--- title: "Biking around the village - Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz - The Space Village - Route 2" url: "https://web.destination.one/en/tour/biking-around-the-village-morgenroethe-rautenkranz-the-space-village-route-2" description: "The manageable, easy bike route leads to the oldest spruce stand in Germany with trees over 230 years old. The region-typical hilly landscape with dense forests and wide meadows invites you to active relaxation on two wheels. Around the village of Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz, where the modern space exhibition and the ancient craft of bell casting stand opposite each other, there are numerous discovery routes. Enjoy the natural beauties along refreshing river valleys, rushing forests, and blooming mountain meadows combined with exciting cultural monuments. After such an up-and-down ride, our country inns reward you with tasty regional specialties." language: "en" type: "SportsActivityLocation" image: "https://dam.destination.one/2775029/b67f01b8116bdb1d2d1f0eec8a4a180c56fd8686f4159c1eda183d61a78a3c42/hochofen-in-morgenr-the.jpg" breadcrumb: "Root > Homepage > Special > Destination.Data Details > Tour" --- GPX Share Biking around the village - Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz - The Space Village - Route 2 ================================================================================= - 15.13 km long - Round trip - Difficulty: medium - Condition: medium - Great panorama - Cycling - 1:10 h - 15.13 km - 227 m - 227 m - 614 m - 842 m - 228 m - - Start: German Space Exhibition - Destination: German Space Exhibition To the nature reserve "Drei Bächle" with a detour to the Morgenröthe blast furnace The manageable, easy bike route leads to the oldest spruce stand in Germany with trees over 230 years old. The region-typical hilly landscape with dense forests and wide meadows invites you to active relaxation on two wheels. Around the village of Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz, where the modern space exhibition and the ancient craft of bell casting stand opposite each other, there are numerous discovery routes. Enjoy the natural beauties along refreshing river valleys, rushing forests, and blooming mountain meadows combined with exciting cultural monuments. After such an up-and-down ride, our country inns reward you with tasty regional specialties. Read more Waypoints --------- View on map Start Start German Space Exhibition CC-BY-SAArchiv TVV/D. Wießner | - Parking Destination Destination German Space Exhibition Good to know ------------ Pavements Street (62%) Asphalt (8%) Gravel (30%) Best to visit suitable Depends on weather - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Directions From the starting point of the German Space Exhibition, the path leads to the village center up to the roundabout. It then continues on a lightly used road towards Sachsengrund. After about 3 km on the right side stands the Morgenröthe blast furnace, a witness of long past days, in which over 9,000 cast-iron church bells were cast from 1900 to 1968. Shortly after the blast furnace, turn left onto Markersbach Street. The route now leads from the forest edge away from noise and hustle on a well-maintained forest path, following the ridge trail marking, to the Drei Bächle nature reserve with the oldest spruce stand in Germany. From there, follow the green hiking trail towards Sachsengrund. The return route runs on the lightly used Pyra Valley Street towards Morgenröthe and further back to the starting point. Read more Tour information - Cultural Interesting - Loop Road Directions & Parking facilities **Getting there**Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz is accessible from the A 72 via the B 94 exit Reichenbach/Lengenfeld towards Rodewisch, Auerbach via the S300 to Muldenhammer and further via the B283 to Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz. Read more **Parking**Public parking spaces are available directly at the German Space Exhibition. Read more **Public transportation**Please use the public transport information at 03744/19449 or at www.vvvogtland.de Read more Literature Further information can be found on the pages of the Vogtland Tourism Association at or at 03744/188860 as well as at the Tourist Info Municipality of Muldenhammer at or at 037465/402825 Read more Author Tourismus Marketing Gesellschaft Sachsen mbHBautzner Straße 45/47 01099 Dresden Organization Vogtland - Sinfonie der Natur License (master data) Vogtland - Sinfonie der Natur Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author Notice the typical Vogtland trees! It is also the oldest spruce stand in Germany. Read more Map Information on other trails and activities can be found on the active pages of the Vogtland Tourism Association at Read more Nearby ------ View on map - Place of interestCC-BY-SAArchiv LAG Sagenhaftes Vogtland/Katrin Klaubert-Heß | - Parking CC-BY-SAArchiv TVV/S. Theilig | - Church CC-BY-SAArchiv TVV/D. Wießner | - Geotope - ToursCC-BY-SAArchiv TVV / Christoph Beer | 9.97 km - Cycling CC-BY-SATI Muldenhammer, Carina Leithold | 7.50 km - Cycling CC-BY-SAArchiv Gemeinde Muldenhammer/ TMGS/Fotograf Rainer Weisflog | 5.58 km - Cycling Contact 08269 Hammerbrücke Download GPX file - -