Lossatal

Since January 2012, seventeen villages have formed the municipality of Lossatal. The region is rich in cultural and historical sights, many small castles, manor houses, churches and mills. They reflect a long and interesting history.

Two Bronze Age burial mounds near Frauwalde are evidence of early settlement in the area. The State Office for Archaeology in Dresden dates them to the period between 1.400 and 900 BC. In the permanent exhibition of the Museum of Prehistory and Early History, visitors are shown finds from the Neolithic period, the Bronze Age, the Iron Age, the Sorbian settlement period and the German re-settlement period. Saxon geologists developed their theory of Pleistocene inland glaciation from the glacial polishes discovered on the Kleiner Berg.

From the 3rd century BC to the end of the Middle Ages, five castles were built one after the other on the land of Hohburg. The La Tène period rampart on the Burzelberg is one of the oldest stone structures in Saxony. Of the former fortifications, only the "Redschin" is still clearly visible as an earth mound.

The documented tradition of place names begins in the 12th century. Farms and manor houses gave the places their character. With the stone mining from the middle of the 19th century, workers' houses were added. In order to preserve the last evidence of the traditional quarrying operation, work began in 1980 on building a small special museum on the north-west Saxon natural stone industry, the Museum Steinarbeiterhaus Hohburg. Today it is also used as a geoportal for the Porphyrland Geopark.

When hiking through the Hohburg Mountains, which used to be a very popular winter sports area, you can enjoy wide views from the ski meadow, the Kirschberg or the south side of the Galgenberg. Families enjoy a leisurely stroll through the Dornreichenbach animal enclosure in what was once the castle park. Here, they are committed to preserving native and partly endangered animal species and are proud of the largest meerkat enclosure in Saxony. 

Traditional village, harvest and fishing festivals bring customs and traditional crafts to life. The fairytale performances of the Dornreichenbach natural stage delight spectators of all ages.