3 mines · down to 65 m · 2 suitable for an intro team
Mine diving in Saxony
- Mines3
- Max depth65 m
- Water temperature~8 °C
- Dive centres3
Diving and fills
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Fills nearby
- Fill stationTauchsportcenter Sachsenluft (Chemnitz)Air (per 200bar.de); nitrox, trimix and O₂: askRoute ↗
- Fill stationFüllstation ChemnitzAir to 300 bar, oxygen and helium (per dark-team.de) — askRoute ↗
- Fill stationTauchtreff DresdenAir to 300 bar; nitrox and trimix mostly during opening hours, on Saturdays by appointment and on Miltitz days often from ~16:00 tooRoute ↗
Why come here
Saxony is about old mines: the Miltitz lime mine near Meissen with large pillared halls and traces of centuries of mining, the Felsendome Rabenstein in Chemnitz and the galleries below the Crottendorf quarry lake in the Ore Mountains. You dive all three only through their operator or club, after registering in advance. The water is about 8 °C all year, so you need a drysuit with good undergarments. Miltitz reaches about -65 m and opens only on set weekends from September through April; without a cave certification it is a guided trial dive only, and Crottendorf is for full cave divers. Chemnitz is central, with Rabenstein about 15 minutes away and Miltitz and Crottendorf about an hour each.
Don't miss
- Altes Kalkbergwerk Miltitz: large pillared halls with fixed lines, where you pass stairs, ladders, timber props, mine carts, an old bicycle and wartime concrete foundations.
- Felsendome Rabenstein: ventilation shafts, cavities with rock crystal and two long, dead-straight galleries, in water where one report says your light is the limit.
- Marmorbruch Crottendorf: a former marble and limestone quarry in the middle of the forest at about 776 m altitude, with chambers up to 10 m high below the lake.
On a rest day
- Felsendome Rabenstein visitor mine: Walk a trail of about 700 m through the dry upper levels of the mine whose lower levels you dive.
- Albrechtsburg, Meissen: The Late Gothic castle on a hill above the Elbe, where production of Meissen porcelain began in 1710.
- Bastei: These sandstone rocks in Saxon Switzerland National Park rise 194 m above the Elbe, linked by the stone Bastei Bridge of 1851.
All 3 mines
| Site | Max depth | Type | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altes Kalkbergwerk MiltitzEntry or dive feeBackmount · Cavern | 65 m | Backmount | Cavern |
| Felsendome RabensteinBackmount · Cavern | 18 m | Backmount | Cavern |
| Marmorbruch CrottendorfPermission neededBackmount · Full cave | 24 m | Backmount | Full cave |
Certification requirements, configurations and trimix depths are estimates for planning. Always check them locally and dive within your training.
Map
Dive centres and fill stations
3 dive centres, fill stations and instructors
Dive centre
Tauchsportcenter Sachsenluft (Chemnitz)
Augustusburger Straße 31–33, 09111 Chemnitz
- Air
- Cavern, Full cave
- Felsendome Rabenstein
Fill station
Füllstation Chemnitz
Schulstraße 11, 09125 Chemnitz
- Air to 300 bar, oxygen and helium — ask
Dive centre
Tauchtreff Dresden
Dornblüthstraße 19, 01277 Dresden
- Air to 300 bar
- Full cave
- Altes Kalkbergwerk Miltitz
- Dive equipment
Order: partners first, clearly marked as partner; then dive centres by distance from Chemnitz and independent instructors by name. Not a recommendation: check what they offer yourself.
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Find a place near Chemnitz, Meißen, Dresden, Annaberg-Buchholz, Crottendorf
Villages that work well as a base for the caves in this region. Find a place for your team:
- ChemnitzBooking.com ↗
- MeißenBooking.com ↗
- DresdenBooking.com ↗
- Annaberg-BuchholzBooking.com ↗
- CrottendorfBooking.com ↗
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Practical info: rules, fills and emergency numbers
Emergencies
- 112. Hyperbaric chambers per the GTÜM lists (2025): 24 h emergency centres Universitätsklinikum Halle (Saale), Ernst-Grube-Str. 40, 06120 Halle, +49 345 557 4350 (~1.5 h from Chemnitz or Meißen) and Vivantes Klinikum Friedrichshain, Landsberger Allee 49, 10249 Berlin, +49 30 130 231 502; 24 h readiness: Caritas-Krankenhaus St. Josef, Landshuter Str. 65, 93053 Regensburg, +49 941 782 3610; limited service (weekdays, daytime): Oxytrans Baromedizinisches Zentrum Hof, Pirk 20 A, +49 9292 91081. Always call ahead. DAN Europe +39 06 4211 5685.
Access and rules
- Access: you dive these three mines only through their operator or club. Miltitz: only through Tauchtreff Dresden (register by e-mail); Felsendome Rabenstein: Tauchschule Sachsenluft; Crottendorf: diving club Crottentaucher e.V. Always register in advance.
- Paperwork (Miltitz, 2023 rules): at least AOWD with 75 dives, including a documented 2 night dives and 2 ice or cave dives; a cave certification is preferred. Without a cave certification your dive is a trial dive ('Schnuppertauchen'), always guided. With a cave certification but on your first visit to Miltitz you are guided at no extra cost if the staff allow it (message Oct 2026). The dive leader on site checks your registration and deposit, logbook, dive medical, insurance and certification.
Gas and fills
- Gas: no fill station at the mines. Chemnitz: Füllstation Chemnitz (air to 300 bar, O₂, helium) and Sachsenluft (air). Dresden: Tauchtreff Dresden (air to 300 bar, nitrox and trimix). In Meißen, 200bar.de lists Tauchschule Abyss (Großenhainer Str. 26) as a fill station — current status unknown. No known source for sofnolime or CCR support — bring your own.
Water and season
- Season and water: Miltitz on set weekends from September through April; the schedule comes out in July/August through Tauchtreff Dresden's mailing list (or on request). Felsendome and Crottendorf year-round by appointment. Mine water is ~8 °C: drysuit with good undergarments.
Getting around
- Bases: Chemnitz is central (Rabenstein ~15 min, Miltitz and Crottendorf ~1 h each). For Miltitz, Meißen (~15 min) or Dresden (~30 min); for Crottendorf, Annaberg-Buchholz (~20 min).
Rest day
- Rest day: guided tours of the Kalkbergwerk Miltitz (Apr–Dec, Sundays and public holidays 13:30) and the Felsendome Rabenstein (daily 10:00–17:00).
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