Around the Kottmar

3:00 h
30.06 km
403 m
416 m
289 m
463 m
174 m
Start: Tourist Information Obercunnersdorf
Destination: Tourist Information Obercunnersdorf

The 583 m high Kottmar is the geographical center of the municipality of Kottmar and is considered the local mountain by the residents of the adjacent districts Eibau, Kottmarsdorf, Obercunnersdorf, and Walddorf. With a variety of well-marked hiking and cycling routes and numerous viewpoints in all four cardinal directions, it offers ideal conditions for adventure seekers. One of the three sources of the Spree (the highest) springs on the western slope.

ROUTE LENGTH: total approx. 31 km

ATTRACTIONS: half-timbered houses in the monument village Obercunnersdorf, Eibau: Faktorenhof Eibau from 1717 with local history and Humboldt museum, Herrnhut – place of origin of the worldwide Moravian Church, Herrnhuter Sterne demonstration workshop, Oderwitz: weather cabinet, post mills, wood-fired oven and café in the Otto bakery, toboggan run

Pavements

Unknown

Asphalt

Best to visit

suitable

Depends on weather

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Directions

Obercunnersdorf Tourist Information - Strahwalde - Berthelsdorf - Herrnhut - Ruppersdorf - Ninive - to Birkmühle Oderwitz - Oderwitz, Lindenallee/ Hintere Dorfstraße past the weather cabinet towards Eibau (long-distance cycle route Zittau-Bayreuth) - Eibau - Walddorf - Kottmar, past the source of the Spree - Obercunnersdorf

Tour information

Loop Road

Directions & Parking facilities

To the route planner

Are you traveling by bike? Then take a look at our cycling flyer!

Parking spaces available on site

Arrival by train and bus (ZVON timetable information)

Additional information

www.zittauer-gebirge.com

https://www.gemeinde-kottmar.de/

https://www.herrnhuter-sterne.de/de/

https://www.oderwitz.de/tourismus/wetterkabinett/

https://www.birkmuehle.de/

Author

Tourismuszentrum Naturpark Zittauer Gebirge

Organization

Das Landschaftswunderland Oberlausitz

Website

License (master data)

Tourismuszentrum Naturpark Zittauer Gebirge

Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author

It is worth taking a short break at the Herrnhuter Sterne demonstration workshop to see how the production of these world-famous stars looks. A visit to the weather cabinet in Oderwitz is recommended for those interested in weather forecasts.

Safety guidelines

ROUTE NOTE: 3/4 paved local roads, 1/4 well-passable field and forest paths, hilly to mountainous terrain

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