Bicycle tour in the west of Leipzig

The cycle tour starts in Leipzig's city center at the tourist information office at Katharinenstraße 8. Passing the market, the old town hall and St. Thomas Church, you reach the Dittrichring. Continue in the direction of the New Town Hall. From there, the route continues through Johannapark across the Sachsenbrücke bridge to Klingerweg. Then follow Könneritzerstraße for a while and then continue along Industriestraße over the Weiße Elster. At the traffic circle, take the first exit and pass the Karl-Heine-Kanal. Follow Erich-Zeigner-Allee and turn left at the junction with Karl-Heine-Straße, passing the Felsenkeller. Then follow Karl-Heine-Straße to the Westwerk and turn right before the bridge onto a narrow pedestrian and cycle path. Follow the course of the canal past the stone steps to Saalfelderstraße. Then cross the canal again, keep right and pass the old cotton mill. At the Plagwitz cemetery, cross the Antonienbrücke bridge. After crossing the bridge, turn left and continue along the level crossing to Naumburger Straße. After passing the canal again, continue along the Elster-Saale cycle route to the Museum für Druckkunst. After the next bridge, you return to Klingerweg. From there, continue straight on to Scheibenholz racecourse. At the Glashaus, the route leads back onto Anton-Bruckner-Allee. At the traffic circle, take the second exit onto Beethovenstraße, then turn left. Continue past the New Town Hall via Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz to Leipzig University on Augustusplatz.

Cycling helmet, sturdy shoes or sports shoes, rain and sun protection if necessary, provisions and water if required, bicycle lights in the dark.

Thanks to its location on highways 9, 14 and 38, Leipzig is ideally connected to the nationwide highway network. You can reach the city center via the following exits:

• From Berlin via the A9 and A14, exit Leipzig-Mitte
• From Dresden via the A14, exit Leipzig-Ost
• From Munich and Erfurt via the A38, exit Leipzig-Südwest

Use of the surrounding parking garages on the inner city ring road.

Parking garages: Q-Park Augustusplatz, underground parking garage Augustusplatz, Q-Park Marktgalerie, parking garage West Leipzig-Hbf (Promenaden), underground parking garage Petersbogen

The Tourist Information(starting point of the tour) is only a few minutes' walk from the Leipzig Markt (3 min), Goerdelerring (6 min), Leipzig Hauptbahnhof (8 min) and Augustusplatz (10 min) stops.

Discovery tips:

• Old cotton mill
• Schaubühne Lindenfels
• Kunstkraftwerk
• Schiebenholz racecourse

E-bike charging stations at the "Mörtelwerk" on the Karl-Heine Canal or Cafe Alma

Bike service station at the Karl-Heine Canal (in the anteroom of Konsum)

Pay attention to road and pedestrian traffic!