Old Freiberg to Teplitz Post Road

The Old Freiburg to Teplitz Post Road (German: Alte Freiberg-Teplitzer Poststraße) is one of the passes over the Ore Mountains and was a major transport link from the mining town of Freiberg (Saxony) over the crest of the Eastern Ore Mountains to the North Bohemian spa resort of Teplitz, now Teplice.

Border crossing at Neurehefeld on the Old Post Road

Literature

Balder Preuß/Jörg Brückner: Zum Verlauf der kursächsischen Poststraße von Freiberg nach Teplitz. In: Mitteilungen des Freiberger Altertumsvereins, 78. Heft, Freiberg in Sachsen, 1997, p. 32-43.
Balder Preuß/Jörg Brückner: Wie verlief die kursächsische Poststraße von Freiberg nach Teplitz? In: Erzgeb. Heimatblätter 19 (1997), H. 3, p. 5-9.
Balder Preuß/Jörg Brückner: Spurensuche: Die alte Poststraße zwischen Freiberg und Teplitz. In: Jahrbuch der Region Freiberg 1998, p. 174 ff.

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