The best family-friendly hikes and walks around Plötzkau

From Güsten, you ride on a cycle path along the Wipper to the Saale, then not immediately towards Bernburg, but first to the right towards Gröna directly along the Saale, then over the foot and cycle bridge and directly downstream along the Saale to Bernburg (6 km) for cycle tourists on the Saale cycle path, there is also a campsite directly on the Saale. From Bernburg, continue on the right side past the industrial area and on the left side back onto the Saale cycle path to Nienburg, in Nienburg not to the left over the bridge, but to the right in the direction of Wedlitz to Calbe Saale Ost (station) (total distance 37 km) or from Calbe Saale Marktplatz continue towards Schönebeck Salzelmen across the fields approx. 49 km (S-Bahn) to Magdeburg.

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"It's beautiful in Greene," is the old village saying, still often quoted today. People are proud of this, and it's part of their tradition to make an effort. The people of Gröna were early adopters of the village renewal program. By 1997, public and private funds totaling DM 2.13 million had been invested in the modernization of the village; this is exemplary and incomparable to other communities in the Bernburg district. "No pain, no gain" doesn't apply to Gröna, as the honor of being named "Most Beautiful Village" has been won several times. What's even more important is stated in the documentation on village renewal from 1992 to 1996 on page 40. Quote: "The residents of Gröna and many outsiders like the place, its green bushes, the view of the Saale River, the horse pastures, the quarry stone walls, and the old pumps." Source: https://www.bernburg.de/de/groena.html

The hiking parking lot in Plötzkau was built in 2018. Visitors can now easily drive to the parking lot and then explore the nature trail and the floodplain forest. The hiking parking lot is located below the castle, opposite the sports field (street: Am Schlosspark). Source: https://www.anhalt-dessau-wittenberg.de/staedte-sehenswuerdigkeiten-landschaften/naturlehrpfad-ploetzkauer-auwald

From the former "Lösewitzer Laube" restaurant, the signposted trail follows the Saale River bend below Plötzkau Castle. The trail is mostly on easy-to-walk, safe surfaces with asphalt paving and forest paths with a water-bound surface. There are also a few short sections with less safe surfaces (gravel). Maximum gradients/gradients of up to 3% are encountered. The trail is signposted throughout. Information boards provide easy orientation. The trail is car-free. There are three seating areas along the entire route.

The church is a single-nave, neo-Gothic building made of quarry stone dating from 1887, built on the medieval remains of an original structure. The interior furnishings, including the altar, pulpit, pews, and organ loft, all date from 1893. The oldest part of the church is the substructure of the west tower, which dates back to the 12th century. A princely crypt dating from 1575 is located beneath the east aisle. Source: https://www.stiftung-kiba.de/kirchen/st-georg-ploetzkau

The old St. Peter's Church in Zernitz was first mentioned in 1206. It is assumed that Zernitz was located on the site of a former brickworks. The church stood on the present-day cemetery. After the construction of the new church on its current site, the old Zernitz church was used as a mortuary and later given to Captain Anton von Krosigk as a burial site. After the destruction of Gröna toward the end of the Thirty Years' War, village life centered around the castle and the farmstead in the village, where the present church was built with the laying of the foundation stone in 1702. Source: https://www.kirche-groena.de/geschichte/