B 🇨🇿🇩🇪 | Ehrenfriedersdorf

From Boží Dar, we will first head to the famous mining town of Annaberg-Buchholz, which will welcome us with its ancient charm, charming streets, and fascinating stories from its mining heritage. During a guided tour, you will discover beautiful town houses, hidden corners, and interesting sights of the old town. In the Church of Our Lady, you will be captivated by the intricately carved, almost life-size figures. We will then visit the imposing St. Anne's Church, visible from afar, and be carried away by the grandeur and magnificent details of one of Saxony's most important hall churches.

We then head north to the tin mine in Ehrenfriedersdorf. We will start with lunch at the Saubergklause restaurant. This will be followed by a short underground tour of the mine, which will offer a detailed look at tin and silver mining in the Ore Mountains from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. The mine shaft descends approximately 100 meters below ground, where we will see the original, still-functioning equipment and get a taste of the miners' working conditions.

We will continue to the Czech town of Měděnec, which is famous for the Mědník hill towering directly above the village. It offers a magnificent view of the Ohře (Eger) river valley and, most importantly, it is almost completely hollow. There are two tunnels in Mědník – Panny Marie Pomocné (which we will visit) and Země zaslíbená. These are medieval mines, now part of UNESCO's cultural heritage.

Our final stop is the town of Kovářská, where we will visit the Museum of the Air Battle over the Ore Mountains. There, we will learn about the course of the largest aerial battle of World War II on the territory of what is now the Czech Republic. The bus will then take us back.