This tour is also recommended in reverse order.
At Freital-Cossmanndorf railroad station, we follow the road past the "Weißeritzpark" and the "Hains" leisure center until it turns into a cycle and footpath, past an allotment site and cross the Rote Weißeritz for the first time. After the bridge, we follow the wide hiking trail to the left through the Rabenauer Grund to the Rabenauer Mühle. Here, in the excursion restaurant "Zum Wanderer", you can take a break to enjoy nature and indulge in the hearty snacks on offer. At Rabenau station, we cross the Rote Weißeritz to the left a second time and follow the line of sight of the large wooden moat and the raven tracks on the sidewalk on Bahnhofstraße a little way towards the town. After a few steps, we see the entrance portal to the "Sagenhafter Mühlberg" adventure trail with the colorful family of chairs and follow it half left. The path winds steeply uphill, offering plenty of natural resting and exercise opportunities, information boards about the surrounding area and a "remember-what" picture memory at the large XXL "Lümmelsofa". We recommend walking straight along Weststraße to Hauptstraße at the starting point of the trail, then turning right onto Freitaler Straße. Pass the stone market with the chair fountain and the green market with the restored post mile column and the church, and the façade of the German Chair Making Museum will greet you with a chair at the bend.
You can take the same route back through the Grund or via the Rabenauer Höhe (we recommend stopping at the multi-generational playground at the Obernaundorfer Str. 5-7 entrance and taking a break at the Hotel & Restaurant "Rabennest" on Nordstraße) and the scenic Eckersdorfer Weg. You can reach this path by following Freitaler Straße uphill at the market until the main road turns off. At this junction, continue straight ahead onto Hainsberger Straße, which becomes Eckersdorfer Fußweg. From here you can enjoy a beautiful view of the Döhlen basin and the Schweinsdorf Alps on a clear day. Follow the Eckersdorfer Weg until you reach the main road again and follow the footpath along the road past the Rollmopsschänke pub to the crosswalk. Turn onto the footpath "An der Kleinbahn" and follow it downhill until you arrive back at the Coßmannsdorf stop.
If you don't want to walk back, we recommend a short walk along the "Sagenhafter Mühlberg" adventure trail back to Rabenau station and then the return journey on the steaming Weißeritz Valley Railway - an experience for young and old.
The RVSOE bus line 348+ takes tired feet directly from Markt Rabenau in the direction of Freital back to the Weißeritzpark.
