tower standing a little to the west. The Friedensburg is located in the Radebeul Historic Vineyard Landscape Conservation Area.
11. Wettinshöhe
The Wettinshöhe, in the 19th century Wettins Höhe, later also Wettinhöhe, is one of the steep-slope vineyards of the Radebeuler Johannisberg site. It is located in the Zitzschewig district of Radebeul in Saxony, at Auerweg 2/2a. On the hilltop is the listed Haus Wettinhöhe, a former mountain inn that was converted into a representative villa in the 19th century. The garden of the 24-hectare estate, which is located directly around the house, is considered a work of landscape and garden design, which is located in the Radebeul Historic Vineyard Landscape Conservation Area.
12. Altfriedstein
Altfriedstein refers to a former vineyard property and the associated listed manor house in the Niederlößnitz district of the Saxon city of Radebeul, at Prof.-Wilhelm-Ring 1. The historic winery areas are located in the Radebeuler Johannisberg vineyard. Furthermore, a street above the manor house bears the name Altfriedstein. On the vineyards of the Altfriedstein winery, which had been abandoned due to the phylloxera disaster, the Dresden architects Schilling & Graebner developed the Altfriedstein villa colony from 1899 onwards.
13. Spitzhaus
The Spitzhaus is a former summer house in the Saxon town of Radebeul. The building, which can be seen from afar, is located on the edge of the slope of the Elbe valley basin above the Hoflößnitz in the Oberlößnitz district.
14. Blechburg
The Blechburg is a ruinous, former observation tower with a viewing bastion at the northern end of the Jägerberg on Wahnsdorfer Flur in the town of Radebeul in Saxony. The ruin stands in the middle of a forest that has developed in recent decades on the edge of the slope at about 235 m above sea level above the Villa Jägerberg at Augustusweg 110, belonging to the district of Oberlößnitz. The villa at the foot of the steep slope stands at 170 m, and the road is at the height of 158 m above sea level.
15. Mäuseturm
The Mäuseturm, also known as the Bilzturm, is a now collapsed observation tower on the edge of the slope above Lössnitz Castle in Radebeul, Saxony, where it forms the border with Oberlößnitz. The vantage point – from the edge of the slope – was already completely overgrown in 2008.
16. Wasserturm Radebeul
The white Radebeul Water Tower, also known as the Franzosenturm, which can be seen from afar on the edge of the slope in Radebeul-West, is a cultural monument that characterises the cityscape with its red conical roof. The address Am Wasserturm belongs to Kötzschenbroda Oberort and is located in the Radebeul Historic Vineyard Landscape Monument Conservation Area. The water tower is the only large structure in the Radebeul-West forest park. This, in turn, belongs to the Lößnitz landscape conservation area.
17. Haus in der Sonne
The Haus in der Sonne, formerly also Friedrichsburg and Bergschlösschen, is a vineyard house built in 1770 in the Oberlößnitz district of the Saxon town of Radebeul. The country estate, which has been a listed building since 1939, is located at Weinbergstraße 44, within the Radebeul Historic Vineyard Landscape Monument Conservation Area.
18. Zechstein
The former Zechstein winery with vineyard and forest property is located on Zitzschewiger Flur in the Saxon town of Radebeul, at Barkengasse 17. Today's two-storey manor house was built in 1852 on the site of a predecessor building mentioned in 1706. The Zechstein vineyard located above belongs to the Radebeuler Johannisberg vineyard within the Radebeuler Lößnitz vineyard. The Zechstein is located in the historic vineyard landscape of Radebeul, the monument protection already existed in GDR times.
19. Spitzhaustreppe
The Spitzhaustreppe is located in the Saxon town of Radebeul. It connects the Hoflößnitz winery with the Spitzhaus or the Bismarck Tower. The climb, including the shell pavilion at the top, is a listed building. The staircase is located in the historic vineyard landscape of Radebeul and is part of the monument preservation group as well as the listed vineyard landscape of the Hoflößnitz.
20. Fountainenplatz
Fontainenplatz, the space-like expansion with the rondell in Dr.-Schmincke-Allee, is located in the Serkowitz district of the Saxon city of Radebeul. It was created by Moritz Ziller, the older brother of the two brothers Ziller, as a jewelry, with a fountain and adorned with four life -size figures from Ernst March, the four seasons, by Moritz Ziller. The name has been used again since the 2000s, but is not officially dedicated as a street address.
21. Grabmal für Karl und Klara May
The tomb for Karl and Klara May stands on the northern transverse wall of the Radebeul-Ost cemetery, one of Radebeul's two main cemeteries. The tomb, which is now listed as part of the Radebeul-Ost Cemetery as a whole, was already a listed building in GDR times as the Karl May Crypt, even before the entire cemetery was added to the Radebeul list of monuments in 1979.
22. Stadtgalerie Radebeul
The Kulturschmiede, a converted three-sided farm at the address Altkötzschenbroda 21, is located on the north side of the Angers Altkötzschenbroda in the Kötzschenbroda district of the Saxon town of Radebeul. The buildings, which were renovated at the beginning of the 19th century, are home to the municipal office for culture and tourism, in particular the art and culture promotion with the Radebeul City Gallery and the municipal art collection as well as the Kötzschenbroda local history room. Since there had been a blacksmith's shop in the main building since the end of the 19th century, the building was given the name Kulturschmiede and the restaurant that was also located there was called Die Schmiede.
23. Kirche Christus König
The Church of Christ the King is located at Borstraße 11 in the Niederlößnitz district of the Saxon town of Radebeul. The Catholic church is an extraordinary building with an equilateral, triangular floor plan and glass walls. The church, designed by the architects Günter Behnisch and Gerald Staib, was consecrated on 25 November 2001.
24. Charlotte Freund
The list of stumbling stones in Radebeul contains all stumbling stones that were laid in the Saxon town of Radebeul as part of the art project of the same name by Gunter Demnig. Currently, there are stumbling stones in front of the Wettin House, Moritzburger Straße 1 in the Kötzschenbroda district, in front of the building of the Landesbühnen Sachsen and at Augustusweg 1. Ten stumbling stones in Radebeul now commemorate the victims of National Socialism. The stumbling stones handed over in the Villa Wach are to be laid after completion of the construction work.
25. Weiberstein
The Weiberstein is a memorial stone for two farmer's wives in Radebeul. The monument, which is a listed building, is located on Kötzschenbrodaer Straße between the present-day districts of Kötzschenbroda and Serkowitz, just outside the Serkowitz village centre.
26. Historische Weinberglandschaft Radebeul
The historic vineyard landscape of Radebeul is a monument protection area according to § 21 of the Saxon Monument Protection Act. It is part of the Saxon town of Radebeul and is therefore located in the Elbe landscape of Lößnitz. The cultural landscape, which stretches along the Radebeul steep slopes, largely overlaps with the Radebeuler Lößnitz vineyard as well as with the Lößnitz landscape conservation area.
27. Heimkehrerstein
The Heimkehrerstein is a memorial stone in Radebeul of three veterans of the Franco-German War of 1870/71. It is located in the Seewiesen at the entrance to Alt-Radebeul, coming from Dresden-Kaditz, on Kaditzer Straße.
28. Birkenhof
The Birkenhof, a villa estate on a former vineyard property in the Oberlößnitz, is located at Spitzhausstraße 28 in the Saxon town of Radebeul, separated from the Spitzhaus only by a bend in the road. The building, which was built in 1910, and the property were extensively redesigned in the 1920s by the Chemnitz architect and building councillor Friedrich Wagner-Poltrock.
29. Mätressenschlösschen
Neufriedstein is a former, now listed vineyard property with a manor house and a mountain house (mistress castle) at the address Neufriedstein in the Niederlößnitz district of the Saxon town of Radebeul, within today's Radebeuler Johannisberg vineyard in the middle of the Radebeul Historic Vineyard Landscape Monument Conservation Area.
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