The best traffic-free bike rides around Thallwitz

beautiful road through the forest, wonderful to ride!

The Mulde flows exclusively in the North German Plain, initially through the Saxon Uplands, and passes Grimma, Nerchau, and Trebsen. Approximately near Wurzen, on the western edge of which it flows, the Mulde reaches the Elbe-Mulde Lowland. It then flows through Eilenburg and Bad Düben and shortly thereafter leaves Saxon territory. The remaining course to its mouth is covered by the Mulde in Saxony-Anhalt. Further downstream, until 1975, the Mulde flowed west of the two places Pouch and Friedersdorf in the area of today's Goitzschesee. Since then, it has been dammed up east of the two places in the Muldestausee – a former open-cast mine. Subsequently, the Mulde flows past Muldenstein, Jeßnitz, Raguhn, and Dessau and flows into the Elbe between Dessau and Roßlau after 147 km.[2] The revitalization project "Wilde Mulde" for the lower course in Dessau was recognized in November 2018 as an official project of the UN Decade of Biodiversity.[11][12] Source https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulde_(Fluss)#Hochwasser

Although the confluence of the two source rivers takes place at approximately half the total length of the Mulde, the Freiberger Mulde and Zwickauer Mulde already contribute over 80% of the total water volume. This is due to the shape of the catchment area, which is very wide in the Ore Mountains and narrows towards the Elbe, and also to the higher precipitation in the mountains and simultaneously higher proportion of runoff water. The shape of the catchment areas also means that the longer Zwickauer Mulde is the smaller of the two source rivers at the confluence. The hydrologically strongly dominating main branch of the Freiberger Mulde river system is the Zschopau. In its upper catchment area, it is again a named tributary, the Flöha, that contributes the larger water flow and is thus the actual source river of the Mulde. Along this main flow path, the Mulde is approximately 267 kilometers long, and along the longest flow path (Zwickauer Mulde) a good 314 kilometers.[3] The Mulde catchment area shows total drops of 600 to 900 meters for many important flow paths, so that exceptionally high flow velocities prevail here for Northern Germany. The Mulde is sometimes even referred to as the fastest flowing river in Central Europe.[10] Source https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulde_(Fluss)#Hochwasser

The Mulde, also known as Vereinte Mulde or Vereinigte Mulde, is a left-hand, non-navigable tributary of the Elbe. It is formed southeast of Leipzig near Sermuth (Saxony) by the confluence of two large headwaters, the longer Zwickauer Mulde and the Freiberger Mulde, which drains a larger catchment area with a greater discharge. The river's catchment area covers large parts of Saxony and, in particular, by far the largest part of the northern slopes of the Ore Mountains. With a water flow of approximately 73 m³/s at its mouth[8], it is the fourth largest tributary of the Elbe. The old name for the Mulde, Milda, is translated by linguists as "the water-rich one".[9] The word component Mel, referring to grinding, is sometimes associated with the name in view of the large number of mills previously operated on the river, which overlooks the fact that river names represent the oldest, often Slavic or Celtic, geographical name layer.

In the western facade half facing the market square is the round-arched entrance portal with its rusticated surround. It is preceded by a terrace, which is accessible via a wide side staircase. The stair landing, clad in Rochlitzer Porphyr, has an upward-closing cornice. The entrance to the Ratskeller is located west, below the terrace. The plinth level is provided with a grey rendered groove, which is interrupted by the external staircase and partly by the bay window. A plinth cornice forms the separation to the ground and first floors. The windows on these floors have a repeating profiled surround. In the ground floor, on the outer western facade, there is a bay window supported by two consoles. The bay window, framed by ashlar, is crowned by the Eilenburg town coat of arms, which in turn is flanked by two volutes and bordered at the top by a triangular pediment. Between the first and second floors runs a string course, which, as a former roof cornice, marks the height of the roof edge of the predecessor building. This string course offsets the dormer with a round-arched gable, which projects from the second floor. In this projection, there is a small balcony, and above it – separated again by a cornice – the town hall clock. The window surrounds of the second floor, which was added in 1949, are based on the design of the lower floors, but are not further profiled. The facade is finished by a massive roof cornice, which is interrupted by the projecting dormer. The high roof has four small shed dormers facing the market square. The high gables were rebuilt after the war, preserving their Renaissance character. They have a horizontal division with two cornices. Pilasters, which on the outside in the tapering gable rise to a capital crowned by a sphere, represent the vertical division. On the rear facade facing Nikolaiplatz, there is a single-storey extension from the reconstruction period. This is designed so that a small courtyard is created behind the town hall, which is accessible from Nikolaiplatz via a gate entrance.

The town hall in Eilenburg, North Saxony, is a multi-story Renaissance building. It dates partly back to 1545. In its current appearance, the town hall has existed since 1949, when reconstruction after the Second World War was completed. The building forms the southern edge of the market square and, due to its local and architectural historical significance, is a registered cultural monument in the monument list of the Saxon State Office for Monument Preservation. Source https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rathaus_Eilenburg

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The road is really good to drive on.