Himmelsscheibenradweg Nebra

On this bike tour you will learn and experience all the important connections surrounding the famous Nebra Sky Disk. The circular bronze plate is considered one of the most fascinating prehistoric finds. Today it tells us a lot about early astronomical knowledge and how people made use of it, but at the same time it still remains a mystery to us. Be sure to plan a whole day for this tour, or better yet, maybe even two, because there is a lot to discover. An excellent stopover is at the Süßen See, for example. There is even a campsite there.

You start your journey of discovery southwest of Nebra in Wangen at the train station, where you reach the “Arche Nebra” adventure center after just one kilometer. The sky disk is not on display here, but you can learn everything about the site where it was found and the knowledge it contains in an impressive exhibition. In this context, a visit to the site itself is of course a must. A viewing tower has also been built there, where you can try out the function of the sky disk “live”.

With so many new impressions, you continue from Mittelberg through the Ziegelroda Forest to Querfurt, where the town center invites you to take a long break and the huge castle complex invites you to explore further. From here you continue north and after just under 20 kilometers you reach the Salziger See. The road here leads directly through the lake and can be slightly flooded during high water, which gives the word "joy trip" a whole new meaning. Shortly afterwards you reach the Süßer See, which is an ideal stop if you want to split the tour into two days.

Now you continue east, passing many small lakes and ponds and passing the towns of Rollsdorf, Zappendorf and Lieksau. In the Dölauer Heide forest area you can, if you want, make a short detour to a burial mound. This does not have anything directly to do with the Nebra Sky Disk, but dates from a similar time.

You will then drive to Halle an der Saale, where you can enjoy a hearty meal on the island of Peißnitz before you finally see the highlight of the tour in the State Museum of Prehistory: the Nebra Sky Disk. From the train station in Halle, you can return to your starting point perfectly.