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Colditz circular route
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- 17.29 km long
- Round trip
- Difficulty: medium
- Condition: easy
- Hiking

- 4:30 h
- 17.29 km
- 202 m
- 202 m
- 135 m
- 220 m
- 85 m
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- Start: Podelwitz Water Castle
- Destination: Podelwitz Water Castle

Past the Podelwitz Water Castle and Colditz Castle! Enjoy nature at the confluence of the two Mulde rivers and in Colditz Forest!

This circular hiking route allows you to experience the town of Colditz, the Mulde landscape with attractive villages, and the Colditz Forest in many ways. In addition to the Podelwitz Water Castle, this hike passes the Mulde confluence, Colditz Forest, Colditz Castle, and the historic Tiergarten. Part of the route even runs along the Saxon Luther Trail, crosses the Zwickauer Mulde, and ends at the Freiberger Mulde.

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Pavements

Street (39%)

Asphalt (9%)

Gravel (9%)

Trail (33%)

Path (9%)

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Directions

From the Podelwitz water castle, the route goes up to Collmen, a historic village ensemble with a wide view as far as Rochlitz. On the Muldental hiking trail, it then descends again to the Mulde confluence – here the Zwickauer and Freiberger Mulde flow together, a place full of peace and water experience. Along the Zwickauer Mulde, the path leads further over a rest area with the so-called hydraulic ram to the Colditz Forest, a shady and mushroom-rich woodland area. After the idyllic Kohlbach valley, you cross the Zwickauer Mulde a second time and reach the town of Colditz with its Renaissance castle, museum, and the "Schlosswächter" restaurant in front of the gates of Colditz Castle. Then the path leads through the Tiergarten, a natural park area, back up to Zschadrass, a historic clinic and psychiatric area from the Gründerzeit with magnificent clinic buildings, church and water tower, and the unique Dental Museum. From there you can already see the village of Collmen again and return the same way to Podelwitz, where an excursion inn on the Freiberger Mulde awaits you for a final stop.

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Tour information

- Cultural Interesting
- Loop Road
- Stop at an Inn

Equipment

Sturdy footwear, weatherproof clothing, and provisions.

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Directions & Parking facilities

**Getting there**Car access: A14 to Grimma exit, then B107 towards Colditz. From Colditz turn left to Podelwitz.

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**Parking**- Podelwitz Water Castle
- Colditz: Market or Sofienplatz

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**Public transportation**- Train: Tanndorf station (route from the station along the Freiberger Mulde to Podelwitz Water Castle)
- Bus 613: Bad Lausick-Colditz
- Bus 619: Grimma-Colditz
- Bus 620: Rochlitz-Colditz
- Colditz stop, sports field

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Additional information

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Author

Verena Daser

Organization

LEIPZIG REGION

License (master data)

Verena Daser

Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author

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- Mulde confluence
- Hydraulic ram
- Colditz Forest
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- Historic villages Collmen and Zschadrass
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Safety guidelines

Attention: ford path bridge temporarily closed, detour available north via car bridge

Path condition: a mix of village streets, hiking and forest paths

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Contact

04680 Colditz

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