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View of Cospudener Lake – View of Lake Cospuden loop from Zeitz

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View of Cospudener Lake – View of Lake Cospuden loop from Zeitz

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View of Cospudener Lake – View of Lake Cospuden loop from Zeitz

08:36

144km

540m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 14, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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21.6 km

White Elster River

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A tour along the White Elster is always beautiful 🥰

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30.3 km

Untermhäuser Bridge Gera

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Especially worth visiting in summer, because the bridge is used as a beer garden.

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45.1 km

Elster Bridge in Crossen

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The Elster Bridge is a seven-arch bridge and a technical cultural monument from the late 19th century.

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57.9 km

Wooden Cycle Path Bridge

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And this bridge is there twice in a row.👍👍👍

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80.7 km

König Albert-Hain

Forest

102 km

View of Cospudener Lake

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The circular route around Lake Cospuden is nicely paved. There are nice points to look at the lake.

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104 km

Northeast Shore of Lake Cospuden

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Great lake with clear water and good beaches. Optimal connection to cycle paths in different directions.

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Cycle path around Lake Cospuden

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Beautiful cycle path, past many different animal enclosures.

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View of Lake Cospuden

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Very nice view. Quiet beach. The only thing that bothers me is maybe the many algae, but it didn't bother me.

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108 km

Neue Harth

Forest

126 km

Pfarrholz Groitzsch

Nature Reserve

144 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

47.5 km

33.4 km

26.1 km

21.9 km

13.9 km

1.21 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

117 km

11.1 km

6.81 km

6.18 km

2.51 km

195 m

Elevation

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Highest point (220 m)

Lowest point (110 m)

Weather

Tuesday 30 June

19°C

15°C

98 %

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Max wind speed: 13.0 km/h

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Comments

March 10, 2024,Elsterradweg Gera - Leipzig

Unfortunately, the break time is not taken into account on imported routes (Garmin), hence the comfort at the speed.
Otherwise the route to Zeitz is quite attractive, after that it's pretty desolate. The poor break infrastructure, especially in the Saxon part, contributes to the rather poor experience.

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June 18, 2025,Leipzig -- Gera

Cycled the Elster RW from Leipzig to Gera. [P.S.: The train from Leipzig was supposed to go further (to the Czech Republic), but the DB hasn't "made" the carriage suitable for bicycles.] So we're making a virtue out of necessity. See Plan B. Seen and experienced a lot!

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June 5, 2026,Elsterradweg Leipzig -Gera

...and I also wanted to go to the Frida Kahlo exhibition. Well, then my Frida had to come along too 🤗

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September 1, 2021,Elsterrad weg von Gera nach Leipzig

It was a very nice tour. Only at Lake Zwenkau is the Elsterrad way very bad. The LMBV should do something about that. The cycle path is partly blocked by floods.

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May 29, 2025,Von Leipzig nach Gera

This time we also took the train from Gera via Saalfeld/Saale to Nuremberg

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View of Cospudener Lake – View of Lake Cospuden loop from Zeitz

White Elster River

Untermhäuser Bridge Gera

Elster Bridge in Crossen

Wooden Cycle Path Bridge

View of Cospudener Lake

Northeast Shore of Lake Cospuden

Cycle path around Lake Cospuden

View of Lake Cospuden

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