Stadt Wilkau-Haßlau© Stadtverwaltung Wilkau-Haßlau
Wilkau-Haßlau Christmas market
This weekend the Christmas market takes place in Wilkau-Haßlau town centre, with numerous stalls and attractions for the whole family. Well worth a…
Stadt Wilkau-Haßlau© Christian Gerber
Stadt Wilkau-Haßlau© Stadtverwaltung Wilkau-Haßlau
Stadt Wilkau-Haßlau© Holger Drosdeck
Stadt Wilkau-Haßlau© Rainer Heinrich
Town of Wilkau-Haßlau
- Stadt Wilkau-Haßlau
© Stadtverwaltung Wilkau-Haßlau
The first Saxon narrow-gauge railway started in Wilkau in October 1881 - the line to Kirchberg (Sachs), which reached Carlsfeld after three extensions in 1897, completing the ‘WCd line’. In June 1973, the Deutsche Reichsbahn closed the narrow-gauge railway from Wilkau-Haßlau (and the remaining sections until 1977).
50 years later, the town council inaugurated a newly constructed track in front of the Wilkau-Haßlau station reception building as a memorial in June 2023. Every two years, a guest vehicle is to be seen on it, including in 2025. A permanent exhibition on this railway will open in the station building in the second half of 2025.
The town of Wilkau-Haßlau, Zwickau's south-eastern neighbour, is located at the foot of the Westerzgebirge mountains and is often referred to as the ‘gateway to the Ore Mountains’. On the way from Zwickau city centre to Cainsdorf, you can see the Mulde valley, in which the town of Wilkau-Haßlau is located, from the ‘Zwickauer Kessel’ all the way up to the Ore Mountains. From Rosenthal, you also have a wonderful view of the Wilkau district and can see the ridges of the Ore Mountains on a clear day. On the ascent to Lutherhöhe, which begins at the entrance to Vielau, you can enjoy a wonderful view of the town of Wilkau-Haßlau from the east.
The bastion in the Haara district invites you to linger; you can also relax on benches by the Kraußenteich pond. If you walk past the Schützenhaus towards the district of Culitzsch, you soon reach the start of the Plotzschgrund, where a nature reserve begins. The Plotzschgrund with its Jägerbrünnel and frog pond is also a worthwhile excursion destination.
The Culitzsch vintage car museum with its historic vehicles awaits fans of historic means of transport in Wilkau-Haßlau.
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- Chemnitz Fair , Chemnitz
- Chemnitz Park Railway , Chemnitz
- Station 59: Chemnitz Park Railway , Chemnitz
- Chemnitz Tramway Museum , Chemnitz
- Station 60: Chemnitz Tramway Museum , Chemnitz
- Commune of Muldenhammer , Muldenhammer
- Commune of Steinberg , Steinberg, OT Rothenkirchen
- Eisenbahnfreunde Chemnitztal e.V. (Association of railway enthusiasts in the Chemnitztal valley) , Claußnitz/OT Markersdorf
- Eisenbahnnostalgie Vogtland (Railway nostalgia) , Irfersgrün
- Erzbahn in Schönborn-Dreiwerden , Rossau OT Schönborn-Dreiwerden
- Erzgebirgsbahn – DB RegioNetz GmbH railway company , Chemnitz
- FHWE support association , Schönheide
- Friends of Steam Locomotives 58 3047 Glauchau , Glauchau
- Förderverein Wisentatalbahn e.V. (Railway association) , Pausa-Mühltroff OT Mühltroff
- Station 86: Göltzschtal Railway Bridge, Netzschkau , Netzschkau
- Holiday home Hammerbrücke Station , Muldenhammer/ OT Hammerbrücke
- IntEgro Verkehr GmbH , Zwickau
- Kuhbergbaude restaurant, Netzschkau , Netschkau/OT Brockau
- LOK HOTEL V180, Wiesenburg (locomotive hotel) , Wildenfels
- Station 55: Museum Railway Station, Markersdorf-Taura , Claußnitz
- Station 84: Niedermülsen Stop , Mülsen OT Niedermülsen
- Station 83: Oberheinsdorf Station , Heinsdorfergrund
- Obervogtländische Eisenbahn (railway association) , Schöneck (Vogtl) OT Gunzen
- Park Railway and Syratal leisure area in Plauen , Plauen
- Railway tradition in Zwickau , Zwickau
- Rauschenthalbahn e.V. Waldheim , Waldheim
- Rochlitzer Muldental / Rochlitz Mulde Valley , Rochlitz
- Station 81: Rothenkirchen Station , Steinberg
- Station 61: Saxon Industrial Museum in Chemnitz , Chemnitz
- Schauplatz Eisenbahn Chemnitz , Chemnitz
- Station 57: Schauplatz Eisenbahn: Saxon Railway Museum, Chemnitz , Chemnitz
- Station 58: Schauplatz Eisenbahn: Technical Museum (featuring a ropeand- pulley shunting system), Chemnitz , Chemnitz
- Station 88: Schönberg (Vogtland) Station/Wisentatal Railway , Pausa-Mühltroff OT Mühltroff
- Station 87: Syratal Park Railway, Plauen , Plauen/Vogtland
- Sächsisches Eisenbahnmuseum e.V. Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf (Saxon railway museum in Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf) , Chemnitz
- Sächsisches Industriemuseum (Saxon Museum of Industry special purpose association) , Chemnitz
- Tourismusverband Chemnitz Zwickau Region e.V. (tourism association) , Chemnitz
- Tourismusverband Vogtland e.V. (tourism association), Auerbach , Auerbach
- Town of Wilkau-Haßlau , Wilkau-Haßlau
- Traditionsverein „Rollbockbahn“ e.V. Heinsdorfergrund – traditional railway association in Heinsdorfergrund , 08468
- Verkehrsverbund Mittelsachsen , Chemnitz
- Vogtland Railway Association in Adorf , Adorf
- Zweckverband ÖPNV Vogtland (special purpose association for the Vogtland local public transport) , Auerbach/Vogtland
- Zwickau Bridge Mountain Coal Railway , Zwickau
- “Schienentrabi” Railway Vehicle Rides through Muldental Valley , Wechselburg
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