- 2:39 h
- 10.50 km
- 75 m
- 75 m
- 239 m
- 314 m
- 75 m
- Start: Parking lot Olbersdorfer See / campground
- Destination: Parking lot Olbersdorfer See / campground
The open-pit mining educational route leads through a landscape that has been changed over decades by lignite mining. In 1999, the 2nd Saxon State Garden Show was held here under the motto "Landscape after mining." On this occasion, the educational trail was completed with the support of the Nature Conservation Center 'Zittau Mountains.' Along the educational trail, 13 information panels with text and maps provide information about the mining history as well as special features in nature and landscape after mining.
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Directions
Tour information
Cultural Interesting
Loop Road
Equipment
Directions & Parking facilities
From Zittau the S 137 to Pethaus and at the roundabout to the leisure oasis Olbersdorfer See
From Zittau train station with bus line A (city transport)
To the ZVON timetable information
Additional information
Locations of the educational trail panels:
1. Relocation of the Grundbach and establishment of the near-natural stream course
2. Habitat Grundbach basin
3. Woody plants in the open-pit mine
4. Habitat succession areas
5. Shallow water area at the lake
6. Remediation work in construction field 4
7. The church in Olbersdorf (1883 - 1984)
8. Geology of the Zittau coal basin
9. Schematic overview of the open-pit mine
10. Conveyor routes in the open-pit mine
11. Birdlife in Westpark
12. Fish of our ponds
13. Birdlife of our homeland
Literature
Author
Tourismuszentrum Naturpark Zittauer Gebirge
Organization
Das Landschaftswunderland Oberlausitz
License (master data)
Tourismuszentrum Naturpark Zittauer Gebirge
Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author
A small 5 km shortcut variant around Olbersdorfer See is also accessible for wheelchairs.
Relax after this hike at the leisure oasis with several tourist facilities.
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