[nib99]

The normal trains are two hours from Nürnberg to Leipzig. The thing is, the 9€ ticket was limited to regional trains, which stop in every village on the way. Munich/Berlin is 4 hours by train, hard to beat by car, and if you go centre to centre even by plane.

[aeyes]

2 hours is ICE which isn't a "normal" train to me, but even with regional trains it should only be around 4 hours. I'm not sure if the OP took the scenic route.

200km was also a very optimistic guess, it's 300km. It looks close on the map but even in a car it will take you 3 hours. It's actually faster to go from Dresden.