Upper Lusatia Railway Cycle Path (formerly Umgebinde house Cycle Path)

  • 18.90 km long
  • Difficulty: easy
  • Condition: very easy
  • Cycling
  • 1:20 h
  • 18.90 km
  • 123 m
  • 135 m
  • 239 m
  • 369 m
  • 130 m
  • Start: Großpostwitz OT Eulowitz
  • Destination: Löbau

Cycle along the old railway track from Halbendorf/Gebirge to Löbau via Cunewalde.

Through the beautiful Cunewalde valley along the old railway line runs a route easy for everyone to cycle. It is part of a regional main route connecting the Spree Cycle Path with the Saxon City Route from Großpostwitz/OT Eulowitz via Cunewalde to Löbau. Discover the many listed Umgebinde houses, the unique folk architecture of Upper Lusatia, on your route.

Good to know

Pavements

Street (2%)
Asphalt (30%)
Gravel (27%)
Trail (24%)
Path (17%)

Best to visit

suitable
Depends on weather

Directions

Simply follow the old railway line. Entry can be at Großpostwitz OT Eulowitz or also at Cunewalde.

Tour information

  • Stop at an Inn

Directions & Parking facilities

Getting there

Federal motorway A4 Dresden - Görlitz to the Bautzen/West exit - B96 through Bautzen towards Großpostwitz. If you continue on the B96 to Großpostwitz - Oppach, you can turn left to Cunewalde.

Public transportation

The Upper Lusatia region is well connected to the Dresden rail network. Key railway junctions are: Bautzen, Görlitz, Bischofswerda, Sohland/Spree, Eibau, Zittau and Löbau.

Further information on public transport in Upper Lusatia can be found here.

Author

Marketing-Gesellschaft Oberlausitz-Niederschlesien mbH

Organization

Das Landschaftswunderland Oberlausitz

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Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author

Großpostwitz: village church

Cunewalde: Polenz Park, Umgebinde house park, Germany's largest Protestant village church

Löbau: King Friedrich August Tower and Löbauer Berg

Map

- Hiking and cycling map with winter sports information Schirgiswalde-Kirschau and surroundings (Valtenberg, Czorneboh, Bieleboh)

Scale 1 : 33 000

- Cycling and hiking map Upper Lusatian Highlands (Bautzen-Neustadt i.S.-Löbau-Sebnitz)

Scale 1: 50 0000