Mining Route
- 1:35 h
- 22.89 km
- 192 m
- 192 m
- 242 m
- 321 m
- 79 m
- Start: Ronneburg
- Destination: Ronneburg
There is not much left visible of the formerly existing mining area. However, if you look more closely, you will find historical indications of this time. With the Federal Garden Show in 2007, the landscape around Ronneburg was redesigned with landscape architecture. The fact that an open-pit mine used to be located where the Neue Landschaft® Ronneburg now stands is now shown only by before-and-after pictures in the terrain. The route leads you further through very beautiful villages through the charming Sprotte valley to Blankenhain and back to Ronneburg. You travel through flat terrain with slight inclines on lightly traveled roads.
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- The starting point of the circular route is the site of the 2007 Federal Garden Show in Ronneburg with the well-known 'Dragon Tail Bridge'. On this site, the "Neue Landschaft Ronneburg" was created from former mining areas. In the 'Neue Scheune', you can experience the history of uranium ore mining on about 770 m² of exhibition space. It then continues past Korbußen with a former, now restored shaft site. Numerous mining objects are displayed along the route. The 'Mining Route' continues on tracks of the former industrial railway to Löbichau. Between Beerwalde and Löbichau is the largest freestanding picture in Germany. Numerous information boards and so-called "time windows" with details about the former mining industry are located along the entire mining route.
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Cultural Interesting
Loop Road
Directions & Parking facilities
- Getting thereRonneburg is connected by two junctions to the A 4, which runs north of the city. When traveling from Erfurt, Hof, or Leipzig, take the Gera-Leumnitz exit; from the direction of Dresden/Chemnitz, take the Ronneburg exit. The B 7 runs through the city.Public transportation
Ronneburg is connected to the Gera–Altenburg rail link and is also regularly served regionally by the Göttingen–Glauchau RegionalExpress. Information on schedules and fares can be found at www.bahn.de.
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Tourismus Marketing Gesellschaft Sachsen mbH
Bautzner Straße 45/4701099 DresdenOrganization
Vogtland - Sinfonie der Natur
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Vogtland - Sinfonie der Natur
Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author
- The exhibition "Wismut* Object 90" vividly presents the complex topic of uranium ore mining in its entirety.
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