Seiffen/Erzgeb. combines a distinctive toy-making and folk art tradition with notable places and landscapes in the surrounding area and further afield. Anyone wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Seiffen/Erzgeb. can then continue their accommodation search.
Culture
The Ore Mountains Toy Museum presents Seiffen’s toy-making and folk art traditions across three floors and includes a large five-story pyramid. The Toy Museum is closed until mid-September; the open-air museum is recommended as an alternative.
The open-air museum in Seiffen reconstructs historic workshops and houses. It also demonstrates Reifendrehen, a traditional technique for making small wooden figures. Visitors can also work with wood themselves.
Purschenstein is located near Seiffen/Erzgeb. The surrounding area also includes Claußnitz, Kirche, Kamenný vrch, Lesenská pláň, Medvědà Skála, and Dürreberg. Further afield in the region around Seiffen/Erzgeb. are Osek Monastery and the Osterzgebirge Wildlife Park.
Regional Traditions
A regional culinary tradition of the Ore Mountains associated with Seiffen is Neinerlaa or Neunerlei. It is a Christmas meal consisting of nine significant dishes.
Other destinations in the same broader area include Scheibenberg, Jöhstadt, Schönheide, Pockau, Amtsberg, Borstendorf, and Neukirchen/Erzgebirge.
