The best city hikes and walks around Elsterwerda

The Eulenspiegel Fountain is located directly in front of the gallery and was created by the local artist Hans Eickworth (1930–1995). The fountain was unveiled on the same day as the gallery's inauguration. According to the artist, he wanted to make visible the pranks and mischief of everyday life, from which no one is always safe. There's an anecdote about why Eulenspiegel's head is mounted upside down: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleine_Galerie_%E2%80%9EHans_Nadler%E2%80%9C

The church, a Baroque hall church, originated from a medieval brick building and is probably the oldest structure in the city. It was repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt due to fires. The current structure is likely the reconstruction from around 1718. The interior is dominated by the Leipzig green paint applied in 1831. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.-Katharina-Kirche_(Elsterwerda)

Elsterwerda's town hall has been located slightly south of the market square on Hauptstraße (Main Street) since 1879. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markt_(Elsterwerda)

Initially, a rectangular concrete fountain was erected in the park in 1967. Inside, there were five fountain-like water features. During the term of Mayor Wolf-Dieter Schwarz (1975–1991), bronze figures were later integrated. These were designed by the Hohenleipisch sculptor Hans Eickworth, who died in 1995, and modeled after the Elsterwerda town coat of arms used until 1994. The fountain's main figure is a bronze magpie. Two other bronze figures depict lilies. The lilies originally came from the coat of arms of the noble family von Köckeritz, who were the lords of Elsterwerda from 1367 to 1512. They were later also incorporated into the Elsterwerda town coat of arms. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markt_(Elsterwerda)

The bust was erected in 1983 in what is now Elsterwerda's memorial square, replacing a VVN (Association of Victims of Nazi Persecution) memorial. It was removed in 1994 and stored for several years at the municipal depot. Since October 1, 1997, it has been re-erected in the nearby city park. (wikipedia)

The open-air history trail was inaugurated in October 2025. Each steel silhouette of a famous figure features a QR code.

The war memorial, created in 1890 by the Elsterwerda sculptor Kranke in the form of an obelisk to commemorate the residents of Elsterwerda and Krauschütz who fell in the wars of 1866 and 1870/71, was originally located in a central position on the memorial square, surrounded by a green space and a popular subject for numerous contemporary postcards. After the Second World War, it was moved in 1946 to the nearby former town cemetery, which was transformed into a district memorial for the victims of fascism in 1982 and, after German reunification, into a municipal park.

The "Seminar Fountain" was called "God's Little Memorial Fountain" before its renovation on October 22, 1922. It honors the seminarians who fell in the First World War and serves as a daily reminder of this horrific period and its many victims for students of the Elsterschloss Gymnasium and other passersby. Of the 143 seminarians in the First World War, 43 died in the war. https://elsterschloss-gymnasium.de/77-news/1225-das-seminarbruennlein-ein-zeichen-der-wertschaetzung-und-ehrerbietung