On the trail of coal, stone and water

Starting in Bad Liebenwerda, the tour first takes you on the Schwarze-Elster cycle path to Wahrenbrück. The Graun monument next to the church on Graunplatz recalls the birthplace of the Graun brothers, who were among the main representatives of the Berlin Classical era. Carl Heinrich Graun later became the court music director in the chapel of the Prussian king Frederick the Great, while his brother Johann Gottlieb Graun became the concert master and chamber musician.Also in Wahrenbrück is the Kleine Spreewald (Little Spreewald), inviting you to paddle, walk, and hike in an idyllic natural landscape. The Historical Mill on the Schwarze Elster, located right next to the Little Spreewald, is also worth a visit.The tour continues on the cycle path to the former water mill in Neumühl, the oldest mill site in Elbe-Elster. Today, a high-pole generator stands there, which was built for the Expo 2000 World Exposition and was once used for energy generation. By appointment at the nearby Elsterstübchen, you can experience nature along the Schwarze Elster on a canoe tour. The tour then takes you along the Schwarze Elster to the small village of München. Here, the popular Munich Oktoberfest takes place annually - in a significantly smaller but no less traditional setting than its globally famous original.From Langennaundorf, the tour now crosses the forest on developed cycle paths to Tröbitz and further to Domsdorf to the Louise briquette factory, the oldest still functioning briquette factory in the world! Another highlight of the tour is the Rothsteiner Rock - formed around 560 million years ago, making it older than the Alps. The visible rock is only the tip of an underground mountain range, with its foothills extending to Torgau among others. By the way, this geological natural monument can only be found in this rock composition three more times worldwide: in Yellowstone National Park, New Zealand, and Iceland. The last leg of the tour now takes you on developed cycle paths through vast meadows and fields back to Bad Liebenwerda.