Bicycle tour around Lake Scheibe-See

Lake Scheibe-See features a diverse route, making it especially well-suited to sporty cyclists. As some sections of the path include drops and quite tight curves, this lake circuit around Lake Scheibe-See is considered the most challenging in the Lusatian Lake District. The overgrown sand dunes in the southern part of the route stand out in particular. By the way, the name of the lake comes from the former village of Scheibe, which had to give way to the lignite-mining industry.

Length: 12 kilometres

Start/finish (recommended): Hoyerswerda, west bank of Lake Scheibe-See
Circular route via: Hoyerswerda – Riegel – Tiegling – Burg

Trail conditions: This circular route covers an asphalted lake circuit. The path is mostly even, but there are some sections that include drops.

Points of interest along the route:Detour to Hoyerswerda (approximately 4.5 kilometres)
Food & drink: No restaurants along the way, plan to self-cater

Parking: at the resting point on the northern bank by the village of Burg, by the viewpoint on the southern bank

Useful information regarding the bicycle tour:Bathing area: on the western bank by Kühnicht, not supervisedviewpoints: several small resting points around the lake, the most notable viewpoint is on the southern bankpublic toilets: noneplaygrounds: nonemost of the lake circuit is not shadedthe lake circuit includes a kilometre system all the way round and has circular route number 4connected lake circuits: Lake Bernsteinsee (11 kilometres)
Tip: If you’ve had enough of two wheels, why not switch to four? The challenging circuit around Lake Scheibe-See is very popular with keen skaters.

Maps/Literature:“Lausitzer Seenland: Wander- und Radwanderkarte”, 1:50.000, Sachsen Kartographie, Auflage: 11 (März 2019), ISBN 978-3-86843-021-9, Euro 6.50