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Red Tower (Pouch) – Goitzschesee Water Level Tower loop from Bitterfeld

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Red Tower (Pouch) – Goitzschesee Water Level Tower loop from Bitterfeld

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Red Tower (Pouch) – Goitzschesee Water Level Tower loop from Bitterfeld

07:07

28.0km

70m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 22, 2026

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642 m

The Blue Bench Memorial, Goitzsche Shore

Highlight • Monument

The 66 m long bench reproduces a section of the sandbag emergency dike against the flood disaster of 2002. 2200 stainless steel signs are riveted to the backrest with the names and places of residence of the volunteer helpers who traveled from all over Germany. 'Setting a monument' can be taken literally here.
rolandfuhrmann.de/work/sandbank

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1.50 km

Memorial Stone for the Former Niemegk Community

Highlight • Monument

Remembering the community of Niemegk that had to give way to mining.

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12.3 km

View of Goitzsche Wilderness

Highlight • Viewpoint

Large information board about the Goitzsche area

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18.2 km

Red Tower (Pouch)

Highlight • Monument

If you want to go all the way up, you have to climb 105 steps! Once at the top, you can see the Leipzig Battle Monument in good visibility. The tower itself is about 30 meters high and dates from the 10th century. The age information refers to the foundation, because the tower was rebuilt several times.

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22.1 km

Goitzsche Lake

Highlight • Lake

Former opencast mine flooded by the 2002 flood

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24.5 km

Goitzschesee Water Level Tower

Highlight • Viewpoint

An absolute must when visiting the Goitzschesee, the view is simply wonderful. The tower is 26 meters high and offers a magnificent view from the top.

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25.5 km

Marina Park Goitzsche

Highlight • Rest Area

The Goitzschesee is an opencast mining lake and a scenic gem with a wide range of water sports, those looking for relaxation and nature lovers.

The Goitzschesee at the gates of the town of Bitterfeld invites visitors to swim, cycle, sail, dive and surf. Several swimming areas, the water sports center and a modern wake park offer the best conditions for water sports enthusiasts.

Nowhere else in the area of the former GDR is the structural change from an ecological emergency area to a sustainably renovated, wonderful recreational landscape as clearly comprehensible as in Bitterfeld on the Great Goitzschesee. Brown coal mining and environmental pollution once shaped the landscape. The open pit area was used for coaling briquette factories, power plants and the chemical industry in the Bitterfeld-Wolfen area. A special feature was the extraction of "Bitterfeld amber". This started in 1975 and until 1993 amber was mined industrially, which was unique in Germany. Minable amber is said to still be in the Goitzsche today.

Today, a well-developed network of cycling and hiking trails surrounds the Goitzschesee and thus also offers many opportunities for joggers and skaters. If you like it leisurely, you can explore the lake by passenger ship, pirate ship or even by catamaran. From the level tower, the red tower or the nearby Bitterfelder Bogen you can enjoy a fantastic view over the region. Various gastronomic facilities are available on the Mühlbeck beach, on the amber promenade and in the city harbor. Houseboats, floating holiday homes, a camping park and holiday homes near the water invite you to stay longer on the Goitzsche.

Three lidos on the Goitzsche invite you to spend a relaxing day at the lake: the Mühlbeck lido, the lido at the level tower and the Niemecker See lido.
numbers and facts

Water area: 1353 ha
Volume: approx. 207 million m³
Length (shore line): approx. 27 km
Max Depth: 75m
Water level: approx. +75 m NHN
Open pit mining: 1908 - 1991
Flooding / Renaturation: 1999 - 2002

Source: kohle-dampf-licht-seen.de/staedte-sehenswuerdständigen-landschaften/grosser-goitzschesee

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25.8 km

Open-air Mining Museum at the Villa am Bernsteinsee

Highlight • Historical Site

Here the history of mining at the Goitzsche is told

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28.0 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

21.9 km

4.30 km

1.51 km

238 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

22.1 km

2.37 km

2.00 km

711 m

485 m

299 m

Elevation

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Red Tower (Pouch) – Goitzschesee Water Level Tower loop from Bitterfeld

The Blue Bench Memorial, Goitzsche Shore

Memorial Stone for the Former Niemegk Community

View of Goitzsche Wilderness

Red Tower (Pouch)

Goitzsche Lake

Goitzschesee Water Level Tower

Marina Park Goitzsche

Open-air Mining Museum at the Villa am Bernsteinsee

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