View of the Borna Reservoir – View of Speicherbecken Borna loop from Deutzen

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View of the Borna Reservoir – View of Speicherbecken Borna loop from Deutzen

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View of the Borna Reservoir – View of Speicherbecken Borna loop from Deutzen

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6.75km

20m

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Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 21, 2026

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122 m

Bridge Over the Flood Channel at Borna Reservoir (Deutzen)

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To the west side of the dam (Deutzener height) at the Bornaer reservoir leads a flood ditch, which dissipates excess water into the Pleiße. At water level, some small bridges …

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2.73 km

View of the Borna Reservoir

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On the cycle path from Borna towards Deutzen or Regis-Breitungen you have a beautiful view over the Borna reservoir.

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3.28 km

Information board Speicherbecken Borna

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The Borna-West opencast mine was an open-cast mine in the central German lignite district consisting of the two open-cast mines Borna-Nord (1910–1942) and Borna-Süd (1939–1970). It was used to extract …

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3.33 km

Görnitz and Hartmannsdorf Memorial

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In 1939, in the Borna-Süd opencast mine, the exploration began in front of what is now the high tip in the north construction field. The coal was initially mined in …

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6.35 km

View of Speicherbecken Borna

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The Borna storage basin is a former opencast mine waste lake near Borna, south of Leipzig, which was converted into a flood retention basin between 1964 and 1980. The reservoir …

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