The range of hills Dübener Heide is a terminal moraine landscape about 40 km northeast of Leipzig. It is bounded by the river basins of the Mulde to the west, the Elbe to the north and east and an imaginary line from Eilenburg to Torgau To the south.
This page deals with the part of the Dübener Heide belonging to the state of Saxony-Anhalt. The southern part of the Düben Heath belongs to Saxony. For this, be on the side Dahlener and Düben Heath referenced. Adjacent travel regions are in the north Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm, in the northeast of the Pre-flaming, in the south of the Saxon part the Dübener Heide and in the west that Central German chemistry triangle.
places
- Bad Schmiedeberg - located in the middle of the Dübener Heide; Art Nouveau Kurhaus and Heilbrunnen.
- Graefenhainichen - largest city in the travel region covered; in the immediate vicinity Ferropolis - the city made of iron.
- Kemberg - Small town on the northern edge of the Düben Heath; Church of Our Dear Women.
- Pretzsch - a small town on the Elbe; Renaissance castle from the 16th century.
The eponymous place Bad Düben, located on the Mulde, is already in Saxony.
Other goals
background
The Düben Heath, mainly composed of sandy soils, is a gently undulating and predominantly wooded landscape. It is one of the largest contiguous forest areas in Central Germany. The highest point is the Ochsenkopf dei. Comparatively sparsely populated and only cut by a few traffic arteries, it is a retreat for wild animals.
Parts of the Düben Heath are placed under protection in the "Düben Heath" nature park of the same name.
Historically, the Dübener Heide belonged to Electoral Saxony and was one of the hunting grounds of the Wittenberg or in Torgau resident Saxon electors. In 1815, as a result of the Congress of Vienna, the western part was separated and added to Prussia; a division that continues in today's division between Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony.
getting there
By car
The A 9 runs along the western edge of the Düben Heath. If you are coming from Berlin, you should leave the A 9 for the eastern areas Pretzsch at the departure Little Marzehns and for the western parts around Graefenhainichen at the departure Dessau East. From direction Leipzig you can reach the area via the B 2 via Bad Düben.
By train
The railway line Leipzig - Bitterfeld - Wittenberg - Berlin with long-distance traffic stops in Bitterfeld and Wittenberg touches the western part of the Dübener Heide. Local trains also stop in Graefenhainichen, Bergwitz or Radis. From there, the bus continues, as the Wittenberg - Bad Schmiedeberg - Eilenburg railway line is only used irregularly (2017 on summer weekends between Wittenberg and Bad Schmiedeberg, individual trains also to Eilenburg).
By bicycle
- Cycle route Berlin - Leipzig
- European cycle route R1 - from the direction of Dessau
mobility
The following federal highways run through the area:
- The B 2Leipzig–Bad Düben–Kemberg–Lutherstadt Wittenberg crosses the Dübener Heide in a north-south direction and is the most important traffic artery in the area.
The main roads touch more tangentially
- B 100 Bitterfeld–Graefenhainichen–Lutherstadt Wittenberg in the north-west
- B 107 Dessau–Graefenhainichen–Bad Düben in the southwest
- B 182 Lutherstadt Wittenberg–Pretzsch–Torgau in the East
- B 183 Bitterfeld - Bad Düben - Torgau in the south
the Düben Heath.
Tourist Attractions
- Reinharz water castle
- Bunker Kossa - former underground command post of the NVA
- Eisenhammer charcoal factory
activities
- hike. There are approx. 1,000 km of signposted hiking trails in the Dübener Heide without great degrees of difficulty.
- Mushroom picking. The Düben Heath is a real tip among mushroom pickers. Just follow someone who looks like a clue inconspicuously, they won't reveal the exact places anyway.
- Swimming. Numerous bodies of water, mostly former gravel or lignite pits, allow undisturbed splashing around.
kitchen
accommodation
security
climate
literature
- Fritzsche, Ernst. The Düben Heath - travel and hiking book. Naumburg Publishing House 2005. ISBN 3-86156-144-1 .
- Kadatz, Hans-Joachim. Villages and village churches in the historic old district of Torgau. Heide-Druck, Bad Düben 2013.
- Böttcher, Hans-Joachim. Historical grave monuments and their inscriptions in the Dübener Heide. AMF, Hanau 2005.
- Böttcher, Hans-Joachim. Archive pictures Bad Düben. Sutton Verlag, Erfurt 2005. ISBN 3-89702-814-X .
- Böttcher, Hans-Joachim. Quiet and full of austere beauty ... Palaces and their gardens in the Düben Heath. Heide-Druck, Bad Düben 2006. ISBN 978-3-00-020880-5 .
- Böttcher, Hans-Joachim. Pictures from the GDR Bad Düben. Sutton Verlag, Erfurt 2007. ISBN 978-3-86680-134-9 .
- Böttcher, Hans-Joachim. Forays through the Düben Heath. Sutton Verlag, Erfurt 2007. ISBN 978-3-86680-243-8 .
- Böttcher, Hans-Joachim. Along the Mulde between Eilenburg and Dessau. Sutton Verlag, Erfurt 2010. ISBN 978-3-86680-653-5 .
- Böttcher, Hans-Joachim. Important historical personalities of the Düben Heath. AMF, Hanau 2012.
