- 1:04 h
- 14.81 km
- 148 m
- 148 m
- 422 m
- 528 m
- 106 m
- Start: Zwickauer Straße/ corner of Weststraße
- Destination: Zwickauer Straße/ corner of Weststraße
The tour begins and ends on the edge of the town center on Zwickauer Straße and leads along a dirt track past a former agricultural airfield.
After following Hartensteiner Straße in Mitteldorf for a while, the route turns onto the former railroad embankment. In the light shade of large trees, you can pedal towards Beutha with a beautiful view. An area nature monument for butterflies marks the end of this section of the trail.
You are invited to take a detour into the parish forest via field paths and a dirt road, from the edge of which there is a wonderful view of the district of Beutha.
The circular tour then leads through the center of Beutha and follows a section of the supra-regional cycle path through the Beuthenbach forest. Where settlement was abandoned hundreds of years ago for unknown reasons (deserted Mark Wittendorf), you can now see the impressive dam wall of a rainwater retention basin. From here, the path climbs steeply once again along the fruit tree-lined Alte Stollberger Straße/ Alte Neuwieser Straße before returning to the starting point of the field bike circuit.
Pavements
- Street (35%)Asphalt (7%)Gravel (42%)Trail (16%)
Best to visit
- suitableDepends on weather
Tour information
Cultural Interesting
Loop Road
Stop at an Inn
Directions & Parking facilities
- Getting there
From the A 72: Take the Stollberg-West exit and turn off in the direction of Annaberg-Buchholz. At the "Stollberger Tor" industrial estate, turn left onto Auer Straße. After about 400 m, turn left onto Zwickauer Straße.
From the B 180: At the "Stollberger Tor" industrial estate, turn onto Auer Straße. After about 400 m, turn left onto Zwickauer Straße.
From the city center (Hauptmarkt) by bike: Follow Herrenstraße until it meets Zwickauer Straße (at Marienkirche). Turn right into Zwickauer Straße and follow it for 1,800 meters.
From the city center (Hauptmarkt) by car: Turn into Hohensteiner Straße and follow it to the traffic circle at Auer Straße. Leave the traffic circle at the third exit and follow Auer Straße for about 900 meters. Turn right into Zwickauer Straße.
ParkingOn Zwickauer Straße there is the possibility to park for an unlimited time and free of charge in the public traffic area.
Koordinaten: 50.702037,12.753161
Public transportationIf you arrive by Citybahn line C11 or bus, you can follow Bahnhofstraße south from Stollberg station. After about 430 meters, you will come to Zwickauer Straße. Follow this road in a westerly direction for 1,500 meters (uphill) to reach the starting point on the other side of Auer Straße. Additional information
The desolate Mark Wittendorf, a lost village between Neuwürschnitz and Beutha, was mentioned as a deserted area as early as 1406 when the old county of Hartenstein was pledged to the Schönburgs (source: Stollberg, by Horst Rößler, p. 262).
There are various dark legends surrounding the deserted Mark, which can be found in the chronicle mentioned above.
Literature
Stollberg town council:
Hiking and leisure map of the town of Stollberg
Horst Rößler:
Stollberg, The large district town in the state of Saxony, The gateway to the silver Ore Mountains
Author
Stadt Stollberg
Organization
Erlebnisheimat Erzgebirge
Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author
If you take the tour in the opposite direction, you could reward yourself with a break at the hotel and restaurant "La Locanda" at Hartensteiner Straße 59 in Mitteldorf towards the end. If you follow this road towards the town center, you will also find numerous other places to stop for refreshments and a wonderful playground by the Walkteich pond.
The cemetery is located in the center of Beutha, near the church. On the inside of the cemetery wall is a pillar of shame for the robber chief Nikol List and stone memorial crosses for two Hartenstein citizens murdered by him in 1696.
Map
Dr. Barthel Verlag:
Cycling and hiking map of Aue, Schneeberg, Lößnitz, Zwönitz and the surrounding area: Excursions between Zwickau, Stollberg, Hartenstein, Bad Schlema, Grünhain-Beierfeld and Schwarzenberg. 1:35000 (Schöne Heimat)
Hiking and cycling map of Stollberg, Oelsnitz, Lichtenstein and the surrounding area: Excursions between Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Chemnitz, Zwönitz, Zwickau and Glauchau. 1:35000 (Schöne Heimat)