28. Heizhausfest im Betriebswerk Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf
Freitag 23.08. bis Sonntag 25.08.2019
Sächsisches Eisenbahnmuseum Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf
Saxon Railway Museum
The industrial revolution formed an important part of Saxony’s history.
Chemnitz was known for textile products and industrial machines, which gave birth to a large network of railway lines. T
o keep the legacy of the railways in Saxony, the “Saxon Railway Museum” (Sächsisches Eisenbahnmuseum) was founded in 1991.
By now, more than 40 locomotives for the standard gauge of 1435 mm and many small exhibitions are shown.
Two roundhouses and a wide outdoor area give profound insight into the history of our country.
The 28th Heizhausfest
The “Heizhausfest” has a long tradition. Since 1991, it has been organized every year by our museum.
Today it is one of the most famous railway festivals in eastern Germany and takes place every August.
The name “Heizhausfest” refers to the two roundhouses that contain a great part of our museum exhibits.
In Germany, these buildings are called “Heizhaus” and “Fest” is the German word for “event”.
Every year, we organize an extensive supporting programme.
Besides our locomotive exhibition, you can watch a large parade (Saturday and Sunday) of all operational locomotives.
Visitors who are more interested in technology, can enter a driver’s cab for a little trip.
Each year, we present many operational steam locomotives, which come from various parts of Germany.
With our historic museum train, composed of coaches built between 1960 and 1980 and a steam locomotive,
we arrange for special tours to towns near Chemnitz (Saturday and Sunday)
as well as roundtrips in Saxony (“Heizhausexpress”) during our festival.
But back to the museum.
Not far from the main area you can visit an old signal tower,
which had been working at one of the biggest freight depots of the German Democratic Republic till the 1990s.
Apart from the standard gauge, we exhibit narrow gauge trains called “Field Railway”.
More than 30 locomotives and an adjusted sand pit show how work was done thirty years ago.
Join us for a onekilometre trip on our field railway course and enjoy the old diesel locomotives.
We are looking forward to welcome you at the 28th Heizhausfest from 23 to 25 August, 2019!
Sonderzug ab Berlin Schöneweide nach Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf:
Dampflokbespannter historischer Schnellzug mit Speisenwagen / Steam locomotive-covered historical express train with food wagon.
Samstag 24. August / Saturday 24th August: Berlin macht Dampf
Fotosammlung SEM Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf