Path to Kaolin

The Kaolin hiking trail starts at the Geoportal “Kaolin Adventure World” in Mügeln Station, where you will find parking.

Follow Dr.-Friedrichs-Straße a short distance eastwards and turn onto Clara-Zetkin-Straße. Via Goethestraße, Schulplatz, Promenadenstraße, and Badergasse you reach the Altmarkt. From there continue via Schlossstraße over the tracks of the Döllnitzbahn to Ruhetal Castle. The Verlobungsbrücke (Engagement Bridge) over the Döllnitz opens the path along the stream - called the Poets’ Path. Cross Wermsdorfer Straße and continue straight on through Altmügelner Straße to St. Mary’s Church. Here you must walk around the church wall once until you discover the hiking trail to Lehmberg opposite the entrance gate. Follow this gently ascending path up to the end of the settlement. Here begins the operation site of the Kemmlitz Kaolin Works, through which the path to kaolin runs. Be sure to stay on the streets and paths designated and released for visitor traffic! Entering the slopes is prohibited due to the danger of falling!
The path to kaolin encircles the kaolin open-pit mine with its two new viewing platforms. On the western side of the open-pit mine, the path winds between the mine edge and the nature reserve.
After crossing the Gatsch river, follow the path straight ahead to Altmügelner Straße and turn left. Altmügelner Straße leads you back to St. Mary’s Church. Again, walk around the cemetery wall and then continue straight into the beautiful Döllnitz valley. The country road releases you onto Nebitzschner Straße. To the left, the path leads directly and always straight back to the starting point at Mügeln Station - via Nebitzschner Straße, Franz-Mehring-Straße, Ernst-Thälmann-Straße, Dr. Friedrichs-Straße, to Bahnhofstraße.
In town, around Markt and Altmarkt, there are many opportunities to rest, refuel, and shop.