Paddle route from Eilenburg to Bad Düben (Vereinigte Mulde)
- 7:00 h
- 27.77 km
- 1 m
- 15 m
- 83 m
- 98 m
- 15 m
- Start: 04838 Eilenburg, Torgau Bridge / Ziegelstraße
- Destination: 04849 Bad Düben, Leipziger Straße / staircase before blue arch bridge
Anyone undertaking this route experiences a very original Mulde landscape. Vast river floodplains, wild cliffs and gravel gravel formations shape the picture. This route is with 30 km the longest continuous river section, you should allow 6 to 7 hours for this. The only possible resting place or landing stage is the Gruna ferry. The route ends in Bad Düben about 200 m before the road bridge (blue wonder of Bad Düben). A landing and departure point for paddlers has been set up on the right bank.
The Mulde between Eilenburg and Bad Düben is subject to a navigation ban.
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Best to visit
- suitableDepends on weather
Directions
Eilenburg - Bad Düben
- Distance: 30 km
- Duration: 6 to 8 hours
- Portaging: not necessary
Start: Eilenburg, put-in below the Ziegelstraße bridge, left bank side
- Route passes through a nature reserve.
- After about 14 kilometers you reach the Gruna ferry house (the only rest and refreshment possibility on this stage)
- Continue through untouched floodplain, passing through a former gravel extraction site (about 2 km before Bad Düben)
Destination: Bad Düben, exit at the staircase on the right bank side (about 150 m before the distinctive blue arch bridge)
Tip: After the arch bridge the Mulde continues towards the Muldestausee in Saxony-Anhalt. On this also very interesting section you pass among others the alum mining dumps of the Red Shore near Bad Düben.
Tour information
Stop at an Inn
Equipment
Waterproof transport bag, rain and sun protection, provisions and water.
Directions & Parking facilities
- Getting there
Accessible from Leipzig via the B87.
Parking- 04838 Eilenburg, Franz-Mehring-Straße
- 04838 Laußig, Fährhaus Gruna
- 04849 Bad Düben, Leipziger Straße
Public transportationEilenburg: S-Bahn, train
Bad Düben: bus 196
With the S4 towards Torgau (exit: Eilenburg station)
Additional information
- Navigation on this stretch is only permitted from July 15 to October 31 for nature conservation reasons! There is a strict all-year docking and access ban on the bank.
Author
Franziska Tiedtke
Organization
LEIPZIG REGION
License (master data)
Franziska Tiedtke
Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author
- After the arch bridge the Mulde continues towards the Muldestausee in Saxony-Anhalt. On this also very interesting section you pass among others the alum mining dumps of the Red Shore near Bad Düben.
Safety guidelines
Safe and proper on the waters: Information on water hiking
ATTENTION:
For reasons of nature conservation such as breeding times of kingfisher, sand martin and common sandpiper, the paddling time window is set each year from July 15 to October 31. This route may only be paddled from July 15 to October 31 each year!!