Gravel Tour 3: Tour on the right bank of the Elbe via Diesbar-Seußlitz to Glaubitz

The route begins in Meissen, right at the parking lot on the right bank of the Elbe. From here, it first heads straight across the Elbberg to Großenhainer Straße. There, turn left at the second traffic light onto the B101, then immediately right onto Ringstraße. Follow this road to the next intersection, where you turn right onto Zscheilaer Straße. Continue straight ahead here before turning right again onto Proschwitzer Weg, which soon leads out of the residential area and merges into the path “Heiliger Grund.”

At Schloss Proschwitz, the route turns right again onto Proschwitzer Straße. At the edge of the residential area, turn left onto Thomas-Müntzer-Straße. Follow this road to Winkwitz, then turn right onto Weg Eichberg. After crossing Dieraer Weg, keep left on a dirt road leading toward Naundörfel. After passing through the small village, follow Gosetal Street until, after about 650 m, a left-hand curve leads to a dirt road that crosses the Kleine Gose and the Gosebach. At the next fork in the road, keep left, ride along the edge of the forest, and after about 1.8 km, at a crossroads, take the second road on the right to cross Kreisstraße 8010.

Continue on Radewitzer Straße through the Seußlitzer Grund, turn left onto Forststraße, and reach the village of Seußlitz. Here, turn right at the first intersection onto Bergstraße. After a sharp right turn and a gentle left turn, follow the road to the left onto Kirchberg.

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now ride along the road past the cemetery toward Neuseußlitz. Here, follow Kirchweg to the right and, at the next opportunity, turn right again onto Neuen Weg.

After about 1 km, turn left at an intersection onto a paved dirt road and follow it to the next fork in the road. From there, continue left on the road until the next fork, where you turn right again onto a dirt road. Follow this road to Medessen, where you turn right again onto Riesaer Straße, which merges into Großenhainer Straße as you leave town. After crossing the railroad tracks, follow the county road out of town and turn left after about 350 m toward Großenhain. Cross the railroad tracks again and continue straight ahead to the next fork, where you turn left onto Medessener Straße. This

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continues straight past the wastewater treatment plant to the village of Skassa.

In Skassa, turn right briefly onto Rieaser Landstraße, but then immediately turn left again onto Pflasterstraße. After a left-hand curve at the Zürner memorial stone, turn right onto Rödertalstraße to leave the village. Cross the Große Röder River and a canal, then follow Skassaer Straße toward Großenhain. After about 500 meters, at a three-way fork, turn right onto Am Stadtpark, then left onto Wildenhainer Straße, and immediately right again onto Doktor-Külz-Straße. Follow this road until you finally leave the residential area. After crossing the B98, keep left and follow Waldaer Straße all the way to Kleinthiemig. Drive straight through the town on Großehainer Straße; as the road continues, it leads via Siedlerstraße to Walda. At the first major intersection, follow the ring road to the right. At the next fork in the road, turn left onto Zabeltitzer Straße. After about 100 meters, turn left again onto a dirt road that meets Waldaer Straße just before Zabeltitz. At the entrance to the town, turn left onto Kastanienallee. At the parking lot of the Zabeltitz Baroque Garden, turn left again and cross through the park. Just before the Elligastbach stream, turn left once more, cross the fork weir, and—keeping to the left—pass the mill and follow Mühlweg to Bauda.

Via the Baudaer Mühlweg, you’ll reach Baudaer Hauptstraße on the left; in the town center, turn right onto Lindenstraße, which later becomes Riesaer Straße. Continue along this road, and after a right-hand curve, turn left onto the Schulweg toward Colmitz. There, the Schulweg merges into Baudaer Straße and then into Glaubitzer Weg. Follow this road straight ahead to Glaubitz. Here, take a sharp left onto Großenhainer Straße/B98 and follow it to the edge of the settlement, where you turn right onto Feldstraße.

After about 1.5 kilometers, turn right again, through the Glaubitzer Wald. To do this, turn left at the second intersection, right at the next fork, and then left again. Turn right onto the next path, pass the Eselteich and Birkenteich, and then turn left toward the Hexentanzplatz. Once there, keep to the right again. Just before the Natur- und Waldbad, turn left and continue along the path by the stream; pass the Küchenteich and Schloss Glaubitz on your left, continuing along the dirt road until you turn right onto Nünchritzer Straße at the Zschaitenbach and follow it back toward Glaubitz.

At the roundabout, take the third exit onto Poststraße, and at the first intersection, turn right onto Oststraße until you reach Bahnhofstraße. Cross Glaubitz Station to the left and follow the adjacent bike path along the Grödel-Elsterwerda Raft Canal. The path continues parallel to the canal until

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reach Elbstraße. Turn left there.

After Grödel, follow the Elbe Bike Path to the right, which leads back via Nünchritz, Leckwitz, and Merschwitz to Seußlitz. At the castle park, turn left onto Forststraße and then again onto Radewitzer Straße through the Seußlitzer Grund. At Löbsal, leave the familiar route by turning right onto the K8010. In Löbsal, the route then leads across the village square, turning left onto Kirchenweg and out of the village into the Golkwald. There, at the Nonnenstein, turn slightly right onto Querweg and follow it to the street Zum Forsthaus in the village of Golk. Here, turn left onto Zum Forsthaus and continue following the road through the forest. At the next intersection, cross the street Am Gosebach straight ahead and continue straight through the fields, along the Katerbach, toward Neumühle. Here, cross the S88 and then continue right toward Kleinzadel.

After about 500 m, turn left onto a dirt road and, at the next fork, turn left again toward Zadel. In Zadel, you’ll reach Schulstraße; follow it to the left and, after about 100 meters, turn right onto Kirchstraße. Follow this road past the cemetery to the end, then turn left onto the path that continues straight ahead, running along the top of the vineyards.

After a left-hand curve, you’ll rejoin the S88 in Diera; follow it briefly to the right. Then, after about 200 meters, turn right again onto Eisenacher Straße. At the next intersection, continue straight ahead on the dirt road toward Rottewitz. After a sharp right turn and a sharp left turn, you’ll reach Rottewitzer Straße and turn right onto Winkwitzer Straße.

In Winkwitz, continue along Winkwitzer Straße, keep to the right after about 70 meters, and ride down Heuweg to the Elbe. Here, cross Elbtalstraße and turn sharply left onto the Elbe Bike Path, which you then follow until you return to the starting point, “Parkplatz an der Elbe” in Meissen.