Green Ring Leipzig

134.04 km long

Round trip

Difficulty: difficult

Condition: difficult

Cycling

Aussichtsturm im Stadtpark Taucha — CC-BY | Philipp Kirschner, www.pkfotografie.com, LEIPZIG REGION

Radeln an der Schladitzer Bucht — CC-BY | Christian Hüller, www.christianhueller.de, LEIPZIG REGION

9:05 h
134.04 km
254 m
254 m
91 m
157 m
66 m
Start: Schkeuditz, Zwenkau, Taucha or Naunhof
Destination: Schkeuditz, Zwenkau, Taucha or Naunhof

The Green Ring Leipzig cycling route is a circular route around the city of Leipzig.

A route through idyllic villages in the Leipzig surroundings is offered by the fully signposted Green Ring Leipzig on a distance of around 135 kilometers. The route is optimally connected with other cycle paths such as Elster cycle path, Parthe-Mulde cycle route, Pleiße cycle path, and Neuseenland cycle route, thus offering the possibility of exploration in stages.

Pavements

Street

Asphalt

Gravel

Trail

Path

Best to visit

suitable

Depends on weather

Directions

The cycling route along the Green Ring Leipzig is fully signposted and marked with distance information. It runs partly on independent cycle paths and partly on roads. Since it is a circular route, the route can be started from any point.

Anyone wanting to start cycling in Naunhof can choose the town church, the tower clock museum, or the market square as a starting point, for example. From here, it heads south past the Naunhof outdoor swimming pool towards Lindhardt. Via Belgershain, Oelzschau, Kömmlitz, and Großpötzschau, you finally reach Espenhain. A short stretch of the route follows the federal highway to Rötha and continues through the town center to Böhlen.

To the south, the route passes the Lippendorf power station towards Zwenkau. Via Klein- and Großdalzig, you reach Werben at Lake Werbeliner. From there, the path leads north through Kitzen, Seebenisch, and Kulkwitz to Markranstädt. Outside the town center, you cycle past the Bismarck monument and the Markranstädt public swimming pool to Altranstädt. The route then goes via Priesteblich and Frankenheim through the Luppeaue nature reserve. After crossing the Luppe and the White Elster, you follow the Elster cycle path to Schkeuditz West.

Via Merseburger Straße, you reach Schkeuditz East and the Porsche factory. From there, the route heads north to Lake Schladitzer, following its shore to Schladitzer Bucht. It continues via Haynaer Straße and the roundabout to Podelwitz. Passing Leipzig North/Plaußig industrial park and the BMW factory, you cycle through Seegeritz, Cradefeld, and Taucha. Via Panitzsch and Borsdorf, you finally reach Lake Albrechtshainer and return to Naunhof, where the circular route closes.

Tour information