Discover Oberlungwitz

Oberlungwitz stretches for about seven kilometres along the upper reaches of the Lungwitzbach stream. The town offers several points of interest to help you plan your trip: motorsport at the Sachsenring, nature topics along the Lungscher nature trail, and architectural and local history. If you are looking for a hotel for a stay in Oberlungwitz, these topics can help you decide what to focus on during your visit.

Nature along the Lungscher nature trail

The Lungscher nature trail starts at Henny Pond and leads directly into the Hirschgrund landscape conservation area. Information boards explain environmental and nature conservation. When planning your visit, you can distinguish between three specific points of reference: the start at Henny Pond, the destination in Hirschgrund, and the nature topics along the trail.

The nature trail appeals to a different interest from the town’s motorsport-related attractions: its focus is on raising awareness of environmental and nature conservation. Visitors who want to get to know Oberlungwitz through more than its buildings or motorsport history will find another way to explore the town in this combination of trail and information boards.

Sachsenring and motorsport history

At the Sachsenring in Oberlungwitz, visitors can take part in safety or sport driving programmes for cars and motorcycles. The offerings include drift training, track training and motorcycle cornering courses, as well as racetaxi rides, formula car and touring car drives, sidecar taxi rides and indoor karting. The different formats show that the Sachsenring is associated not only with motorcycle races, but also with a range of driving and passenger experiences.

The Sachsenring took on its current form after the old street circuit closed. It was shut down in 1990; the new centre was built between Hohenstein-Ernstthal and Oberlungwitz. Motorcycle World Championship races returned two years after the new centre was built. This sequence puts the more recent racing history into context: the closure of the old circuit was followed by a new venue, before international motorcycle racing returned there.

Churches and architectural history

The Abbey Church was built from 1746 to 1748 and consecrated in 1749. It is designed in the style of an old village church and has two galleries. Inside is a small two-manual Kreuzbach organ with mechanical cone chests. The Baroque pulpit is also notable: it depicts Moses holding the tablets of the Ten Commandments. Two old bells from the Abbey Church are now in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg.

St. Martin’s preserves a section of a medieval tower. The church was remodelled in 1804. Its other distinctive features include a 45-metre-high tower offering views across Oberlungwitz, the surrounding area and the Ore Mountains, as well as a large three-manual Jehmlich organ. The Abbey Church and St. Martin’s thus represent different architectural and interior details: galleries, a pulpit and a Kreuzbach organ are among the features that define one church, while the medieval tower section, the 1804 remodelling and the Jehmlich organ distinguish the other.

Traces of the town’s earlier life

Historic three-sided and four-sided farmsteads have been preserved in Oberlungwitz, recalling its past as a farming village. The names of these farm complexes refer to the number of sides enclosed by buildings. Together with the churches, the farmsteads tell the story of a town whose history can be read not only through individual dates, but also through its surviving architectural forms.

The Lungscher Stadtgeflüster project adds to this perspective with information boards at important buildings and places where parts of Oberlungwitz’s history have disappeared. The hosiery-knitting tradition is another trace of the town’s history: it is associated with the year 1731, when Samuel Uhlig acquired the town’s first stocking-knitting frame.

Transport also shaped Oberlungwitz’s history. The historic post station stood on the old Franconian postal route from Chemnitz via Oberlungwitz to Lichtenstein. The surviving Royal Saxon post mileage column is associated with this route. It now stands in the newly redesigned forecourt next to the Zur Post inn. Another historic through road ran from Hof via Zwickau to Chemnitz and was marked by heavy traffic and frequent troop movements.

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