Bautzen-Weißenberg Route

The start is in Bautzen at Schützenplatz.

• You cycle eastward and follow the marking of the Saxon Cities Route to Niederkaina.
• There you leave the Saxon Cities Route, cycle straight ahead and at the next intersection turn left to Kreckwitz.
• You cross the motorway and turn right at the stone column towards Kleinbautzen. In the village, you can visit the Protestant church from the 17th century with its Renaissance-style church portal.
• You turn left into Puschwitzer Street and at the next fork keep right, cycling past the dairy farm.
• You continue to Preititz. Here you turn left and follow Alte Dorfstraße (Old Village Street).
• At the manor farm, turn right and follow the marking "Sorbian Impressions".
• If the "Sorbian Impressions" turn right after the ford/bridge, you cycle straight ahead and turn left at the next intersection to reach Baruth.
• Pass the sports field, go across the marketplace, keep straight and ride into Am Wasserturm Street.
• At Cortnitzer Street, keep right again and continue cycling to the Baruth manor farm.
• Here you meet again the Sorbian Impressions marking which you follow via Cortnitz, Gröditz and Weicha to Weißenberg marketplace. In Gröditz, you can visit a beautiful village ensemble (around 1780), the castle, the Protestant church and a timber-framed house from around 1800. In Weißenberg, you experience a charming town layout with the baroque town hall and the Protestant church from the 13th century. The technical museum "Old Pepper Kitchen" awaits your visit.
• You leave the marketplace towards Reichenbach. At the next intersection turn right, and at the next junction turn right again on the street-side cycle path.
• At its end turn right and at the intersection after the settlement turn left to Maltitz.
• Following the main street you reach Nostitz. Here you can visit a castle ruin from the 17th century, a manor house and the Protestant church.
• At the first intersection turn right and follow the street to S 112, cross it and follow the Lindenallee to Lauske.
• At the end of Lindenallee turn right, then keep left cycling through Lauske. You should definitely visit the artificial ruin from 1807 in the park here.
• You leave Lauske towards Rodewitz, where a Dutch windmill can be admired.
• In Rodewitz, before the 90° curve (shortly before the fire station), turn left and cycle to Niethen. In Niethen you can visit the Schanze (Niethen fortress mound from the 10th century).
• Before the village entrance turn right. You reach Wawitz.
• At S 110 you meet again the Saxon Cities Route, which you follow back to the starting point of the route in Bautzen.

1. Motorway A4, exit Bautzen West
2. Direction Bautzen centre - Schützenplatz is signposted

• Parking lot Schützenplatz (paid)
• Commuter parking lot Schliebenstraße (free of charge)

Please use the current digital timetable information from ZVON.

Publisher (November 2020)

Bautzen District Office - District Development Office

Tel.: 03591 5251 61001

www.landkreis-bautzen.de

Tourist Information Bautzen-Budyšin

Hauptmarkt 1, 02625 Bautzen

Tel.: 03591 42 016

Flyer "Cycling in the Bautzen district - Bautzen-Weißenberg Route"

Further route suggestions as pdf and gpx files, as well as other offers in the region, can also be found on the Geoweb at www.landkreis-bautzen.de

1. Visit to the "Old Pepper Kitchen" museum in Weißenberg
2. Tour of the historic old town of Bautzen

The route is not signposted.

Due to patchy network coverage, it is recommended to download the route before starting and, if necessary, use it offline.

1. SACHSEN KARTOGRAPHIE GmbH Dresden "Upper Lusatia - Leisure Map"
2. bikeline "Cycle Map Upper Lusatia"

Both maps are also available in the online shop of the Marketing Company Upper Lusatia-Lower Silesia Ltd.