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North Cemetery – Sand Pit – Königsplatz – Forest Monument loop — dream trails on Dresden Heath

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Saxony

North Cemetery – Sand Pit – Königsplatz – Forest Monument loop — dream trails on Dresden Heath

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North Cemetery – Sand Pit – Königsplatz – Forest Monument loop — dream trails on Dresden Heath

02:28

9.18km

120m

Hiking

This tour offers a relaxed hike through the Dresden Heath on mostly easy and partially marked paths.

You can either arrive by car, there are parking spaces right at the start at the Nordfriedhof. Or you can take the bus - lines 64 or 74 take you to the Marienallee…

by Dresden Elbland

Last updated: September 17, 2024

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1.13 km

Sand Dunes of Dresden Heath

Highlight • Natural Monument

Typical "heathland character" of yesteryear: high sand dunes covered with birch bushes and pine scrub and deep sandy paths.

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4.02 km

Königsplatz (Dresden Heath)

Highlight • Rest Area

Nice little rest area with shelter in the path network of the Dresdner Heide.

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6.32 km

Forst Memorial to Fallen Forestry Workers (World Wars I and II)

Highlight • Monument

In this clearing stands a massive, rounded stone with bosses, a medallion and inscriptions. It is the forestry memorial, which was erected in 1921 in memory of the forestry workers …

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8.95 km

Lizard Habitat Dresden

Highlight • Natural

Landscaped area for lizards, snakes, newts and so on. With stones, birches, low trees, lots of air and light in between. Please do not change!

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9.18 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.53 km

2.05 km

474 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.40 km

1.78 km

1.45 km

524 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Today

Wednesday 15 July

28°C

14°C

22 %

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Comments

May 24, 2025,Rundweg in der Dresdner Heide.

We were out and about again today, in the Dresden Heath. We started at the small, free parking lot on Kannenhenkelweg. We continued past the sand pit along beautiful forest paths to Königsplatz. We passed the memorial to the fallen forest workers of World War I and II and reached the home of the sand lizard. From there, it wasn't …

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November 26, 2023,AKDH: M1 Kannenhenkel, Todweg, Königsplatz, Rennsteig, Flügel E, Forstdenkmal

The weather app showed sub-zero temperatures and grey clouds with snowflakes for the day early this morning. We were amazed to see how more and more sun shone through our windows and the sky changed colour from grey to blue. So we left the housework to be housework and went on another tour based on the recommendations of the Dresden …

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June 27, 2022

This tour offers a relaxed hike through the Dresden Heath on mostly easy and partially marked paths.
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You can either arrive by car, there are parking spaces right at the start at the Nordfriedhof. Or you can take the bus - lines 64 or 74 take you to the Marienallee stop. From here you walk for about 15

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April 23, 2023

In itself a nice hike, but after the comment on the North Cemetery, which is politically extremely borderline simple, we say: No thanks, we'll put together our own.

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North Cemetery – Sand Pit – Königsplatz – Forest Monument loop — dream trails on Dresden Heath

Sand Dunes of Dresden Heath

Königsplatz (Dresden Heath)

Forst Memorial to Fallen Forestry Workers (World Wars I and II)

Lizard Habitat Dresden

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