Salt Road Cycle Path

Short description

On this route you cycle along the old salt road through Saxony-Anhalt.

Description

The salt road used to connect the saltworks in the area, places where salt mining was carried out and which were also major trading centers.
The route connects the Elster cycle path near Schkeuditz with the Harz circular route near Uftrungen.
The Salt Road Cycle Path in Saxony-Anhalt leads through the south of the country, from the state border with Saxony on the Elster cycle path near Schkeuditz via Merseburg to the Geiseltalsee, via Mücheln, Nebra (Wangen), the site of the Sky Disc, on the Mittelberg and through the Ziegelrodaer Forest; further via Allstedt near Sangerhausen, Tilleda on the Kyffhäuser until Uftrungen on the Harz circular route.
In Merseburg, the Salt Road intersects with the Saale cycle path, in Karsdorf and Nebra with the Unstrut cycle path, in Weischütz and Burgscheidungen with the Goethe cycle path, in Tilleda and Kelbra with the Kyffhäuser circular route.

More information: From the 40th km of the tour, the Salt Road leads about 8 km through Mücheln. Initially, it runs from the cycle path through a tunnel that leads under the viaduct to the market, to the marina. Then you reach the landscape and castle park up to the Geiselquelle towards Albersroda.