Discover Krauschwitz i.d.O.L.: Crafts and leisure

Krauschwitz i.d.O.L. offers visitors a range of things to explore, from the history of crafts and industry to outdoor activities. The museum, cycle route and leisure centre each offer a different focus for planning your day. Which of these interests you most may also influence your choice of where to stay.

Crafts, industrial history and cycling

The Handwerk & Gewerbe Museum Sagar is a local museum dedicated to the history of industry and crafts. It is located next to a former sawmill pond and close to the Oder-Neiße Cycle Route. The route is listed as 523 kilometres long and runs from the source of the Neisse near Nova Ves nad Nisou in the Czech Republic to the river’s mouth in the Baltic Sea; the published distance may vary depending on how the route is defined. The museum and cycle route appeal to different interests: the museum focuses on local history of crafts and trades, while the route is a long-distance cycling trail connecting endpoints far apart.

Outdoor recreation and traces of history

The Skerbersdorf leisure centre is within the municipality of Krauschwitz. It offers an outdoor swimming pool, facilities for football and beach volleyball, a wooden playground and a small campsite. The campsite is located right on the Oder-Neiße Cycle Route. This lets you choose different priorities when planning your day: water, ball games, the playground or cycling. As facilities may change, check the latest information before visiting.

The Barbaraturm tower offers another perspective on industrial history. It is a protected former charging tower of the Keula ironworks and serves as a memorial associated with Saint Barbara. Its historical function differs from the museum’s work: the tower is a single structure whose industrial history is linked to its significance as a memorial.

Landscape and walking

The Muskau Arch Geopark is associated with a landscape on both sides of the Lusatian Neisse that was shaped by the Ice Age more than 340,000 years ago. Walking is also one of the area’s featured themes. This adds a landscape shaped by geology to the other travel ideas: here, the focus is on the wider landscape rather than a single building or leisure facility.

More to explore in the wider destination of Görlitz

The wider destination of Görlitz offers additional city and cultural attractions. After a city fire, Schönhof in Görlitz was rebuilt in the Renaissance style from 1526 onwards. It is the main building of the Silesian Museum in Görlitz and is among the oldest Renaissance buildings north of the Alps. The Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz Vivarium presents around 70 animal species in twelve elaborately designed landscape tanks covering 100 m². A live animal feeding demonstration takes place in the museum’s live animal area at 4 p.m. on the first Thursday of every month; admission is included in the museum ticket. Check the current calendar before your visit.

The “Walk of Görliwood®” takes you on an individual route from filming location to filming location throughout Görlitz using the free SmartGuide app. Check that the app is available before your trip.

This lets you tailor your search to the kind of days you want to spend on your trip.

Discover more destinations: Hähnichen, Rosenbach, Weißwasser/Oberlausitz, Görlitz, Oppach, Schöpstal, Quitzdorf am See, Ostritz.

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