Landscape Between Moated Castle & Industrial Culture

This tour takes you through idyllic villages, woods and meadows. Its starting point is the sculpture of the “Black Woman” on the village green in Massen. You cycle through the forest and via Lindthal, Rehain, Göllnitz and Dollenchen to Sallgast, whose centrepiece is the 12th century moated castle. The spacious castle grounds were created around 1880. Today, Sallgast castle accommodates a registry office and a local history museum. The tour continues to Lichterfeld and its F60 visitor mine. You will simply have to take a tour on the steel colossus, which is 502 metres long, 202 metres wide, 80 metres high and weighs 11,000 tonnes. Length: 34 kilometresStart/finish: Finsterwalde/MassenLogo/route sign: Tour is not signpostedHow to get there:Train: take the RE5 (Elsterwerda) from Berlin central station to Doberlug-Kirchhain and then the RB28887 (Cottbus) to Finsterwalde (about 2 hours)Car: from Berlin via the A13, B87 and B96 to Finsterwalde (about 1.5 hours)Points of interest/background information:Sallgast: Moated castleLichterfeld: F60 visitor mineRoute: Massen, Göllnitz, Dollenchen, Sallgast, Klingmühl, Lichterfeld, MassenPossible combinations:Prince Pueckler Cycle PathCoal, Wind and Town of Singers TourCoal, Wind and Water TourHistoric Town Centres Cycle Routes 6Trail conditions/surface: The tour mostly takes you over well-developed cycle paths and some natural paths, and the route is flat.Maps/Literature: Sängerstadt Finsterwalde, Doberlug-Kirchhain und Umgebung, Sachsen Karthographie; Auflage: 2 (7. Juli 2011), ISBN 978-3-86843-062-2, Euro 5.50