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Gasthof Merlach – Ponitz Renaissance Castle loop from Gößnitz

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Gasthof Merlach – Ponitz Renaissance Castle loop from Gößnitz

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Gasthof Merlach – Ponitz Renaissance Castle loop from Gößnitz

00:35

9.92km

30m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 18, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that go up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 47 m for 10 m

After 9.87 km for 10 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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1.05 km

FSV Gößnitz Soccer Field

Highlight • Rest Area

This club building looks a bit strange, but also imposing and there is a very simple explanation: after the flood at the beginning of June 2013, the FSV Gößnitz has …

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3.37 km

Pleiße River at Merlach

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Really great area for cycling.

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3.65 km

Gasthof Merlach

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Since the 19th century, the Max Schneider Inn has housed a bar, beer garden, and dance hall, which once housed the Liebhaber puppet theater.

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4.26 km

Rest area with a view of the Pleiße and Ponitz

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on the Lutherweg and Jakobsweg

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4.60 km

Pleiße Flood Memorial (2013)

Highlight • Monument

a memorial stone & picture to commemorate the flood

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4.74 km

Pleiße River

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The cycle path along the Pleiße begins in Ebersbrunn at a height of approx. 400m and meanders through Werdau, Crimmitschau and Gößnitz towards Leipzig.

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4.93 km

Ponitz Renaissance Castle

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Ponitz Castle was built around 1254 for the Lords of Ponitz. The castle was demolished in 1568-1575 and rebuilt as a Renaissance castle. After 1990 the castle was renovated. In …

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5.00 km

Schloss Ponitz

Highlight • Castle

Beautiful quiet park

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9.92 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.53 km

1.44 km

1.35 km

445 m

160 m

Surfaces

9.17 km

290 m

134 m

132 m

119 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 9 July

25°C

11°C

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Gasthof Merlach – Ponitz Renaissance Castle loop from Gößnitz

FSV Gößnitz Soccer Field

Pleiße River at Merlach

Gasthof Merlach

Rest area with a view of the Pleiße and Ponitz

Pleiße Flood Memorial (2013)

Pleiße River

Ponitz Renaissance Castle

Schloss Ponitz

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