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Old Town Hall, Plauen – St. John's Church, Plauen loop from Bahnhof Hainstraße

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Old Town Hall, Plauen – St. John's Church, Plauen loop from Bahnhof Hainstraße

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Old Town Hall, Plauen – St. John's Church, Plauen loop from Bahnhof Hainstraße

03:45

14.3km

70m

Hiking

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

Last updated: July 6, 2026

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After 3.75 km for 82 m

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After 10.3 km for 82 m

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Train Station

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281 m

View of the Friedensbrücke (Plauen)

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The Friedensbrücke is a very beautiful and imposing structure. The history of its creation is so interesting and worth knowing that I only include the link from Wikipedia.
de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedensbr%C3%BCcke_(Plauen)

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966 m

Luther Church Plauen

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The Protestant Luther Church in Plauen/Vogtland was built between 1693 and 1722 and is one of the oldest baroque central churches in the Free State of Saxony. It received its …

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1.13 km

Old Town Hall, Plauen

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The Old Town Hall on the Altmarkt is the landmark of the city of Plauen. The city building was first mentioned in documents in 1382. The Renaissance gable and the …

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1.26 km

König-Albert Fountain at Altmarkt Plauen

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The King Albert Fountain on the Old Market in Plauen is a work of art by the sculptor Norbert Marten, which was installed in 2007. It is one of the …

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1.41 km

Klostermarkt Fountain

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The name is reminiscent of the Dominican monastery that was located here in the Middle Ages.
The old buildings were completely destroyed in the great city fire of 1844. The …

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1.63 km

St. John's Church, Plauen

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The Johanniskirche in Plauen is the Protestant main church of the city. The consecration certificate of the predecessor church in the year 1122 is at the same time the first …

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12.2 km

Schwarzer Steg — Pedestrian bridge over the White Elster

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The Black Bridge was built at the beginning of the 20th century and has always served as a pedestrian bridge. In 2006, the old bridge was completely demolished and replaced …

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12.7 km

Weaver Houses, Plauen

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Near the malt house and St. John's Church is this row of houses that was home to arts and crafts for centuries. The artisans of Unikat e.V. have taken up …

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14.3 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.86 km

3.96 km

2.90 km

421 m

167 m

Surfaces

8.16 km

3.82 km

1.49 km

440 m

221 m

178 m

Elevation

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Wednesday 22 July

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January 4, 2026,📸📷🔭 Winterwanderung an der Elster Stadtauswärts bis Straßberg ( Vogelparadies 🦆🦢🦩🦅) 🤪

📸 Where to go is always the question! You don't really want to take the car 🚙 right now unless absolutely necessary.

So, off to the Elster River again to look for birds 🦅🦢, and what can I say!! It was definitely worth it 👍. My subjects today included grey herons, great egrets, cormorants, goosanders, kestrels, etc. The photos are …

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April 13, 2025,📸 Nochmal an der Elster bis Straßberg u. Zurück 🤪

📸 After spotting a black stork on my hike along the Elster River yesterday, I wanted to try my luck 🍀 again today. So my wife 👩 and I, equipped with cameras 📸 and telephoto lenses, hiked towards Straßberg.
Unfortunately, there was no sign of the black stork; it had probably already moved on!! There were plenty of other subjects …

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April 13, 2025,Schwarzstorch war gestern, heute war Reiher. 😎

No cycling again. 🤣
My husband expressed his desire to go on a photo tour together today.
Well, that's it! The main thing is exercise in the fresh air. 😜
Unfortunately, the black stork wasn't there anymore, but a beautiful heron was. 🥰
There weren't that many insects either, but there are flowers everywhere. 🥳

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March 26, 2024,Die Weiße Elster Teil 7 von Kürbitz nach Plauen

The White Elster - from source to mouth (pilgrim variant)
individual pieces in a group to hike with (please write as a comment):
komoot.com/de-de/tour/1453163544

today's video:
cnoops.de/aiovg_videos/die-weisse-elster-teil-7-von-kuerbitz-nach-plauen

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January 11, 2025,Eiszapfen und andere Vögel 🥰

Saturday! Weekend! No work! 🥳
Time to strap on the "stovepipe" 📸 again and wiggle out/down to the White Elster.
Because! Now that it's getting noticeably colder, one or two visitors are frolicking on the bank or in the branches nearby. And that was the case today. In addition to mallards and pintails, goosander, crows, herons, falcons and even a …

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January 11, 2025,📸🥾 Vogelparadies Weiße Elster 🦅🦆🪿 Schöne Tour nach Straßberg u. Zurück 🤪

📸 Today's photo🏞️ tour should go along the Elster to Straßberg, where last time I caught a number of animals 🦅🦆🦊 in front of my lens 📷, and that was the case today too!!
Cormorants, grey herons, 🦆 etc. There's always something to discover!!
Have fun 😊 looking, and have a nice weekend 🤪

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December 28, 2024,📸 Fuchs 🦊 Eichhörnchen 🐿️ Kormoran 🦅 Reiher beim Sonnenbaden an der Elster 🤪

📸 When my wife 👩 told me yesterday after her walk that our annual winter guests, the cormorants, can be seen again on the Elster, I wanted to take a look 🌁 for myself today, and to start with: there are more of them!!

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Old Town Hall, Plauen – St. John's Church, Plauen loop from Bahnhof Hainstraße

View of the Friedensbrücke (Plauen)

Luther Church Plauen

Old Town Hall, Plauen

König-Albert Fountain at Altmarkt Plauen

Klostermarkt Fountain

St. John's Church, Plauen

Schwarzer Steg — Pedestrian bridge over the White Elster

Weaver Houses, Plauen

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