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Postwege - Royal Roads of Saxony

We're bringing the 1700s Royal Roads of Saxony back to life as historic cycling tours. The old routes, following historic towns, countless castles and traditional European landscapes, are based on one of Europe's finest systems of roads, maps and beautiful sandstone signage in the early eighteenth century.

We research the itineraries using the actual maps from 1690-1725, the royal postal timetables and the inscriptions listed on the Postdistanzsäulen, beautiful sandstone monuments that can often still be seen in the town squares of countless towns in Saxony. Then we match these itineraries with Germany's modern cycling infrastructure, one of the advanced in the world, to create cycling tours that people from anywhere can take to experience this fascinating and often undiscovered part of Europe in the way it was done 300 years ago.

I am a New Yorker living in Pirna, Germany, that is passionate about cycling, history, maps and beer gardens.

The tours here are generally suitable for any bike that is comfortable on both on and off road surfaces. I use road, gravel, singlespeed, and Brompton bikes. E-bikes would be fine too.

See more about cycling the Royal Roads here: postwege.de
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went cycling

August 24, 2026 at 13:47

Singlespeed

Time

3h12m

Distance

53.2km

Speed

21.7km/h

Ascent

230m

Descent

240m

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went gravel riding

August 24, 2026 at 13:27

From Pirna to Electoral Saxon Post Milestone (Berggießhübel)

Time

0h10m

Distance

2.20km

Speed

18.2km/h

Ascent

10m

Descent

10m

went cycling

August 18, 2026 at 11:35

Road ride

Time

3h51m

Distance

20.5km

Speed

17.0km/h

Ascent

270m

Descent

40m

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went for a bike ride

August 12, 2026 at 10:10

Brompton to Dresden

Time

3h01m

Distance

48.9km

Speed

21.2km/h

Ascent

170m

Descent

160m

went for a bike ride

August 10, 2026 at 10:33

Singlespeed to Dolni Grund

Time

4h42m

Distance

72.6km

Speed

23.0km/h

Ascent

250m

Descent

240m

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went for a bike ride

August 5, 2026 at 14:41

Activity

Time

3h06m

Distance

22.0km

Speed

19.3km/h

Ascent

100m

Descent

100m

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went for a bike ride

August 4, 2026 at 11:32

Singlespeed to Dresden

Time

18h49m

Distance

63.4km

Speed

19.4km/h

Ascent

190m

Descent

190m

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went for a bike ride

July 28, 2026 at 09:17

Singlespeed with Oskar

Time

4h42m

Distance

72.7km

Speed

23.1km/h

Ascent

440m

Descent

440m

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went for a bike ride

July 20, 2026 at 11:36

Singlespeed to Dolny Grund

Major tailwind out, headwind back, lots of rain, great lunch at Dolny Grund

Time

4h30m

Distance

72.4km

Speed

22.0km/h

Ascent

250m

Descent

250m

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July 21, 2026

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went for a bike ride

July 15, 2026 at 13:27

Brompton on the Elbe

Time

6h13m

Distance

67.5km

Speed

20.2km/h

Ascent

280m

Descent

290m

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went for a bike ride

July 7, 2026 at 11:37

Brompton Work Day: Pirna - Radeberg - Dresden - Pirna

Used my Brompton instead of my car to go to my appointments today. I ended up riding 80+ km, much of it in the pouring rain. Regardless, it was a million times better than taking the car!

Time

8h44m

Distance

83.5km

Speed

18.2km/h

Ascent

460m

Descent

460m

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went for a bike ride

July 6, 2026 at 12:45

Activity

Time

2h30m

Distance

33.7km

Speed

19.7km/h

Ascent

160m

Descent

160m

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went for a bike ride

July 2, 2026 at 12:07

Rennrad to Radeberg für Arbeit

Time

6h33m

Distance

60.6km

Speed

18.7km/h

Ascent

430m

Descent

370m

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went for a bike ride

June 22, 2026 at 09:48

Liebstadt Loop

Time

2h51m

Distance

38.5km

Speed

18.9km/h

Ascent

370m

Descent

370m

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went for a bike ride

May 24, 2026 at 08:30

Activity

Time

7h02m

Distance

54.5km

Speed

18.8km/h

Ascent

160m

Descent

160m

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