Klingenberg Dam – Klingenberg Dam loop from Pretzschendorf

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Germany

Saxony

Klingenberg

Klingenberg Dam – Klingenberg Dam loop from Pretzschendorf

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Klingenberg Dam – Klingenberg Dam loop from Pretzschendorf

01:43

18.6km

250m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route.

Last updated: August 8, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 7.78 km for 70 m

Waypoints

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297 m

Pretzschendorf Church

Highlight • Religious Site

One of the largest village churches in Saxony.

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4.62 km

View of Vorsperre Klingenberg

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The Klingenberg dam includes a fore-dam and two fore-basins.

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7.81 km

Klingenberg Dam

Highlight • Monument

The restaurant above the dam wall burned down in the winter of 2019, but it now has a cozy beer garden open. So always worth a stop!

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8.06 km

View of Klingenberg Reservoir

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The Klingenberg dam dams the Wilde Weißeritz in the Eastern Ore Mountains and is used to produce drinking water and to protect against flooding. Swimming is not allowed here, but …

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8.79 km

View of the Klingenberg Dam

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with a beautiful view over the dam to the dam wall

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9.70 km

Klingenberg Reservoir

Highlight • Lake

The sound of silence...

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10.6 km

Klingenberg Dam

Highlight • Monument

The hiking trail around the Klingenberg dam is the perfect length for a leisurely circular hike.

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12.3 km

Klingenberg Forebay Dam

Highlight • Structure

Here you can see the amount of water that is in motion.

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18.6 km

End point

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

13.9 km

1.74 km

1.51 km

1.50 km

Surfaces

13.5 km

2.33 km

1.99 km

489 m

366 m

Elevation

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Highest point (490 m)

Lowest point (390 m)

Weather

Monday 12 October

13°C

1°C

21 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 14.0 km/h

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Comments

October 3, 2023,🍂☀️🍁Trinkwasserlehrpfad Klingenberger Talsperre!🍂🚴‍♀️🍁

The Klingenberg dam was built between 1908 and 1914 and was extensively renovated between 2005 and 2013.

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May 26, 2024,Talsperre Klingenberg – Blick auf die Staumauer Runde von Klingenberg

As an introduction to a Sunday excursion, we planned to go around the Klingenberg Dam. This tour turned out to be quite an adventure, as you can see from the pictures. We started the tour the other way round right at the beginning because a local said that we would never manage the regular route with our bikes, that it …

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