Cycling routes and Upper Lusatian Carnival in Bautzen District

When planning a trip in Bautzen District, different scales come into play: the Bautzen Northern Tour is 43.1 kilometers long and has clearly named stops; other circular routes focus on the landscape or local legends. There are also sections of long-distance cycle routes, as well as the carnival strongholds of Schirgiswalde and Wittichenau. You can therefore plan your stay around a specific cycling loop, a theme, or a cultural tradition.

Circular routes between landscape and legend

The Bautzen Northern Tour runs from Bautzen via Quatitz, Großdubrau, Milkel, Klix, and Malschwitz, then back to Bautzen. Its 43.1-kilometer route passes through heath and pond landscapes and along the nature trail in Crosta. The distance, sequence of places, and connection to nature offer different starting points for planning your trip: you can focus on the specific loop, or on the landscape and nature trail as themes of the route.

The Hill and Valley Route is a regional circular route through the West Lusatian Hills in Bautzen District. The regional Krabat Cycle Route, meanwhile, centers on Krabat, a hero of Sorbian legend: the loop follows in his footsteps through the district. The two circular routes therefore have clearly distinct themes: the West Lusatian Hills on the one hand, Krabat on the other. If you are planning around more than one interest, you can weigh the landscape and legends separately and choose the loop whose theme best matches your priorities.

Long-distance cycle routes with sections in Bautzen District

The Central Germany Route is a long-distance cycle route from Zittau to Aachen; its section in Bautzen District runs through the Upper Lusatian Highlands. The Spree Cycle Route runs from its source in Upper Lusatia to Berlin; the section from Taubenheim to Zerre lies in Bautzen District. Alongside the regional circular routes, there are therefore two long-distance connections, with their sections in the district described in different ways: one by way of the Upper Lusatian Highlands, the other via Taubenheim and Zerre. When choosing between a regional loop and a stage of a long-distance route, this distinction can provide an initial point of reference: a complete circular route versus the named sections of larger cycling connections.

Upper Lusatian Carnival as a cultural theme

Cycling is not the only possible reason to plan a trip in the district. The carnival strongholds of Upper Lusatian Carnival are the towns of Schirgiswalde and Wittichenau. If you are particularly interested in this tradition, you can include these two place names as cultural points of reference in your further planning. Unlike the cycling themes, the key planning clue here is not the route type, but the carnival’s local roots in two towns.

Choose accommodation based on the purpose of your trip

You can then compare the place names and route themes that matter to your plans with your other travel arrangements. This way, your choice of accommodation reflects the actual purpose of your trip.

Discover more destinations

Discover more destinations: Steinigtwolmsdorf, Großpostwitz/Oberlausitz, Burkau, Weißenberg, Bautzen, Lauta, Arnsdorf, Wilthen, Radeberg, Ottendorf-Okrilla, Löbau, Hoyerswerda, Großharthau, Göda, Cunewalde, Bischofswerda, Schönteichen, Kubschütz, Laußnitz, Wachau, Pulsnitz, Neukirch/Lausitz, Kamenz, Elsterheide, Ohorn, Hochkirch, Großröhrsdorf, Guttau, Panschwitz-Kuckau, Sohland An Der Spree, Doberschau-Gaußig, Lohsa, Crostau, Königswartha, Königsbrück, Haselbachtal, Steina, Demitz-Thumitz, Schmölln-Putzkau, Elstra, Oßling, Räckelwitz, Radibor, Schirgiswalde-Kirschau, Großdubrau, Malschwitz, Neschwitz, Bernsdorf, Schwepnitz, Spreetal, Bretnig-Hauswalde, Crostwitz, Frankenthal, Großnaundorf, Lichtenberg, Nebelschütz, Obergurig, Ralbitz-Rosenthal, Wittichenau.

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