Via the nature trail to the Lausche (793 m)

4:00 h
7.53 km
350 m
355 m
406 m
688 m
282 m
Start: Nature park garden, 02799 Großschönau OT Spa town Waltersdorf
Destination: Nature park garden, 02799 Großschönau OT Spa town Waltersdorf

Along the nature trail, 14 display boards provide information about typical habitats and natural history features such as geology, flora, and fauna of the "Lausche" nature reserve as well as the surroundings of Waltersdorf.

The distinctive phonolite mountain Lausche (Luž, 793 m) rises above the landscape from the main ridge of the Lusatian Mountains about 2 km south of the center of Waltersdorf and 700 m north of the settlement Myslivny (Jägerdörfel) near Horní Světlá (Oberlichtenwalde). Its size is particularly noticeable when viewed from the north or east, while from the southern and western sides it appears only as a relatively small knoll. The Lausche is the highest point of the Lusatian / Zittau Mountains; for Germans it has special significance because it is also the highest peak in the German territory east of the Elbe. It was mentioned for the first time in 1538 as Spitzberg, later also called Heilstein or Hickelstein. The inhabitants of Waltersdorf often called it Mittagsberg as the sun is seen directly above its summit around noon. The current German name Lausche was first recorded in 1631 and the Czech name Luž was first used in Kafka's hiking guide from 1909. The name Hückelstein or Hickelstein is still used in Germany to refer to the lower northwestern subpeak.

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Directions

Starting at the nature park garden, the nature trail leads over the Sängerhöhe (497 m) to the Ottoberg (521 m) and further down to the near-natural mountain stream Pfarrflössel. Via the ridge path, the 793 m high Lausche is reached; continuing past the Old Guard to Sonneberg and the red quarry as a testimony to historic sandstone extraction. Along the Butterberg and past the Naturparkhaus Zittauer Gebirge, the starting point is reached.

Tour information

Loop Road
Summit

Equipment

Hiking boots

Directions & Parking facilities

To the route planner.

To the cycling flyer.

Parking is available at the Naturparkhaus Zittauer Gebirge.

Bus lines 14, 15

For ZVON timetable information

Additional information

www.zittauer-gebirge.com

https://www.grossschoenau.de/

https://www.ddfm.de/

https://www.trixi-park.de/
For the Culinary Hiking Weeks, we recommend the culinary partner Sonnebergbaude.

Author

Tourismuszentrum Naturpark Zittauer Gebirge

Organization

Das Landschaftswunderland Oberlausitz

Website

License (master data)

Tourismuszentrum Naturpark Zittauer Gebirge

Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author

The route can be extended to the Czech side (e.g., to Chata Luž).

If you are already in the municipality of Grossschönau, also visit the German Damask and Terry Museum. You can also visit Trixi Holiday Park. The TRIXI HOLIDAY PARK "Zittauer Gebirge" is Saxony's largest holiday park with an area of 23 hectares and with its offerings a true holiday island amidst the mountains. In the TRIXI POOL next door, water lovers are really in their element. On 1500 sqm, they can enjoy wet and happy bathing fun or just swim a few laps quietly. 30° C warm water, current channel, whirlpool, children's pool, steam room, brine pool and of course the attraction: the fast 60-meter-long tube slide – an experience with a wet surprise for young and old.

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