Grimma

Grimma is a large county town in the state of Saxony in Germany.

Understand

Grimma is situated in the state of Saxony about 25 km southeast of the city of Leipzig and some 16 km south of Wurzen in the Muldental valley. Although it only has a population of around 28,000, it is the fourth largest town in Saxony by area.

Get in

By train

• 1 Grimma Oberer Bahnhof. Just over half an hour by regional express train from Leipzig. Trains run every hour. 

By horseless carriage

Grimma has an exit on the A14 motorway (Leipzig–Dresden).

See

Grimma town hall

• 1 Rathaus Grimma, Markt. Renaissance style town hall dating from 1442 (updated Feb 2016)

Gymnasium St. Augustin, Pöppelmann bridge, court building by the Mulde river

• 2 Gymnasium St. Augustin, Klosterstraße 1. School founded in 1550 attached to the Klosterkirche St. Augustin (updated Feb 2016)
• 3 Nimbschen abbey (3 km south of the town core). Ruins of a medieval Cistercian convent. Its most famous nun was Katharina von Bora who, together with eight of her sisters, fled from the place in 1523 and later married the Protestant reformer Martin Luther. (updated Mar 2019)
• 4 Pöppelmannbrücke. Baroque stone bridge across the Mulde river, built in 1719, designed by Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, court architect to Augustus the Strong. (updated Mar 2019)
• 5 Mutzschen castle (14 km east of the town core). (updated Mar 2019)

Do

• 1 Geopark Porphyrland (Leipziger Str. 17a), ☏ +49 3437 707361.  

Eat

• Glashaus Pizzeria, Bahnhofstraße 5, 04668, ☏ +49 3437 7083167. Pizza restaurant. (updated Jan 2016)
• King-pizza-service, Nikolai-Platz 11, 04668, ☏ +49 3437 948014. Pizza restaurant. (updated Jan 2016)
• 1 Ratskeller Grimma, Markt 27. (updated Feb 2016)

Sleep

• 1 Romantisches Hotel Schloss Gattersburg, Colditzer Str. 3,. 

Go next

• Colditz (15 km south; half hour by bus 619) – the 1000-year old castle was used as a prisoners-of-war camp during World War II.
• Wurzen (18 km north; half hour by bus 693)
• 6 Hubertusburg (22 km northeast; 40 min by bus 630) – Baroque hunting château in Wermsdorf
• Borna (23 km southwest)
• Rochlitz (25 km south) – medieval castle
• Leipzig (30 km northwest; half hour by train)
• Döbeln (40 km southeast; 35 min by train) – beautiful renovated old town core
• Riesa (50 km east)