Heide-Moor Tour

The Heide-Moor Tour takes cyclists through the main area of the Lower Lusatian Heath Nature Park. The large, contiguous, centuries-old sessile oak forests in the “Forsthaus Prösa” nature reserve are the largest in Germany covering an area of 600 hectares. Wide open spaces also extend over the Heide-Moor Tour area. It was used by the military for 30 years up until 1988, which has left silver grass meadows and heathlands in this area. The tour also passes through the “Der Loben” nature reserve, one of the last large, virtually untouched moors in southern Brandenburg. The adjacent Lobenmoor nature reserve to the east of the Lower Lusatian Heath Nature Park is a “child of the Ice Age”. This Ice Age left larger and smaller stretches of standing water as it retreated north. The sedimentation then led to the formation of peat moss, which set the stage for the emergence of the moor.

Length: 46 kilometres / Travel time: 4 h

Start / finish: Bad Liebenwerda

Logo / route sign: The tour is not signposted

How to get there:Train: Take the RE3 regional express train from Berlin-Südkreuz to Falkenberg (Elster), then take the S4 rapid transit train to Bad Liebenwerda (about 2 hours)Car: Take the A13 motorway and B87 from Berlin to Bad Liebenwerda via Luckau and Schlieben (about 2 hours)Route: Bad Liebenwerda, Dobra, Oppelhain, Gorden, Hohenleipisch, Kraupa, Zeischa, Bad Liebenwerda

Possible combinations:Fürst-Pückler Cycle PathKohle, Wind und Wasser-Tour (Coal, Wind and Water Tour)Historic Town Centres Cycle Routes 5Schradeln Tour (Schradeland Bicycle Tour)Schwarze Elster River Cycle PathElster Bicycle TourTour BrandenburgTrail conditions / surface: The route mainly follows unspoilt paths across flat terrain

Maps / Literature: Naturpark Niederlausitzer Heidelandschaft / Kurstadt Bad Liebenwerda - Elsterwerda, SACHSEN KARTOGRAPHIE; Auflage: 4 (03/2020) ISBN 978-3-86843-063-9, 6,50 Euro per map