Experience route Seelitz - On the Trail of Porphyry

13.86 km long
Round trip
Difficulty: medium
Condition: easy
Hiking
  • 3:45 h
  • 13.86 km
  • 154 m
  • 154 m
  • 154 m
  • 252 m
  • 98 m
  • Start: Mühlplatz Rochlitz
  • Destination: Mühlplatz Rochlitz

The bright red Rochlitz porphyry is known far beyond the region's borders. The experience route Seelitz – On the Trail of Porphyry shows stone witnesses of the past.

Rochlitz porphyry was and is a supplier for millstones, murder and atonement crosses, post columns, signposts, boundary stones, window and door frames, or bridges, of which numerous contemporary witnesses can still be discovered today. The experience route Seelitz extends approximately 13 kilometers through the southern area of the municipality of Seelitz and the southwestern part of the large district town of Rochlitz.

The start and end point for the circular route is the Mühlplatz in Rochlitz. However, entry to the route is also possible at any other point. Its course through the idyllic landscape of the Rochlitz Mulde valley combines architectural art with the beauty of nature.

Good to know

Pavements

Street
Asphalt
Gravel
Trail
Path

Best to visit

suitable
Depends on weather

Tour information

  • Loop Road

  • Loop Road

  • Stop at an Inn

Author

Verena Daser

Organization

LEIPZIG REGION

License (master data)

Verena Daser
License: no copyright required (Public domain) (no copyright)

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Contact

Experience route Seelitz - On the Trail of Porphyry
09306 Rochlitz