Elster Mountains - Elstergebirge

The Elster Mountains is a small mountain range between the Fichtel Mountains and the Ore Mountains is to be found. It is in the Vogtland in the area of ​​the German-Czech border. The site deals with the Saxon part of the Elster Mountains. For the Czech part be on the side Bohemian Elster Mountains referenced.

places

• 50.31666666666712.2666666666671 Adorf - On the southern edge of Adorf you can visit the miniature exhibition “Klein-Vogtland” and the adjoining leisure pool.
• 50.28194444444412.2347222222222 Bad Elster - traditional state bath
• 50.21666666666712.3166666666673 Bad Brambach - radon bath; the only health resort in Europe that uses radon as a natural remedy.

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  Adorf

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  Bad Elster

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  Bad Brambach

• 50.31388888888912.36754 Erlbach - surrounded in the north by the high fire (805 m) and in the east by the 773 m high Vysoký kámen (high stone).
• 50.270812.33085 Rural desert - village church; The 664 m high Wirtsberg is one of the best vantage points in the Vogtland.
• 50.31666666666712.3166666666676 Markneukirchen - Next 50.36694444444412.4686111111117 Klingenthal one of the main locations of the so-called "music corner" with the musical instrument museum.

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  Erlbach

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  Rural desert

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  Markneukirchen

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  Klingenthal

• 50.29524312.26098 Mulhouse - Located in the valley of the Rauner Bach on the B 92; Island pond in the floodplain of the stream.
• 50.255312.28759 Murmur - With the chapel, first mentioned in 1534, the village has one of the oldest preserved sacred buildings in the Vogtland.
• 50.276412.277810 Sole - State-approved resort with the Sohler mineral springs.
• 50.3512.41666666666711 Zwota - the valley of the Zwota forms the geographical border of the Elstergebirge to the near one Ore Mountains.

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  Murmur

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  Zwota

Other goals

Between Markneukirchen and Klingenthal, the so-called Music angle.

background

The Elster Mountains on the Saxon-Bohemian border are the link between the Fichtel and Ore Mountains. It is densely overgrown with coniferous forest and reaches a height of 757 m on Kapellenberg, near the source of the White Elster.

getting there

By train

The Vogtland Railway takes the RB 2 line from Zwickau above Plauen to Adorf and Bad Brambach and then further to Eger (Cheb) in the Czech Republic. The clocking is every two hours to Eger, with further trains between Plauen and Adorf condensing the interval to one hour.

• 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.last change: Jan. 2021

In the street

Who from direction Chemnitz arrives, leaves at departure Plauen-South the highway and changes to the B 92. Lately the city Oelsnitz (Vogtland) received a bypass, so that the journey here with your own motor vehicle could be accelerated somewhat. With the abolition of border controls, it is no longer difficult for people without a Schengenland passport to arrive from the south (e.g. regensburg via ) to drive via the Czech Republic to the Saxon part of the Elster Mountains.

mobility

• The Elster cycle path leads from to Elsterquelle at Aš via Bad Brambach and Bad Elster to Plauen and on to Hall

Tourist Attractions

• Vogtland open-air museum at Rural desert.
• Musical instrument museum in Markneukirchen.
• Spa facilities in Bad Elster and Bad Brambach.

activities

• hike
• relax

kitchen

• The Hotel König Albert in Bad Elster has its own variety of potatoes. You can try the potatoes in the hotel restaurant.

accommodation

security

climate

literature

• Hiking, skiing and cycling map of the Vogtland music and bathing region, Bad Elster, Markneukirchen. Publishing house Dr. Barthel, ISBN 978-3-89591-021-0 . Scale 1: 35,000, € 5.90

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