Schloßbergmuseum & Schloßkirche
Schloßbergmuseum
A former Benedictine monastery converted into the city history museum, next to a Gothic palace church and the Schlossteich pond.
The museum building dates from a 12th-century Benedictine monastery and was later used as an electors' palace. It displays the history of Chemnitz and medieval sculpture. The neighboring Palace Church has a wood carving, The Flagellation of Christ, by Hans Witten, along with an ornate Gothic north portal. Below the hill, the Schlossteich is a park where city residents walk and go boating, and it hosts open-air concerts in summer. Adult admission to the museum is about 6 euros, and the museum is closed Mondays. It is about a 15-minute walk from the city center.
Opening hours
Tue–Sun 11:00–18:00
Nearby sights
- Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz – Museum am Theaterplatz
- Karl Marx Monument
- Roter Turm
- Markt, Old & New Town Hall
- Kaßberg & Kaßberg Prison Memorial
- smac – State Museum of Archaeology Chemnitz
- Petrified Forest & Museum of Natural History
- Museum Gunzenhauser