racetrack
Sachsenring
A uniquely anti-clockwise circuit in Saxony with dramatic elevation changes, famous as a left-turn-dominant MotoGP venue.
18 km · about 20 min drive
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Chemnitz
Saxony, Germany · Europe
About Chemnitz
Chemnitz is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Wittgensdorf, 53km from Albrechtsburg Meissen.
Chemnitz is in Saxony, Germany, with about 250,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Wittgensdorf, about 7 km away.
Chemnitz, known as Karl-Marx-Stadt from 1953 to 1990, is the third-largest city in the German state of Saxony after Leipzig and Dresden, and the fourth-largest city in the area of the former East Germany after (East) Berlin, Leipzig, and Dresden.
The city lies in the middle of a string of cities sitting in the denselyRead more
populated northern foreland of the Elster and Ore Mountains, stretching from Plauen in the southwest via Zwickau, Chemnitz and Freiberg to Dresden in the northeast, and is part of the Central German Metropolitan Region. Located in the Ore Mountain Basin, the city is surrounded by the Ore Mountains to the south and the Central Saxon Hill Country to the north. The city stands on the Chemnitz River, which is formed through the confluence of the rivers Zwönitz and Würschnitz in the borough of Altchemnitz.
The name of the city as well as the names of the rivers are of Slavic origin. Chemnitz is the third-largest city in the Thuringian-Upper Saxon dialect area after Leipzig and Dresden. The city's economy is based on the service sector and manufacturing industry. Chemnitz University of Technology has around 10,000 students.
Chemnitz is known for its many industrial age buildings and monuments, and was the European Capital of Culture of 2025.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Chemnitz?
Within an hour or so of Chemnitz: Sachsenring (18 km), August Horch Museum (33 km), Albrechtsburg Meissen (53 km), Autodrom Most (59 km).
Are there any good drives near Chemnitz?
The nearest famous roads are Schleizer Dreieck.
Where is Chemnitz?
Chemnitz is in Saxony, Germany, about 7 km from Wittgensdorf.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 247,220
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- Saxony
- Timezone
- Europe/Berlin
- Coordinates
- 50.8357, 12.9292
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in Germany
ADAC roadside assistance: +49 89 22 22 22. No general speed limit on some autobahn sections but advisory 130 km/h.
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Worth the detour from Chemnitz
4 notable places within an hour's drive.
museum
August Horch Museum
Museum in the birthplace of Audi tracing Saxon automobile history from Horch and DKW through Trabant and modern Volkswagen.
33 km · about 40 min drive
castle
Albrechtsburg Meissen
Germany's oldest castle-palace towering over the Elbe at Meissen, birthplace of European porcelain.
53 km · about 60 min drive
racetrack
Autodrom Most
A Czech circuit built on land cleared by open-cast lignite mining, giving it a strange lunar setting and a fast, flowing 4.2km layout used for touring cars and track days.
59 km · about 70 min drive
Driving in Germany
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.78/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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