Great Goitzsche Lake – Great Goitzsche Lake loop from Bitterfeld

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Great Goitzsche Lake – Great Goitzsche Lake loop from Bitterfeld

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Great Goitzsche Lake – Great Goitzsche Lake loop from Bitterfeld

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28.0km

60m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 22, 2026

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Includes segments that go up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 8 m for 37 m

After 27.9 km for 37 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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2.95 km

Goitzschesee Cycle Path

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Totally varied landscape and subsoil, from the asphalt path to the forest path.

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18.5 km

Great Goitzsche Lake

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Mega nice view of the Goitzsche

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22.5 km

View of Villa am Bernsteinsee and Pegelturm from Mühlbecker Ufer

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Great view from the Mühlbecker shore to the villa at Bernsteinsee, Seensucht and the gauge tower.

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22.7 km

Great Goitzsche Lake

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It is not without reason that the lake is also called the Bitterfeld Sea.

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23.6 km

View of the Pegelturm Großer Goitzschesee

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The Goitzscherundweg here near the level tower.

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23.8 km

Bernstein Promenade at Lake Goitzsche

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Definitely go upstairs- great views!

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24.5 km

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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24.6 km

View from the Villa at Bernsteinsee

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The factory owner’s villa – the Biermann’sche Villa – built in 1896 in the Neo-Renaissance style is one of the most representative buildings of historicism in the Bitterfeld region.

It combines style and decorative elements from different eras of architecture. The design of the north-west facade and the design of the decorative gables can be assigned to the Neo-Renaissance.

In the rooms and in the stairwell there are further elements of the neo-Renaissance and neo-Gothic.

Some interior walls are decorated with a fruit frieze, which dates back to the Art Nouveau era.

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28.0 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.0 km

9.48 km

3.84 km

2.42 km

167 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

26.0 km

1.31 km

526 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 3 October

18°C

11°C

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Max wind speed: 4.0 km/h

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Comments

October 6, 2021,Goitzsche + Bitterfelder Bogen

Relaxation excursion in very nice autumn weather,
it was about the Goitzsche near Bitterfeld.
In 1998, the flooding of the former opencast mine began, and in 2006 the lake should be completely filled. But it went much faster when a dam broke during the Mulde flood in 2002. Within two days, the lake ran well above the target level + …

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October 29, 2021,Mit dem Rad rund um die Goitzsche

Excursion to the Bitterfeld lignite mining district in unashamedly brilliant autumn weather. The region around the Goitzsche has turned into an attractive local recreation and holiday area almost 30 years after the last shovel stab and the structural change caused by the reunification. The Vineta circles on the Goitzsche, the water level tower opens up beautiful views and floating houses …

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September 18, 2024,Goitzscherunde

If you don't meet in this world, you'll meet in Bitterfeld...
well, it's a hackneyed, age-old saying - but today we were in Bitterfeld to enjoy the beautiful, really warm weather again. We went to the Goitzschesee, then to the Bitterfelder Bogen.
In Pouch (picture 6), by the way, the popular GDR folding boats were made

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May 31, 2025,Radrunde um den Goitzsche See 🚴🌞

The weather was very sunny and already quite warm. There were lots of people out and about in and around the lake. The scenery is very beautiful there, and there's a lot to see. This time we also went to the Bitterfelder Bogen.

Beautiful view from up there.😊👍

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July 25, 2024,Einmal um den Goitzschesee

Very beautiful and easy bike tour around the Goitzschesee. Well-developed bike paths without steep inclines. Through pure nature and places to stop for refreshments in Bitterfeld and Pouch.

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September 24, 2021,Radtour um den Goitzsche See 24.09.2021 12:56

The plan was around the Goitzsche See. We drove a few detours to the port because of construction work. As a result, we missed the bike path for the first km.
Then through the vast expanse of the Goitzsche wilderness. What is healthy grows, what is sick remains in the "nature park". And there is actually a lot of new …

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September 18, 2024,Großer Goitzschesee

We had been planning this for a long time. Since the weather was very good again, we loaded the bikes into the car and...if we don't see each other in this world, we'll see each other in Bitterfeld!
Nice circuit around the Goitzschesee.
The path is well signposted, mostly asphalted, around the lake. Only a few sections are gravel and …

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December 24, 2023,Klassische Goitzsche- Runde

After the last few days and before the holidays, I just had to take advantage of the break in the rain today to at least do a short lap.
Wind is still an issue today, but it is bearable in the forest. The Lober-Leine Canal is more full than ever before.
I hope this wasn't the last tour this year, …

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