Plauen circular hiking trail

Stage 1 Reusa - Südvorstadt (white-yellow-white markings)

• Start: Reusa streetcar terminus, lines 4 and 6
• Destination: Südvorstadt streetcar terminus, line 5

Route: Reusa streetcar stop - Rotdornweg - Apfelbaumweg - path parallel to Schäfereiweg - crossing of Tauschwitzer Straße - forest path parallel to Kemmlerblick Straße - left - footpath on the edge of Waldesruh - crossing of Kemmlerstraße - to Waldesruh (direction Brand) - forest path to Kemmlerstraße. Brand) - forest path to Kemmler - forest path through Reinsdorfer Wald to Kemmlerstraße - Oelsnitzer Straße (B92) to Leibnizstraße - Südvorstadt streetcar stop (line 5)

Places of interest on the 1st stage: Kleinfriesen gondola pond, Kleinfriesener Str. 62 (below the streetcar stop), Kemmler (507 m high) with observation tower (19 m high), beautiful panoramic view over Plauen and the Vogtland, usable barbecue area at Kemmler

Stage 2 Südvorstadt - Neundorf

• Start: Südvorstadt streetcar terminus, line 5
• Finish: Neundorf streetcar terminus, lines 1 and 3

Route: Südvorstadt streetcar stop - Leibnizstraße - Touristenweg - "Schwarzes Holz" woodland - Meßbacher Weg on the right - Milmesbach crossing - Cross Hofer Landstraße (B173) - right along Hofer Landstraße to the Zum Burgteich junction - Zur Waldsiedlung - Weg ins Grüne - Possigweg - ÜPossigweg - bridge crossing - riverside path along the Weiße Elster to Mühle Straßberg - Hauptstraße - Kirchweg through railroad underpass - Steingasse - Straßberger Grenzweg - Am Steinpöhl - meadow path ascent to Steinpöhl - Blechschmidtweg - Eichhübelweg - Neundorfer Straße - streetcar stop at Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz

Places of interest on the 2nd stage: church in Straßberg, Elster Valley, Steinpöhl vantage point with views of Straßberg, Kürbitz and Weischlitz

Stage 3 Neundorf - Plamag

• Start: Neundorf streetcar terminus, lines 1 and 3
• Finish: Plamag streetcar terminus, lines 5 and 6

Route: Neundorf streetcar stop - Mommsenstraße - Alte Zwoschwitzer Straße - Am Froschteich - Kopernikusstraße - Am Birkenhübel - Hiking trail into the Syratal LSG - along the stream to Syratalstraße - cross Syrabach - forest path to Erfurter Straße - cross Straße am Syratal - forest path to Kauschwitzer Straße - forest path to Kauschwitzer Straße. Forest path to Kauschwitzer Straße - Am Fuchsloch - left forest path - to the settlement - through the settlement - right across the field - along the edge of the forest - Siedlung road - right along Siedlung road - left along Pausaer Straße - cross Pausaer Straße - Plamag streetcar stop

Places of interest on the 3rd stage: Birkenhübel viewpoint, Syratal landscape conservation area with Syratalbrücke railroad viaduct, Am Fuchsloch - view of the Vogtland hills, wooded Grünsteinhärtlinge and Pöhle

Stage 4 Plamag - Reusa

• Start: Kauschwitz settlement;
• Finish: Reusa streetcar stop, lines 4 and 6

Route: Kauschwitz housing estate - Bürschelweg - Zur alten Rennbahn - cross Pausaer Str. (B92) - Tannenhof - railroad underpass - turn right onto Oberjößnitzer Weg towards Waldgrün - forest path along the railroad into the city forest - turn left at Essigsteig through the city forest to Seumestrassee - cross the railroad line - left along the railroad to the pedestrian bridge - forest path to Pfaffenmühle - next to Kaltenbach to Nymphental - detour left to Teufelskanzel - Elsteruferweg back in a southerly direction to Pfaffengutstraße - Elsteruferweg to Rondell - Rondell forest path up to the right to the grave of the unknown soldier - forest path to Rosengrabenstraße - An den Thößehäusern" street - forest path to Elsteruferweg - right uphill to Pietzschebachweg - Friesenweg - crossing of railroad/Weiße Elster - crossing of Möschwitzer Str. - Am Friesenbach - Langenberggasse - left - path to Friesenbach - forest path to Waldfrieden - underpass B173 - along B173 to Semmelweisstr. - Damaschkestr. - cross Kleinfriesener Str. - streetcar stop Reusa

Places of interest on the 4. Stage: Rest area "Drei Eichen" (Bürschelweg) - view over the Neundorfer Auen, Jewish cemetery at Tannenhof 7, rest area with log cabin in the city forest, detour to the Herrmann falconry, Teufelskanzel (greenstone rock), detour to the Elstertalbrücke (second largest brick bridge in the world), wild and romantic Nymphental valley, Elsterhang nature reserve near Röttis, Thößehäuser and Rosengraben - forest area with three rose graves (passageway to Pfaffenmühle and Elstertal)

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You can reach Plauen with the Vogtlandbahn. Information on travel times and prices can be found at www.vogtlandbahn.de or from the Vogtland Tourist and Transport Office on 03744 19449 or www.vogtlandauskunft.de

From Oberer Bahnhof and Banhnhof Mitte you can change to the streetcar and travel to the respective starting point.

Refreshments:

Stage 1: Snack bar at the Elbel butcher's, Falkensteiner Straße 39, Tel.: 03741-719720

Reusaer Eck, Reusaer Straße 84, Tel.: 03741-445680

Stage 2: Cambrinus restaurant, Tel.: 03741-133396

Stage 3: short detour to Tennera in the city park, Tennera 20, Tel.: 03741-226785

Stage 4: Pfaffenmühle, Pfaffenmühlenweg 18, Tel.: 03741-525772

On stage 4, a detour to the Herrmann falconry and the Elster Valley Bridge (second largest brick bridge in the world)