The Dubringer Moor Tour

This bicycle tour takes you round the last, largest moor landscapes between the Elbe and Oder rivers. You’ll discover the rich plant and animal life in the Dubringer Moor landscape and nature conservation area. The expansive moors, the pond area and the Schwarze Elster floodplain are home to a wide variety of plants and animals, and are filled with the muffled calls of great bitterns and toad and frog choruses, while sea eagles circle overhead. The local flora includes beautiful and rare species like carnivorous sundew, cranberries, and meadows of cotton grass. Well-equipped with binoculars in your rucksack, this cycling trip is guaranteed to be a real natural experience.Length: 33 kilometresStart/finish: Hoyerswerda railway stationLogo/route sign: not specifiedHow to get there:Train: Take the RB18350 from Berlin Ostkreuz to Senftenberg. From here take the RB18284 to Hoyerswerda (about 3 hours).Car: Take the A13 from Berlin to Hoyerswerda (about 2 hours).Route: Hoyerswerda, Groß Neida, Dörgenhausen, Neudorf-Klösterlich, Wittichenau, Dubring, Scheckthal, Zeißholz, Neukollm, Schwarzkollm, Bröthen, HoyerswerdaPoints of interest/background information:Hoyerswerda: Zoo, castle with town museumDörgenhausen: Chapel and post millSchwarzkollm: Krabat-Mühle adventure farm, Frenzelhaus with a local history parlourViewpoint between Neudorf and MichalkenPossible combinationsSchwarze Elster Cycle PathLakeland RouteLower Lusatian Mining TourTrail conditions/surface: The route is between even and slightly hilly. The route in part covers cycle paths and side roads with very little traffic, including sections on gravel and sand tracks in the Dubringer Moor area that can become soft and can wash away in rainfall.Maps/Literature:“Bikeline Radkarte Niederlausitz. Burg, Cottbus, Forst, Hoyerswerda, Lausitzer Seenland, Senftenberg, Spremberg, Südspreewald”, 1 : 75 000, Esterbauer Verlag, Auflage: 1. (1. Februar 2012), ISBN-13: 978-3850003087, Euro 6.90“Lausitzer Seenland: Wander- und Radwanderkarte”, 1:50.000, Sachsen Kartographie, Auflage: 8 (30. September 2014), ISBN 978-3-86843-021-9, Euro 5.90