Hochkirch: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Anyone wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Hochkirch can then continue searching for accommodation. The local history museum is housed in a restored half-timbered building and displays historical everyday objects, documents, and changing exhibitions. The museum barn also features a diorama of the Battle of Hochkirch of 1758; guided tours for groups can be arranged in advance.

Hiking

Tour 1, “Hochkirch–Czorneboh–Back,” is a 14-kilometre day tour that starts and ends in Hochkirch. The Siebenbrückenweg trail passes through the “Siebenbrücken” railway viaduct in Pommritz.

Tour 5, “Drei Schanzen–Breitendorf,” uses a regional train to Pommritz and returns from Breitendorf on the Bautzen–Görlitz railway line. Tour 2, “Pommritz–Waditz–Steindörfel–Pommritz,” starts and ends at Pommritz railway station. On Tour 4, the Drei Schanzen Tour, there are audio stations at points of interest along the route.

The Hochkirch hiking map contains layers for sights, places to stop for refreshments and rest, parking lots, and public transport. Hiking tours in the Hochkirch area are listed with GPS data; GPX files are available for the tours.

Culture

After the Reformation, Hochkirch developed into a centre of the Protestant Sorbs. A pastor in Hochkirch was one of the translators of the Bible into Sorbian. The first Sorbian superintendency was based in Hochkirch.

The historic church ensemble includes a Protestant church with a Baroque tower, a 13th-century baptismal font, a church door with bullet holes, a monument to Jacob von Keith, two obelisks in the churchyard, a hand-forged tower clock mechanism from 1751, and the Lehnsche crypt from the 17th century.

Niethen rampart is described as one of the best-preserved and most imposing fortifications in Upper Lusatia.

Every January, the concert and ballroom hosts a Bird Wedding programme by the Sorbian National Ensemble.

Cycling Route

The eastern route of the Saxon Towns Route runs through Hochkirch between Nostitz and Niederkaina.

Other places: Malschwitz, Pulsnitz, Hoyerswerda, Räckelwitz, Lauta, Königswartha, Arnsdorf, Bautzen.

To the main travel overview: Bautzen District.