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

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

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

01:57

7.23km

90m

Hiking

Easy hike. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 9, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.67 km

Weiße Elster River

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The White Elster is a large tributary of the Saale.

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2.82 km

Old Elster Bridge (Plauen)

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There is a post mile post in front of the bridge

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3.19 km

Plauen Castle

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We are still busy renovating here

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3.35 km

Plauen Castle Terraces

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Lots of benches to linger to watch the hustle and bustle on the streets and still just switch off. Wonderful when the evening sun shines on the terraces.

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3.70 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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3.87 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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4.00 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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4.27 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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7.23 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.29 km

2.39 km

1.16 km

226 m

171 m

Surfaces

3.31 km

2.60 km

1.13 km

144 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 31 October

8°C

2°C

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Max wind speed: 11.0 km/h

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Comments

November 29, 2024,📸 Impressionen Plauener Weihnachtsmarkt 🎄🎅🏻🌟🎄

📸 Today we should finally go into town for the first visit to this year's Christmas market🎄
Simply beautiful!! I love this quiet, contemplative time, and there will certainly be more Christmas markets to come, it's just a shame that you can't capture the smells of gingerbread, cookies, bambes, mulled wine ☕️ and the many other delicacies on camera, but …

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December 29, 2022,🥾📷Im alten Jahr noch einmal in die Stadt 🏣

🥾To stroll around a bit, I just walked into town.👍I didn't find anything, but the fresh air and exercise are definitely good.!!

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March 21, 2025,📸 Spinnen 🕷️ Blumen 🌺 und andere Insekten 🦟 Sonnige Freitags Feierabend Runde 🤪

📸 With the glorious sunshine ☀️ today, there was no stopping me after work.
Quickly ate something 🥯, grabbed my camera 📷, and off I went!!
For testing purposes, with a macro lens 🔬, since my better half 👩‍🦰 cleaned my camera sensor for me, and to my complete satisfaction 👍 she simply has better eyes 👀 than me 🤪 …

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April 21, 2025,📸 Ostermontag 🐇🐣 Stadtrunde Plauen ( Vogtland ) 🤪

📸 Today, another trip into town 🏙️ was on the agenda.

No matter how often you stroll through town, there's always something new to discover. The construction site 🚧 Neue Elsterbrücke 🌉 always seems to look the same, as if nothing is moving forward.

I hope you all had a busy Easter bunny 🐇

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February 14, 2025,Puderzucker 😇

Your work colleagues rave about how the city gallery has tops for a bargain price and then you pull yourself together to find out that there are only sizes larger than your own. 🙄
But it's not so bad. Firstly, you saved money and secondly, you went on a little hike through a landscape covered in powdered sugar. 😅

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December 7, 2025,📸 Herrlich ruhige Morgenrunde 🍵zum 2. Advent 🕯️🕯️ 🤪

📸 For today, the second Sunday of Advent 🕯️🕯️, I decided to go into town 🏙️ to see the Christmas market 🎄 without the big crowds 👀 and it was simply wonderful 🤩
It's really interesting to see 👀 how creatively some Christmas trees 🎄 are decorated 👍
All in all, it was a pleasant, peaceful visit 😊
Wishing you …

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December 16, 2023,📸🎄🌟Weberhäuser - Plauener Weihnachtsmarkt 🍹🔔

📸🥾After I've been struggling with an annoying cold 🤧 for almost 2 weeks now, and it's finally getting a little better, today it was time to visit the Plauen Christmas market.
As usual, I ate delicious Bampes and then treated myself to a mulled wine ☕️ from Wackerbarth 👍

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November 2, 2024,Was muss Muss! 😜

Although the weather doesn't exactly encourage you to go outside, today it was: what has to be done, has to be done! 👻
There were a few errands that needed to be done that unfortunately didn't do themselves. 😅
The big equipment stayed at home, so the cell phone camera had to do the heavy lifting again today. 🤭
Despite …

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