"Meissner 8" - South route

36.80 km long
Round trip
Difficulty: medium
Condition: easy
Great panorama
Cycling
  • 2:47 h
  • 36.80 km
  • 300 m
  • 300 m
  • 97 m
  • 269 m
  • 172 m
  • Start: Meissen
  • Destination: Meissen
Through romantic valleys and past former numerous mills

Start is in Meißen at the bus station. The route takes you past important sights of Meißen, such as Albrechtsburg Castle with the cathedral, St. Nicholas Church in the old town and the porcelain manufactory. Continue over the Semmelsberg, Taubenheim, Sora, Klipphausen through the Prinzbachtal, Constappel and back to Meißen. Discover the rock of the gods, the Pechstein cliffs and historic mills along the way.

Waypoints

Start
Meissen
CC-BY | Philipp Herfort, Dresden Elbland
Cathedral of Meissen
Church
Destination
Meissen

Good to know

Best to visit

suitable
Depends on weather

Directions

The route starts in Meißen on the Elbe cycle path on the right bank of the Elbe (parking lot) and leads straight on from Plangasse to Dresdner Straße. Turn left here and after approx. 130 m turn directly left again to cross the railroad and pedestrian bridge onto the left Elbe cycle path.

Here the route continues straight ahead across Obergasse and then right onto Plossenweg. From there, turn left towards Neumarkt. At the Nicolaikirche church, which will soon be visible, turn left again at the third junction onto Wettinstraße and then follow the Triebisch river through the Triebischtal valley until you leave Meißen behind you. Cross the village of Garsebach, then turn left over the bridge and immediately right again over another small cycle bridge. Now follow the narrow path of the former narrow-gauge railway line to Taubenheim. In the village, first turn right onto the main road and then left onto the cycle path after approx. 50 meters. The path leads up and down to Sora, where you first turn right shortly after the church, then turn left again after approx. 120 m, cross the main road and continue straight ahead onto Klipphausener/Soraer Straße.

In the following village of Klipphausen, continue to the traffic circle, which you leave at the third exit onto Meißner Straße. Keep left at the next pond and then follow the cycle path until it bends to the right onto Neudeckmühlenweg.

After the following ride through the forest, the route turns right through the Neudeckmühle mill and then climbs steeply. After another ride across the fields, turn left at the next junction after Kleinschönberg and roll down through the forest towards the Elbe valley to Constappel, where the tour turns right again at the first opportunity onto Wildberger Allee and leads to Wildberg. Turn left again there, then after 20 meters turn right onto Cossebauder Straße, but leave it again immediately on the Alte Dorfstraße to the left to the Elbe cycle path.

Turn left again here in the direction of Meißen and then continue flat along the Elbe cycle path to Meißen. The railroad bridge now leads back over the Elbe to the starting point on the right bank of the Elbe (Elbe parking lot).

Tour information

  • Cultural Interesting

  • Loop Road

  • Stop at an Inn

Equipment

Weatherproof clothing and tool kit recommended.

Directions & Parking facilities

Use approach via A4 in Dresden or exit on A13 from Berlin. You can reach the starting point via the B6 from Dresden and Oschatz or the B101 from Großenhain.
There is a P+R parking lot at the train station Meißen. There are other parking facilities in the surrounding area. 
You can reach Meißen with the S-Bahn line 1 from Dresden. In addition, you can travel by bus lines 401 from Coswig, 404 from Cossebaude, 407 from Nünchritz, 409 from Großenhain, 416 from Döbeln, 417 from Lommatzsch, 428 from Wilsdruff, 446 from Riesa, 412 and 418 from Nossen and 422 and 421 from Weinböla.

In the summer season from April to October, the excursion line M (Meißen - Weinböhla - Moritzburg) runs daily, carrying a bicycle trailer for up to 16 bikes.

Additional information

Tourism Association Elbland Dresdend e.V.

T.: 03521/76350

www.dresden-elbland.de 

Literature

Author

Dresden Elbland Redaktion

Organization

Dresden Elbland

License (master data)

Dresden Elbland Redaktion
License: Attribution

Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author

Try it out with the e-bike!

Map

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Address

"Meissner 8" - South route
01662 Meißen