Chemnitz-Kaßberg

Geschichte

Kaßberg is the most densely populated neighborhood within the German city of Chemnitz (the third largest city in the state of Saxony) and belongs to the largest Gründerzeit and Art Nouveau neighborhoods in Germany. It is near the Chemnitz River and is to the west of the Chemnitz City Centre. Its highest point is about 30 meters above the level of the City Centre.HistoryUntil the middle of the 19th century, Katzberg, as it was then called, had only been settled around its edges. But vaulted cellars for storing the beer, which had been brewed in Chemnitz, had already been dug into the cliffs already at the start of the 16th century. In the course of the centuries, a highly complex network of cellar entrances came about, some of which can still be viewed in guided tours.It was only in 1855 that teacher Johann Friedrich Stahlknecht, of Chemnitz, built the first house on Kaßberg