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The White magpie is an almost 250 km long tributary of the Saale. It arises in the Elster Mountainson the German-Czech border. There is a lot to discover on the Elster Cycle Path between here and the Leipzig lowland bay.
Route profile
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Elstertal bridge near Pöhl
Greiz
Above the Wünschendorfer fairytale forest
- Length: 250 km
- Signposting: is available (intermediate signpost with route logo)
- Slopes: Above Gera the route is sometimes quite mountainous
- Path condition: differently
- Traffic load:
- Suitable bike: Best touring bikes with tread tires and gearshifts suitable for mountain use.
- Family suitability:
- Inline suitability: Between A 9 and Lochau
background
getting there
Public transportation
- about the Vogtland RailwayPlauen - Cheb to the train station Bad Elster; from here it is not far across the border to the Elsterquelle at Aš.
- over court, then with the regional train to Same; from here by bike across the border to Elsterquelle at Aš.
- The EgroNet ticket.
the Euregio Egrensis applies in the counties Greiz and Saale-Orla in Thuringia, in court, Kulmbach, Bayreuth, Neustadt an der Waldnaab, Pastures, Tirschenreuth and Wunsiedel in Upper Franconia, in Saxony in the Vogtland, Zwickau and the Western Ore Mountains and in Czech Republic in the region Karlovy Vary. The day pass for the second class costs 24 € (200 Kč in the Czech Republic) (plus 2 € in Germany if you buy at the counter) for the first person. For the 2nd to 5th person the additional charge is 8 € (100 Kč). You can make any number of trips with the participating transport companies on the day of validity until 3:00 a.m. In addition, you are allowed to take 3 children between 6 and 14 years and as many as you like under 6 years with you. One bike per person is also free. The surnames and first names of all travelers must be entered in block letters on the ticket, identification must be carried. Can be used as far as Gera.
By bicycle
On the Bridge cycle path Bavaria-Bohemia from the Fichtel Mountains.
In the street
Route description with sights
Corner points of the route
- Aš With Elsterquelle, the city is in Czech Republic
- Bad Elster - the health resort of Saxony
- Adorf - Miniature exhibition "Klein-Vogtland"
- Oelsnitz - Voigtsberg Castle
- Plauen - largest city in the Vogtland
- Pöhl - dam of the same name and Elstertal bridge
- Greiz - Residence town of the older line of the House of Reuss
- Gera - Location of the Federal Horticultural Show 2007
- → Connection to the Long-distance cycle route Thuringian city chain
- Time - Moritzburg Castle has a restaurant and a beer garden in the courtyard. If you want to see the center and the castle, you have to leave the route.
- Pegau - Sankt-Laurentius-Kirche with the Wiprecht cenotaph, one of the most important Romanesque sculptures in the Saxon art space
- Zwenkau - Zwenkauer See, the largest lake in the Leipzig New Lakeland
- Leipzig - Saxon metropolis with a structurally well-preserved city center, music and trade fair city
- Schkeuditz - Airport city, that Schkeuditz Cross is the oldest motorway junction in Germany
- Hall - Connection to the Saale cycle path direction Elbe.
Note: If you are familiar with the route, remove the heading "Corner points of the route" and replace this section with a detailed route description with stages. It is best to simply work the place names into the stages. You can find instructions on how to do this here .
An example of a fully developed cycle route with stages is here to find.
trips
References to literature and maps
Web links
- Elster cycle path - officially
