To the Highest town in Germany.
A fter some hearty German food, a few refreshing beers and a good night’s sleep, we were back out in the morning for another adventure. Two of the lines, the Fichtelbergbahn and the Weißeritztalbahn are a good distance from the city so we chose to visit those in our middle two days in Dresden. The first to visit was the Fichtelbergbahn. We caught an eastbound regional train from Dresden Neustadt towards the city of Chemnitz. After about an hour just before Chemnitz was reached, we alighted at Flöha to change on to the branchline train to Cranzahl, another hour away and just north of the border with Chechia. Approaching around a tight curve above the town, Cranzahl station is reached. A quiet country junction between the standard and narrow gauge with a cross platform connection. There was a one minute booked connection and as we arrived, the narrow gauge service onwards to Oberwiesenthal, the highest town in Germany was waiting. Despite the tight connection, I only got mild...
