Best historic site trails in Doberlug-Kirchhain

A varied bike tour in Niederlausitz, Brandenburg. The tour leads through the Niederlausitzer Heidelandschaft nature park - the cultural landscape was particularly shaped by coal mining, which began here in the mid-19th century. But many other natural resources such as clay, gravel, lignite and peat were also extracted - what remained was a landscape full of lakes, pits and ponds. On the way you can orientate yourself on boulders and learn interesting facts about the history of the region on...

Stage 5 of the Fürst-Pückler-Weg. The fifth day's stage of the Fürst-Pückler-Weg from Doberlug-Kirchhain to Großräschen is all about the former open-cast brown coal mine and the associated renaturation. In Lichterfeld, for example, you can discover the visitor mine with its F60 overburden conveyor bridge. In Großräschen, today's stage destination, on the other hand, the controlled flooding of the remaining hole in the Meuro opencast mine creates a lake that is already 790 hectares in size....