- 3: 30 pm
- 13,72 km
- 31 m
- 31 m
- 82 m
- 96 m
- 14 m
- Start: Torgau train station
- Destination: Torgau train station
The hiking route leads from the historic old town of Torgau with its cultural and historical sights such as the impressive Hartenfels Castle, the Renaissance-style town hall and the magnificent patrician houses to the southern offshore Great Pond. This was artificially created as a fish pond in 1483 and still serves as such today. As a European bird sanctuary, Saxony's largest pond makes an important contribution to environmental and nature conservation. The Biberhof, an educational center for nature and the environment, is a worthwhile excursion tip with its permanent exhibition on local wildlife.
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Directions
After arriving by train, you will first visit the historic old town of Torgau. Special highlights are Hartenfels Castle and the St. Mary's Church, where Luther's wife Katharina found her final resting place. After the exploration tour, you leave the city center via Schlossstrasse and Leipziger Strasse heading west and cross the city park, cross the Schwarzer Graben river and the B182. Via Röhrweg and Thomas-Müntzer-Strasse you will reach the Great Pond. This was artificially created as a fish pond by a Saxon decree in 1483/84 and today has a water surface of around 175 hectares with a depth of 1,5 to 2 m. Every year at the beginning of November, the fishing at the Great Pond attracts many visitors from near and far. More than 100 species of birds find their breeding grounds in the extensive reed belt on the shoreline, which is why Saxony's largest pond also enjoys international importance as a European bird sanctuary. For example, the reed warbler, the cuckoo, the mute swan and the white rail are at home here. Even the water rail, kingfisher and grey heron feel at home here. Turning left, you will soon come across the Ellergraben, which will accompany you all the way to Pflückuff. Just before the village is the Biberhof, a station that was set up in 1995 by the Nature Conservation Association and whose employees focus on the active protection of beavers. In Pflückuff, continue walking to the right on the road An der Bahn. Once you reach the forest area, the hiking trail leads you at a right angle, first to the left and then to the right. Follow the former Torgau-Belgern railway line, which has been converted into a hiking trail here, so that you can easily get to the west bank of the Great Pond. Past Entenfang, Zinnaer Flut and Röhrgraben, you will reach the Tunierplatzweg, which you follow until it joins Thomas-Müntzer-Straße. Here the hiking route leads back to the city park. In the city park, a path leads you north to the train station.
Tour features
Culturally interesting
Arrival & Parking
Torgau: P2 Straße or Jugend or P4 Pestalozziweg
- Train and S-Bahn: Torgau station
author
Verena Daser
Organization
LEIPZIG REGION
Author's tip
- City Church of St. Mary with gravestone of Katharina von Bora
- Hartenfells Castle with exhibitions
- Torgau Museum Trail
- Biberhof nature conservation station
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