Along the Pleiße through the district of Zwickau
The Pleiße cycle path runs along the Pleiße, from the source in Ebersbrunn to Frankenhausen. After leaving the district, it continues through the Altenburger Land to Leipzig. Here it connects to the Seenland route.
Explorer tips
- Crimmitschau: Gebr. Pfau textile factory, Crimmitschau theater, villa district, Sahnpark
- Neukirchen/Pleiße: Schweinsburg Castle
- Werdau: City and steam engine museum, Pleißental town hall, Koberbach dam
- Lichtentanne: Pleiße spring
Transition to the Neuseenland cycle path at Haselbach or Markkleeberg. You cycle about 100 km through the area of the former brown coal mining, past the lakes flooded in open-cast mining pits in the south of Leipzig.
