- 9:00 h
- 129.65 km
- 121 m
- 147 m
- 80 m
- 132 m
- 52 m
- Start: Pirna
- Destination: Torgau
Along the way, there are countless sights worth visiting. So you should take plenty of time to tackle the nearly 130 km long section of the total 1,270-kilometer-long Elberadweg.
Pirna is the starting point of this route. The town is especially known for its picturesque old town at the market square with the town hall, St. Mary's Church, and the Canaletto House (now Tourist Information). From here, you mount the saddle and head downriver towards the northwest. On the very well-developed cycle path, you can ride very relaxed through the charming Elbe landscape to the state capital Dresden. Initially, you will find Pillnitz Castle and Park with the surrounding vineyards, pass through the famous Blue Wonder in the district of Loschwitz, and then always follow the river past the Elbe Castles into the Dresden city center. On the opposite side of the Elbe, the baroque old town impresses with the Church of Our Lady, the Semper Opera House, and the Zwinger. On the right side of the Elbe, the Dresden Neustadt offers a creative art, cultural, and lively scene district full of clubs and pubs as a contrasting program.
Then it continues through the magnificent wine landscape to Radebeul. Here you can visit, for example, the Hoflößnitz winery with the Saxon Wine Museum, the historic village green Altkötzschenbroda, or the Schloss Wackerbarth experience winery. On the Elberadweg in Radebeul, you will also find an ADAC bike service station where you can perform small repairs on your bike yourself with the integrated tools or pump up tires. The next town you pass is Coswig. Here, directly on the Elberadweg, is the Kötitz bathing lake, where you can dive into the cool water during summer. In the Coswig district of Sörnitz, the Schuh winery awaits its guests. This family business perfectly combines winemaking craftsmanship and hospitality. It is all about discovery, experience, and enjoyment. Further along the Elbe, the view opens up to Saxony's smallest mountain range, the Spaargebirge with the Boselspitze. A detour is worthwhile; you can stop at the beer garden above, visit the species-rich Botanical Garden of TU Dresden, and enjoy a wonderful view of the Elbe valley. After passing Coswig, you enter the beautiful town of Meißen. Here, you can visit the Johanniskirche cycle route church. If you take a detour to the left side of the Elbe, many sights await you, such as the Meißen old town with its quaint alleys, the famous Albrechtsburg Meißen, the Meißen Cathedral, or the HAUS MEISSEN experience world.
After that, you still experience the beauty of the charming wine and river landscape as you pass the next town of Diesbar-Seußlitz. Here, Schloss and Park Seußlitz and some cozy wineries await a visit. If you take a short detour into the vineyards, you can enjoy the wide view over the Elbe valley from the "Most Beautiful Wine View 2020". Diesbar-Seußlitz also has an ADAC bike service station that you can use if needed.
On the further journey towards North Saxony, you pass the large steel town of Riesa, while the Elbe gets increasingly wider. The Elbe meadows are repeatedly crossed, a natural experience full of flora and fauna with even sea eagles to be observed here. In Lorenzkirch, a district of Zeithain, is the next ADAC bike service station.
Before Torgau, the route shows more nature a little away from the river course and passes through some communities such as Graditz, home to the main stud Graditz, a place worth visiting not only for horse fans.
A few kilometers later, you reach the destination town of Torgau. The 1,000-year history can be felt in every corner of the historic old town. From the Renaissance market square, you can reach in minutes the most significant still preserved castle of the early Renaissance in Germany - Hartenfels Castle. Here, for example, from the Hausmann Tower, you have a beautiful view over the roofs of the old town and the Elbe meadows. Torgau thus forms a worthy conclusion to the Dresden Elbland stage of the Elberadweg.
The left bank route guidance of the section leads you back to Pirna: Elberadweg - Dresden Elbland section (Pirna - Torgau)
All current notices about detours on the cycle path can be found on the official website of the Elberadweg:
https://www.elberadweg.de/news-service/aktuelle-informationen-und-news/
Waypoints
Good to know
Pavements
Best to visit
Directions
The route starts in Pirna on the opposite side of the old town. You reach the right bank starting point at Postaer Straße/Main Square via the Elbe ferry or the Pirna city bridge. The route runs for large parts directly along the Elbe and is very well signposted with the "Elberadweg" symbol.
At the beginning, follow Pratzschwitzer Straße westwards. Before the upcoming town of Pratzschwitz, turn left onto the path "Am Steingärtchen", then continue again on Pratzschwitzer Straße past the large gravel lake and proceed straight through the next towns Birkwitz and Sörnigen. This leads to Dresden-Pillnitz, where you bypass the castle and park on the right side and then return to Pillnitzer Landstraße to reach Wachwitz, where you turn left directly onto the Elbe on the developed Elberadweg.
Follow this until the "Blue Wonder" bridge, pass under it, and turn left onto Körnerweg via Loschwitzer Wiesenweg. Follow this straight ahead along the Elbe and pass under the Waldschlösschenbrücke. At the Diakonissenweg junction, leave Körnerweg and continue straight on the signposted Elberadweg directly along the Elbe.
In the Dresden district of Pieschen, go over the peninsula and the Molebrücke. Continue here over Kötzschenbrodaer Straße and then follow Böcklinstraße straight ahead. After about 1 km, turn right onto Scharfenberger Straße, at the next roundabout continue straight onto Overbeckstraße to the large intersection at Washingtonstraße. Turn left there, follow Washingtonstraße for about 200 m and then turn right again onto Scharfenberger Straße. Continue straight here and after 800 m turn right to reach the Elbe again. In Altkaditz go through the historic town center and turn left onto Serkowitzer Straße. Before the upcoming town of Serkowitz, turn left again to cycle back to the Elbe.
Follow the Elbe to Radebeul-Kötzschenbroda and turn left at the Elbsporthalle onto "An der Festwiese", leave this path again after about 300 m and continue straight onto Uferstraße. Now always continue along the Elbe towards Coswig, past the Kötitzer bathing lake to Sörnitz and then finally roll into Meißen on the towpath below the Spaargebirge.
In Meißen, follow the Elbe directly along the dam path and then parallel to Elbtalstraße to Zadel. Keep left in Zadel towards the caravan site "Zum Zuessenhaus", then turn right again onto the Elberadweg and follow it over Diera-Zehren, Nieschütz, and Bößgen to Diesbar-Seußlitz. Here turn right at the parking lot and immediately left onto Merschwitzer Straße. At the entrance to Merschwitz go left towards the Elbe and follow the bicycle path via Nünchritz to Grödel. At the town entrance turn right and after about 100 m turn left onto Grödeler Straße. Continue straight onto Elbstraße. At the town's exit continue straight parallel to Grödeler Weg towards Moritz. In Moritz turn left onto Dorfstraße, pass through the town and then turn right again onto the bike path towards the Elbe.
Continue directly along the Elbe towards Promnitz. Pass through the town on the street "Am Elbdamm" and at the town's exit turn left again to follow the Elberadweg. Pass under the B 169 and enter the next town of Bobersen via Elbwiesenstraße. Pass through this over Lessaer Straße, Wiesenstraße, and Lindenallee and continue straight to the next town of Gohlis. There turn left onto Lindenstraße over the "Windmühlenberg" and follow the road straight through the towns of Zschepa and Lorenzkirch. In Lorenzkirch turn right onto Cottewitzer Straße, pass Cottewitz on the right towards Kreinitz and turn left onto "Zum Elbbick". Follow the street for 350 m and then turn right again onto Rote Gasse. Here turn left onto Straße der Freundschaft and leave the town again via Schulstraße.
In Gaitzschhäuser the route leads away from the Elbe on Elbstraße to Borschütz. Pass through this town on Berliner Straße to reach Mühlberg. Then continue over Breitscheidstraße to the Roßmarkt and along the harbor before exiting the town on the right via Straße der Jugend and Straße "Am Sportplatz". Cycle over the paths of Elbaue to Martinskirchen, pass through the village via Teichstraße and at the end of the town turn left at the cemetery onto Elbstraße to return to the Elbe at Stehla.
Pass through Stehla via Koßdorfer and Packische Straße, then turn left towards Tauschwitz. Cycle back towards the Elbe via Fährstraße and before the ferry station turn right onto the path parallel to the Elbe towards Köllitsch. Pass through the town via Belgeraner Straße and after about 1 km turn left on Ritterstraße to Kathewitz. At this point head right beside the old river course towards Pülswerda. This town is passed via the streets "Am Schlosspark" and "Graditzer Weg". Then keep left towards the Elbe and follow the route guidance to Graditz.
In Graditz, first go towards Beilrode via Gestütstraße/Dorfstraße and then turn left at Milchhof to reach Werdau. Pass through Werdau via B183 and turn left into Alte Werdauer Straße at the town's exit. Follow this road to Torgau and take a loop to the right to cycle onto the large Elbe bridge. On the other side of the Elbe continue straight via Straße "Fischerdörfchen" and then turn right via Fischerstraße into the center of Torgau, the destination of this Elberadweg stage.
Tour information
Cultural Interesting
Stop at an Inn
Equipment
The route is suitable for touring bikes, e-bikes, and gravel bikes. It is also rideable with racing bikes except for a few meters.
Directions & Parking facilities
Pirna
From the A 4 coming from Bautzen or Chemnitz, follow to the Dresden-West interchange, then continue on the A 17 (direction Prague) to the Pirna junction.
Pirna
The nearest and free parking lot to the starting point is located in Pirna Copitz on the Elbe (P7 in the city's parking guidance system).
By train:
Pirna station
S1 from Meißen, Schöna
S2 from Dresden Airport
RB71 from Sebnitz and Neustadt
RE20 Litoměřice and Dresden
By bus:
Pirna bus station
204 from Liebstadt
207a from Breitenau and Bad Gottleuba
209 from Ottendorf
218 and 219 from Bahratal
226 from Dresden Bühlau
234 from Neustadt or Stolpen
236 and 237 from Sebnitz or Hohnstein
238 from the town of Wehlen
241 from Hinterhermsdorf, Bad Schandau
245 from Rosenthal, Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel
246 from Königstein
H/S from Dresden Prohlis
P from Dresden Pillnitz
Additional information
Left bank route guidance of the Dresden Elbland section (Torgau-Pirna):
Literature
Official Elberadweg website:
Official Elberadweg handbook:
https://www.elberadweg.de/news-service/elberadweg-handbuch/
More literatureand cycling maps for the Elberadweg:
https://www.elberadweg.de/planen-buchen/literatur-und-radkarten-zum-elberadweg/
More Elberadweg brochures and information material:
https://www.elberadweg.de/news-service/prospekte-und-infomaterial/
Author
Dresden Elbland Redaktion
Organization
Dresden Elbland
License (master data)
Dresden Elbland Redaktion
Map
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