Looking for the old trade route

This tour covers parts of the old trade route through small villages where it seems like town has stood still. This is a landscape where you can plunge into a peaceful, primitive world far away from the noise and stress of large cities. Pass meadows and fruit trees via Plesno and Czarnowice to reach Koperno with its neo-Gothic church. Further street villages along the route include Jazow, Grabice and Nowa Wioska. The village of Brzozow features a 1.5-hectare park in the style of a natural monument. The foundation walls of the old manor house and the old trees recall the time of the lords of the manor. Above the village there is a triumphal column from 1870–71. Turn right in the village of Mielno to cycle via Strzegow and Pozna along to Markosice. There is a penitence cross in this village, where the church hails in part from the Middle Ages. Follow the tour further towards Gubin and you will arrive in the old Johannite village of Senkowice. The four-corned half-timbered church is an architectural marvel from the seventeenth century. The path leads via Gubinek back to Gubin.

Route:

Neissebrücke bridge Guben-Gubin – Plesno – Czarnowice – Koperno – Grabice – Brzozow – Mielno – Strzegow – Pozna – Markosice – Polanowice – Sekowice – Gubinek – Gubin

Length of path:

approximately 40 kilometres

Conditions of the path:

Cycling route on a suitable road (quiet road, moderately used)
Cycling route on dirt roads, can be used depending on the weather

Sights:

Gubin and Guben town centre
Neo-Gothic church in Koperno
Brzozow triumphal column from 1870–71
Neo-Gothic church in Mielno
Church in Strzegow
Penitence cross in Markosice
Half-timbered church in Sekowice

Restaurants:

Restaurant Blockhaus Sekowice
Restaurants in Guben and Gubin