Bautzen Panorama Route Southeast 3

Along Bautzen's main boulevard, the "Reichenstraße," you pass many sights such as the Jugendstil villa Weigang or the former GDR Stasi prison. Through the nature park, you reach the observatory. Passing it, a path lined with remarkable glacial erratics follows, with a beautiful polish and a nameplate rounding off each. Back on the street, on the left (north of the dog sports field) is the “Russian Column.” The route continues through Rabitz, Daranitz, and Rieschen, then turning right after the village to Weißig. From there, over the first ridge of the Upper Lusatian Highlands, you hike through forest and fields to Pielitz to the "Red Tavern," which still offers accommodation. After a rustic break and refreshment from your backpack, take the meadow path (yellow mark) back toward Bautzen. From Mehltheuer, with the Bautzen panorama in sight, continue over part of the battlefield from May 1813, passing the “Murder Stone (1639),” and return through Jeßnitz, Soculahora to the city. Passing the former hussar barracks and the Red Church, the route leads to Postplatz, for example as a reward with coffee and cake at Café Marx.