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Upper Lusatia

Görlitz

Olbersdorf

Brooding Hen – Oybin Rock and Castle Ruins loop from Bertsdorf

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Upper Lusatia

Görlitz

Olbersdorf

Brooding Hen – Oybin Rock and Castle Ruins loop from Bertsdorf

Moderate

4.8

(232)

800

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Brooding Hen – Oybin Rock and Castle Ruins loop from Bertsdorf

03:27

11.7km

280m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 20, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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3.82 km

Töpferbaude on the Töpfer

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Super beautifully located hut, the food is great and the drinks are cold.

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3.89 km

Töpfer Viewpoint

Highlight • Viewpoint

beautiful view over the Zittau and parts of Poland.

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3.91 km

Rock Gate on the Töpfer

Highlight • Natural Monument

From the lookout rock you have a beautiful view of the German and Czech parts of the Zittau Mountains.

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4.05 km

Brooding Hen

Highlight • Natural Monument

There is a real stone zoo around Oybin, and the "brooding hen" is already producing offspring.

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5.90 km

Große Felsengasse

Highlight (Segment) • Gorge

The most beautiful path in the Zittau Mountains: the Große Felsengasse with wonderful rocks, the monk's pulpit and the pigeon, beautiful views of Oybin, the castle and the rock faces.

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7.13 km

Forest Gate Sentinel

Highlight • Natural Monument

The forest gate keeper is a 30 meter high sandstone tower. If you want to climb it, you have to overcome 80 percent vertical wall.

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7.84 km

Oybin Rock and Castle Ruins

Highlight • Castle

"The town is the terminus of the steam-powered Zittau narrow-gauge railway and is located at the foot of the Oybin mountain in a valley basin of the Zittau Mountains formed …

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9.02 km

Zittau Narrow-Gauge Railway

Highlight • Structure

For every railroad enthusiast one of the most beautiful experiences on vacation in Upper Lusatia.

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11.7 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.79 km

4.56 km

657 m

437 m

234 m

Surfaces

4.15 km

3.37 km

2.09 km

1.38 km

544 m

141 m

Elevation

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Highest point (570 m)

Lowest point (330 m)

Weather

Monday 11 May

9°C

2°C

28 %

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Töpferbaude on the Töpfer

Töpfer Viewpoint

Rock Gate on the Töpfer

Brooding Hen

Große Felsengasse

Forest Gate Sentinel

Oybin Rock and Castle Ruins

Zittau Narrow-Gauge Railway

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