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Colditz Market Square – Podelwitz Moated Castle loop from Schönbach

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Colditz Market Square – Podelwitz Moated Castle loop from Schönbach

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Colditz Market Square – Podelwitz Moated Castle loop from Schönbach

04:49

18.2km

170m

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: June 25, 2026

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89 m

Bell Tower at Zschetzsch Pond

Highlight • Monument

stands at the rest area in Zschetzsch

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3.02 km

Neuteich in the Kohlbach Valley

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Small pond with a place to rest

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6.58 km

Colditz Market Square

Highlight • Settlement

The square is surrounded by the beautiful facades of 19th-century town houses.
From here you have a beautiful view of the castle and church.

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7.68 km

Gatehouse at Colditz Deer Park

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The gatehouse once marked the entrance to the electoral hunting ground. Elector Johann Georg I had the area enclosed by a seven-kilometer wall in 1624. You can still see some …

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7.95 km

Triefsäckchen Spring

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The Triefsäckchenquelle is located in the Tiergarten Colditz and bears the inscription: "In young and old, I'm known, Triefsäckchen I'm called."

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12.1 km

Podelwitz Moated Castle

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The moated castle on the Freiberger Mulde was first mentioned in a document from the year 1487. In the centuries that followed, the property changed hands several times and was …

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15.7 km

Confluence of the Zwickauer and Freiberger Mulde (Sermuth Mulde Confluence)

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Here the Zwickau and Freiberg Mulde rivers merge to form the Mulde and end in the Elbe near Roßlau. A small rest area to linger after you have made both journeys and want to review everything once again.

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16.3 km

Sermuth Bridge over the Zwickauer Mulde

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with information stone on each side

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18.2 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.12 km

5.73 km

3.49 km

1.92 km

937 m

Surfaces

8.80 km

3.54 km

2.51 km

1.50 km

1.20 km

603 m

Elevation

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Highest point (220 m)

Lowest point (130 m)

Weather

Saturday 8 August

33°C

11°C

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Max wind speed: 12.0 km/h

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Comments

May 9, 2024,Runde Colditz über Sermuth und Postelwitz

The confluence of the Freiberger and Zwickauer Mulde has been on my wish list for a long time. It was a beautiful circuit. A bit road-heavy, but not much traffic. Lots of cheerful cyclists and hikers, everything very pleasant.

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February 20, 2022,Colditzer Rundwanderung – Höhentouren im Leipziger Umland

"Don't forget your crampons! On a high-altitude tour around flat Leipzig" komoot.de/collection/993085/steigeisen-nicht-vergessen-auf-hoehentour-rund-ums-flache-leipzig

Despite the wind 🌬 and rain 🌧, we started today around Colditz with a tour from the Leipzig Travel 🌲 Collection.
Lots of asphalt and country roads, with "bad Sunday weather" there was nothing going on on the round... in sunny spring weather, when the slippers 👠👡 drive …

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Colditz Market Square – Podelwitz Moated Castle loop from Schönbach

Bell Tower at Zschetzsch Pond

Neuteich in the Kohlbach Valley

Colditz Market Square

Gatehouse at Colditz Deer Park

Triefsäckchen Spring

Podelwitz Moated Castle

Confluence of the Zwickauer and Freiberger Mulde (Sermuth Mulde Confluence)

Sermuth Bridge over the Zwickauer Mulde

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