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Wermsdorfer forest pond loop

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    Hike through the Wermsdorf pond area.

    easy
    Distance 12.7 km
    3:00 h
    40 m
    40 m
    184 m
    150 m

    The 28 ponds surrounding Wermsdorf are artificially created waters for the purpose of fish farming. On the circular hike, hikers have the opportunity to circle seven idyllic ponds located in the forest and gain insights into the cultural history of Wermsdorf. 

    Author’s recommendation

    • Old hunting lodge
    • Bison enclosure (detour Sachsendorfer Straße)
    • Cultural landscape museum at Kirchenteich (excavation site)
    • Gatscheborn (very strong spring – detour from the forest car park Kirchenteich)
    • Deserted village Nennewitz (castle and church ruins)
    • Goldborn (small spring – detour from Alten A)
    Difficulty
    T1 easy
    Overall difficulty
    easy

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    184 m
    Lowest point
    150 m
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    Asphalt 2.57%Dirt road 22.03%Forested/wild trail 57.82%Path 17.56%Unknown 0%
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    Roadbook

    The starting point of the hike is the hiking car park at the cultural landscape museum (car park at Kirchenteich) with forest classroom. From there, the hike begins towards Doktorteich, around it up to Reiherteich. The route leads along the other side of Doktorteich, past burial mounds, the three ponds, and the remains of the deserted village Nennewitz, up to the northeast shore of Kirchenteich, where you can admire an approximately 350-year-old oak. Near Kirchenteich, the Wermsdorf Forest Cultural Landscape Museum invites you to explore the over 3200-year-old history of Wermsdorf through display panels. The further path leads via Krumme G back to Zeisigteich and from there over the Alten A towards Häuschenteich, where the resting hut Sauhausdickig invites you to linger. On the way back, you pass via Förstersteig to the dam of Zeisigteich and from there onwards past Kirchenteich back to the starting point.

    If starting at the Wermsdorfer Wald hiking car park at the Old Hunting Lodge or arriving by public transport, the hike can start in the center of Wermsdorf. After walking a piece of the S42 towards Sachsendorf, you enter Wermsdorfer Wald, so the Zeisigteich is passed first. With start and end point in the center, the circular hike is about 18 km long.

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    Doktorteich
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    Hubertusburg Castle Wermsdorf

    Public transport

    see www.mdv.de

    Bus 630: Grimma-Wermsdorf

    Bus 801: Oschatz-Wermsdorf

    Bus 804: Mügeln-Wermsdorf

    Wermsdorf stop: Hirschplatz

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    Directions

    A14: exit Mutzschen, direction Wermsdorf 

    Parking

    Hiking car park cultural landscape museum/forest school

    Alternatively: hiking car park Wermsdorfer Forest at the Old Hunting Lodge or Döllnitzer See

    Coordinates

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    51.312962, 12.891791
    DMS
    51°18'46.7"N 12°53'30.4"E
    UTM
    33U 353072 5686738
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    Difficulty
    T1 easy
    Overall difficulty
    easy

    Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.

    Distance
    12.7 km
    Duration
    3:00 h
    Ascent
    40 m
    Descent
    40 m
    Highest point
    184 m
    Lowest point
    150 m
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