Oder-Neiße 13: Guben - Forst (Lausitz)
13th of 16 stages on my Oder-Neiße route from Zempin to Görlitz
Part 047 of my Camino de Santiago from Saint Petersburg to Santiago de Compostela
My adjacent routes:
- before: Baltic Sea coast
- after: Bohemia
From Guben through the district of Spree-Neiße to the rose town of Forst (Lausitz); a ride through the Lower Lusatia with numerous lakes, extensive forests, and typical heath landscape
Restaurants in Guben, Forst (Lausitz)
Author’s recommendation
Accommodation in Guben: Hotel Pension "Klinger" / Dr.-Külz-Straße 28 / DE-03172 Guben / Phone +49 3561 430058 / e-Mail: info(at)hotel-pension-klinger.de / GPS: 51.93583, 14.69444
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Accommodation in Forst (Lausitz): Hotel "Rosenstadt" / Domsdorfer Kirchweg 14 / DE-03149 Forst (Lausitz) / Phone +49 3562 9510 / e-Mail: info(at)hotel-rosenstadt-forst.de / GPS: 51.72111, 14.62278
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
Track types
Safety information
All information to the best of knowledge, but without guarantee
Trail markers:
- from Guben industrial area: cycle path D12 (Oder-Neiße cycle path)
Tips and suggestions
"¦" is located on the route, ">" is located within 500 m of the route, ">>" is further away
Sights in Guben:
- ¦ Plastinarium; Uferstr. 22
Sights in Forst (Lausitz):
- ¦ East German Rose Garden ; Wehrinselstraße 42
- > Archive of Disappeared Places ("God created Lusatia, but the devil put the coal underneath"); An der Dorfaue 9
- >> Water tower: the symbol of the city; Jahnstraße 2
adjacent stages:
Roadbook
From hotel to cycle path:
Eastwards through Anne-Frank-Strasse, along a green area (on the right) up to Forsterstrasse. Turn right and go under the railway line. After the gentle right curve, you will find the cycle path on the opposite side of the road.
From Guben to Forst (Lausitz):
On cycle path D12 (Oder-Neiße cycle path) via Klein Gastrose, Gastrose, Briesnig, Sacro to Forst (Lausitz)
From cycle path to hotel:
At the south end of the East German Rose Garden, leave the cycle path at the corner of Wehrinselstrasse/Ringstrasse (bus turning area) to the right onto Ringstrasse. Turn right onto Triebeler Strasse and after 200 m turn left onto Skurumer Strasse. Before the railway line, turn left onto Weisswasserstrasse and after almost 1 km, turn right onto Dormsdorfer Kirchweg. The hotel is located across the B112 on the right side.
Public transport
From A to B by plane, train, bus, ferry, and car (and hotels and rental cars)
Prices, travel times, routes, timetables ... options for online booking
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Coordinates
Book recommendation by the author
Author’s map recommendations
- Oder-Neiße cycle path: from Zittau to Ueckermünde - 465 km
- bikeline cycle tour book Oder-Neiße cycle path (with maps 1:75,000); Verlag Esterbauer
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.

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