Saale cycle path

Stage 1
From Zell via Schwarzenbach a. d. Saale to Hof. Through the Saale meadows to the Hofer Saale bridge. Along the Saale towards the Theresienstein city park.

Stage 2
Through hilly landscape to Fattigsmühle, then to Joditz and to Untertiefengrün. Past Rudolphstein Castle into the valley, further towards Pottiga. Down to Blankenberg, ascent in Blankenstein.

Stage 3
From Blankenstein through the Thuringian Slate Mountains along the Saale reservoirs. Via Harra and through the Lemnitzhammer railway viaduct on the shore of the Bleiloch reservoir to Saaldorf. Further towards Saalburg, via Gräfenwarth to Burgk. From Walsburg to Ziegenrück.

Stage 4
To Paska, then descent to Linkenmühle. The mill ferry takes you across to Altenroth. Further to the Hohenwarte dam, then to Kaulsdorf.

Stage 5
From Saalfeld to Rudolstadt. From Rudolstadt past Weißenburg to the rafting village of Uhlstädt. Further over Freienorla towards the Leuchtenburg and the historic old town of Kahla. Then to the university town of Jena.

Stage 6
From Jena via the Kunitzer House Bridge to Dornburg. From there towards the wine village of Kaatschen. Past the Saale castles Saaleck and Rudelsburg to the spa town of Bad Kösen and further to Naumburg.

Stage 7
From Naumburg towards Schönburg, then to Weißenfels and from there to the service station Bad Dürrenber, from there to Halle.

Stage 8
Through the nature park "Unteres Saaletal" past Wettin towards Alsleben. Through the floodplain forest between Plötzkau and Bernburg, the latter being the stage destination.

Stage 9
To the destination in Barby. Via Wedlitz and Wispitz to Tippelskirchen and Gottesgnaden towards Calbe. Across the meadow to Trabitz towards Groß Rosenburg. Cross over to Groß Rosenburg with the Gierfähre. Further to Barby or to Schönebeck - the train station offers an ideal connection to the railway traffic.