Day 1: Stopover in Dresden
Visit the Brühlsche Garten on Brühl's Terrace. Here you will find a monument in honor of Caspar David Friedrich. Right next to it is the Academy of Art, where the painter taught for several years as an associate professor. We recommend a visit to the Albertinum.
Day 2: Hike from Wehlen to the Uttewalder Felsentor and the Bastei
The famous Bastei Bridge is located not far from Uttewalder Grund. With its particularly impressive landscape, the Bastei area has always provided a wealth of motifs for artists. Caspar David Friedrich also immortalized it in some of his works. Threatening, mysterious and both terrifying and attractive: this is how Friedrich often depicted Saxon Switzerland in his paintings.
Day 3: Hiking above the sea of fog
Caspar David Friedrich found refuge from the Napoleonic troops in Krippen. On the way with his sketchbook, he came to rest in this area and made many drawings and sketches. The approximately 15 km long Caspar David Friedrich hiking trail leads from Schmilka to his place of inspiration for the sketch "Felsige Kuppe", the imperial crown. It was the perfect template for his famous painting "Wanderer above the Sea of Fog".
Day 4: Romantic hike into the Polenztal valley
Caspar David Friedrich set off on his hike into the Polenztal in 1800. We know the year so precisely because his drawings of the sandstone formations in the region are dated July 7, 1800. His hike The path led him on to Hohnstein Castle, where he drew the "Ruin in the Schinderloch". You can still see this breach in the wall today. Hohnstein Castle itself is also worth a visit.
Day 5 Departure
Today it's time to say goodbye. The traces of Caspar David Friedrich now lead you back to Dresden, where the painter created his main works, which are now considered worldwide testimonies to German Romanticism. Come back and follow in his footsteps in Dresden and its romantic surroundings and in the Zittau Mountains.
