Sixth Stage “Lower Lusatian Mining Tour”: Forst (Lausitz) - Spremberg

From Forst (L.) the route leads through several small villages to Döbern. In Döbern, the two most important industrial branches in the region have been linked together: lignite and glass. The 18-metre-high glass pyramid in Döbern symbolises tradition. Glass has been produced here since 1867. From Döbern you cycle on secluded cycle paths through the landscape of the Muskau Bend to Bohsdorf. Here you can visit the Erwin Strittmatter Memorial Site, the original location for Strittmatter’s family trilogy “The Shop”, in a shop true to the original from the 1920s.
In Hornow the Chocolate Land of the Confiserie Felicitas awaits you. The tour continues through several small villages with churches and regional museums worth visiting before ending in Spremberg.Length: 54 kilometresStart: Forst (Lausitz), finish: SprembergLogo/route sign: The route logo is the red Rekord devil.How to get there: Take the RE2 from Berlin central station to Cottbus. From here take the RB46 to Forst (about 2.5 hours).Return journey: From Spremberg take the OE65 to Cottbus. From here take the RE2 (Wismar) to Berlin central station (about 3 hours).Route: Forst (Lausitz), Klein Jamno, Jethe, Gahry, Mattendorf, Groß Kölzig, Döbern, Friedrichshain, Bohsdorf, Hornow, Klein Loitz, Groß Luja, Sellessen, Bühlow, SprembergPoints of interest/background information:Forst: Brandenburg Textile MuseumDöbern: UNESCO Global Geopark Muskau BendFelixsee observation towerBloischdorf: Lower Lusatian Sorbian Village MuseumNeu-Haidemühl observation towerSpremberg: Niederlausitzer Heidemuseum, castlePossible combinationsPrince Pueckler Cycle PathOder-Neiße Cycle PathOld Mining Tour in Lower LusatiaTour BrandenburgSpree Cycle PathTrail conditions/surface: The tour leads along a completely new cycle path with an asphalt surface.Maps/Literature: “ADFC-Regionalkarte Niederlausitz mit Tagestouren-Vorschlägen. Mit kompletter Niederlausitzer Bergbautour und Fürst-Pückler-Radweg”, 1:75.000, Bielefelder Verlag, Auflage: 1 (1. April 2009), ISBN-13: 978-3870734664, Euro 6.80