Dubringer Moor Route

33.25 km long
Round trip
Difficulty: medium
Condition: easy
Cycling
  • 2:15 h
  • 33.25 km
  • 76 m
  • 76 m
  • 118 m
  • 166 m
  • 48 m
  • Start: Hoyerswerda Old Town train station
  • Destination: Hoyerswerda Old Town train station
A route suggestion from the Bautzen district office.

Hoyerswerda Old Town - Groß Neida - Dörgenhausen - Neudorf-Klöstlich - Wittichenau - Dubring - Scheckthal - Zeißholz - Neukollm - Schwarzkollm - Bröthen - Hoyerswerda Old Town

Good to know

Best to visit

suitable
Depends on weather

Directions

This route takes you through the largest intact moor complex in eastern Saxony.

Follow in the footsteps of the Sorbian legendary figure KRABAT.

The starting point of the route is the train station in Hoyerswerda Old Town.

  • Cycle along Bahnhofsallee and Am Bahndamm.
  • You cross the railway tracks to the right and continue to Groß Neida, where you follow the markings of the Frog Cycle Path.
  • You ride on the bike path next to the B 97 to the junction before the Kummelmühle, then to Dörgenhausen, following the Frog Cycle Path.
  • Cross Wittichenauer Straße and cycle past Zelders ponds and the pond house Zelder via Neudorf-Klöstlich to Wittichenau.
  • On the Frog Cycle Path you cycle along Kamenz Straße to the junction to Liebegast.
  • Here you turn right to Dubring and continue following the Frog Cycle Path.
  • At the edge of the Dubringer Moor, you ride to Scheckthal and Zeißholz.
  • Shortly before Zeißholz you leave the Frog Cycle Path and from then on follow the KRABAT Cycle Path.
  • On the wide forest path you cross the B 97 in Neukollm.
  • At the Auerhahn gravel pit, turn left onto the forest path.
  • You ride about 1.6 km through pine forests and then turn right at the large junction, following the KRABAT Cycle Path, to Petzerberg.
  • Going downhill you reach Schwarzkollm, where the "Black Mill" of the sorcerer KRABAT from Otfried Preußler's novel of the same name can be visited.
  • Past the Black Mill, continue following the KRABAT Cycle Path.
  • Through the extensive pine forests you reach Bröthen, where you leave the KRABAT Cycle Path to the left towards Lauta.
  • After crossing the railway tracks, turn right onto the street "An der Bahn."
  • Along the forest edge, you return to the starting point in Hoyerswerda Old Town.

Tour information

  • Loop Road

  • Stop at an Inn

Equipment

Traffic-safe bicycle, bicycle helmet, day cycling backpack (approx. 20 liters) with rain cover, comfortable sports shoes, possibly cycling shoes, weather-appropriate and durable clothing in multiple layers, air pump, bicycle tools, sun and rain protection, provisions and drinking water, first-aid kit, pocket knife, mobile phone, reflectors, map material

Directions & Parking facilities

Hoyerswerda is located directly on the B96 (Bautzen - Berlin).

Follow the signs to the old town

Various parking options are available in the old town.
Please use the current digital timetable information of ZVON.

Additional information

Publisher (December 2020)

District Office Bautzen, District Development Office

Tel.: 03591 5251 61001

www.landkreis-bautzen.de

Tourist Information Bautzen-Budyšin

Hauptsmarkt 1, 02625 Bautzen

Tel.: 03591 42 016

Literature

This route and further route suggestions as PDF and GPX files, as well as other offers in the region, can also be found in the Geoweb at www.landkreis-bautzen.de

Author

OHTL e.V.

Organization

Das Landschaftswunderland Oberlausitz

License (master data)

OHTL e.V.
License: Attribution, ShareAlike

Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author

  1. Zoo/Swimming pool Hoyerswerda
  2. KRABAT Mill Schwarzkollm
  3. City pond, forest swimming pool, KRABAT stele Wittichenau
  4. Dubringer Moor

Safety guidelines

The route is not signposted.

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

Map

  • SACHSEN KARTOGRAPHIE GmbH Dresden "Upper Lusatia - Leisure Map"
  • bikeline "Bike Map Upper Lusatia"

Both maps are also available in the online shop of the Marketinggesellschaft Oberlausitz-Neiderschlesien mbH.

Nearby

Contact

Dubringer Moor Route
02977 Hoyerswerda