First Stage “Lower Lusatian Mining Tour”: Senftenberg - Lauchhammer

The fifth stage of the tour is all about exploring Lake Senftenberger See and lots of industrial culture. From Senftenberg you continue to Niemtsch along Lake Senftenberger See. Lake Senftenberger See is an excellent example of successful re-cultivation. Here, guests can expect excellent bathing areas, plenty of water sports facilities, marinas and an amphitheatre. A detour takes you to Germany’s first garden city, once built as a colony for mining workers; it is considered the most beautiful works housing estate in the Lausitz region.
Via Schwarzheide and Ruhland you reach Lauchhammer - the city of art casting with bio towers and an art casting museum. The destination of this stage destination is Plessa. In the adventure power station in Plessa you can find out all about coal and the stages it passes through and how lignite was converted into electricity here in the 1920s. Length: 47 kilometresStart: Spremberg, Finish: PlessaLogo/route sign: The route logo is the red record devil.How to get there: Take the RE2 from Berlin central station to Cottbus. Continue from here by taking the RB18473 (Ruhland) to Senftenberg (about 2 hours).Return journey: Take the RB49 regional train from Plessa to Falkenberg / Elster. From here, continue on the RE3 rapid transit train (Stralsund) to Berlin central station (about 3 hours)Route: Senftenberg, Großkoschen, Biehlen, Schwarzheide, PlessaPoints of interest/background information:Senftenberg castle and fortressLake Senftenberger See observation towerPlessa: Elstermühle mill, adventure power stationPossible combinationsPrince Pueckler Cycle PathTour BrandenburgFrom Miner to SailorSchwarze Elster Cycle PathLakeland RouteSchradeln (Schraden Cycling Tour)Trail conditions/surface: The tour takes you along a completely newly created cycle path with an asphalt covering.Maps/Literature: “ADFC-Regionalkarte Niederlausitz mit Tagestouren-Vorschlägen. Mit kompletter Niederlausitzer Bergbautour und Fürst-Pückler-Radweg”, 1:75.000, Bielefelder Verlag, Auflage: 1 (1. April 2009), ISBN-13: 978-3870734664, Euro 6.80