Circular route Großenhainer Pflege - On the former Mill Path

83.36 km long

Round trip

Difficulty: difficult

Condition: very difficult

Great panorama

Cycling

Bockwindmühle Ebersbach — CC0 | Stephan Böhlig, Dresden Elbland

Pflege-Weg zwischen Radeburg und Ebersbach — CC0 | Stephan Böhlig, Dresden Elbland

Ehemalige Mühle Naunhof — CC0 | Stephan Böhlig, Dresden Elbland

5:40 h
83.36 km
301 m
301 m
107 m
183 m
76 m
Start: Thiendorf
Destination: Thiendorf

A scenic route through the cultural landscape of Großenhainer Pflege with views of former and existing mills.

This bike tour leads to various technical monuments and offers insights into regional agriculture. The Großenhainer Pflege, a region with centuries-old tradition in arable farming, offers one of the longest bike routes in the Dresden Heidebogen with the roughly 80 km circular route.

Wind and water mills once played a central role in agriculture and influenced the locations of the mills. This history can be approached with the varied, family-friendly bike route. It leads along quiet, paved roads as well as idyllic forest and field paths and fascinatingly links technology, culture and recreation. Part of the route even runs along the historic trade route "Via Regia," the famous medieval trade and pilgrimage route.

Along the route there are various mills that were or are used for sawing wood, grinding flour or generating electricity, some of which can be visited today as technical attractions.

The circular route passes, among others, the Hofgut Kaltenbach, the organic farm Niedermühle, the Kienmühle in Thiendorf, the Niedermühle Rödern, the post mill Ebersbach and the Stange Mill in Brößnitz. On hot days, the Brettmühlenteich in Zschorna near Thiendorf invites you for a refreshing swim and offers local gastronomy for a meal.

Lakes, ponds and extensive floodplains along the Große Röder offer opportunities for breaks and relaxation. Culture enthusiasts can enjoy events at the castles Schönfeld, Lauterbach and the Kulturschloss Großenhain.

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Directions

There are different starting options for the route depending on how you arrive. We begin the directions in Thiendorf.

The route starts in Thiendorf and leads south along the street "Zum Großteich" out of the village. At the next fork, turn left towards Lötzschen and pass through the village via the street "Am Kettenbach"/K8535. Continue cycling on Lötzscher Straße to Sacka, then at the second fork turn right onto Siedlung and after a left curve turn right again onto Tauschaer Straße.

Follow the path to Tauscha and there turn right onto Pilgerstraße, cross Alte Poststraße and continue straight to Dobra. Leave the village via the streets "Zum Kohlbusch" and Zschornaer Straße, and ride past the Brettmühlenteich directly into the Zschorna pond area. Between Großteich and Breiter Teich, turn left onto "Zur Teichwirtschaft", pass the Zschorna Wasserschloss and turn right into the street "Am Stausee".

Follow the path straight into the forest, turn left at the next fork, then turn right after about 300 m, cross the A13 motorway and after about 1000 m turn left and immediately left again, to reach Rödern via field paths and the Große Röder. There keep left and pass through the village via Dorfstraße. Shortly before leaving the village, turn left onto Radeburger Straße/S91 towards Oberrödern, and at the end of the village turn right into "Am Mühlweg" and cycle uphill on the farm road. At the next junction keep right and follow the forest and field path to Oberebersbach. Then ride along the main street to Naunhofer Straße and turn left into it. Here on the right you can see the post mill, while the route continues along the street to Naunhof.

Once there, turn immediately right into Schulstraße and cycle straight ahead, and after a few 100 meters turn left to discover Lauterbach Castle and Park. Then continue straight ahead over Hopfenbachstraße to Beiersdorf. Continue through the village, turn left at the Nauleis reservoir, then after about 900 m turn right again towards the village Nauleis. Pass through the community straight to the village pond and then turn left onto Am Rundling street to take another farm track over Gauschemühle and Döbritzschen into the open countryside.

After about 3 km and before Großenhain, the route turns right and leads north along the Weißnitzbach to Wessnitz with the former mill and then follows Viehweg to the street Rostiger Weg/Stadtweg. Here turn right onto K8530 towards Kalkreuth. At the village entrance turn right onto Großenhainer Straße and immediately left onto Wettiner Straße towards the next mill. Here the bike route continues along "An der Röder" street and then turns right towards Bieberach. Pass through the village Bieberach straight ahead via Schäferei and Röderdamm towards Cunnersorf. Here turn left onto "Lange Straße." Continue straight on along the pond landscape and the Dammmühle to Schönfeld. Here turn right onto Großenhainer Straße and then before Schönfeld Castle turn left onto Liegaer Straße, pass Schäferteich on the left and after leaving the village turn left again to Schönborn. Then turn right onto Dorfstraße and pass through the village to the next restored and converted mill building.

Continue on county road K8515 to Blochwitz. Before entering the village turn right onto S99/Alte Hauptstraße and cycle through the village this way. Follow S99/L55 straight to Ortrand and there pass along Großenhainer Straße, Grenzweg (right), Ponickauer Straße (left), Schützenhausstraße (right), Königsbrücker Straße (left) and along the train station. Then leave the town to the right over the railway tracks on Kamener Straße and to the left over Heinersdorfer Straße in the direction of Kroppen/Heinersdorf.

In the village of Heinersdorf, the route turns right over Heinersdorfer Straße to the south and follows forest paths to Böhla. Pass through the village straight ahead over Ortrander Straße and Ponickauer Straße to reach Ponickau. Before the church turn right over Ortrander Straße and then left via Linzer Weg to Linz. In the village, turn left from "Im Rittergut" and "Im Schlosspark" onto Linzer Hauptstraße and again left over county road K8535 south to Liega.

Pass through Liega straight along Hauptstraße, then after about 600 m turn left onto Kaltenbachweg to Kaltenbachmühle and continue to Welxande. In the village, turn right onto Stölpchener Straße to continue straight to Thiendorf, the starting point.

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