erzgebirge, DE-CZ

erzgebirge (ore mountains, krusne hory) in saxony, sachsen, DE-SN => we lived in the hotel altes zollhaus in neuhermsdorf (aka hermsdorf / erzgebirge). it used to be a toll house between saxony and bohemia when established in 1343, you know? 

i've enjoyed 1 week of mobile work + yoga + arts exhibition in out hotel + walking around in the forest + the visit of the frauenstein castle ruins. it was also nice to speak slovak to the many czech employees at reception & restaurant, to enjoy the good food @ 'our' altes zollhaus and to visit old friends from munich in komotau, CZ. of course, we tanked also the cheap & tasty beer 'gambrinus' + cheap gas behind the border in the czech republic 🍺🚗😉

what else? the snow fell in the 1st night and lasted for 1.5 days, so we could walk in white surroundings for the last time this winter season and find a former railway road, the ski jumping hill (sprungschanze) zollhausschanze and of course also the small unremarkable hirschbach (polterbach) creek, which marks the border between germany and czech republic. 

erzgebirge = ore mountains

hirschbach creek, germany & czech republic.

can you tell the difference? CZ + DE😁

swimming in winter? nice ⛄

hotel altes zollhaus in neuhermsdorf

arts to sell in our hotel altes zollhaus

driving sleet (schneeregen) at night

our hotel in the morning

CZ

a former railway road

ski jumping hill (sprungschanze) zollhausschanze 

neuhermsdorf, saxony, DE

neuhermsdorf, sachsen, SN

frauenstein, saxony, DE-SN

church from 1507, frauenstein, saxony, DE

frauenstein, erzgebirge

frauenstein castle, 12th century (wikipedia says built abt year 1200)

zeisigstein

frauenstein castle ruins

frauenstein

break for lunch in schlosstube allershausen, bavaria

break for lunch in schlosstube allershausen, bavaria

stop-over in wachendorf, part of cadolzburg, bavaria

more pictures here.

even more erzgebirge? what about its mining cities freiberg 2022 + schwarzenberg 2021 + komotau 2018?