© Tom Williger, LEIPZIG REGION

Luther Trail Saxony from Neukieritzsch to Leipzig

At a glance

  • Start: Neukieritzsch, Bornaische Street
  • Destination: Leipzig, St. Thomas Church
  • Medium
  • 30,61 km
  • 7 hours 30 minutes
  • 12 m
  • 150 m
  • 107 m

The Leipzig New Lake District, a landscape formed from former open-cast mining with lakes, forests, and river floodplains, is well known far beyond the borders of Saxony and a popular holiday destination. The floodplain forests surrounding the city of Leipzig, with their rare plant and animal species, are also a rarity. On this route, you combine all this with the flair of the big city and the places of the Reformation, such as the St. Thomas Church, Pleißenburg, and Auerbach's Cellar.

The Luther Trail between Neukieritzsch and Leipzig leads directly through the southern Leipzig New Lake District. On paved paths, between huge, wonderfully beautiful lakes formed from former open-cast mines, through forests and river floodplains, the hiker reaches Leipzig. This unique lake landscape attracts countless tourists from home and abroad every year. The floodplain landscape and floodplain forests in and around Leipzig are also known for their impressive plant and animal life. From Lake Cospuden, through Kees'schen Park in Markkleeberg, past Leipzig wildlife park, along the Elster flood channel, to the city center, this is an unusually impressive natural route. In the Pleißenburg in Leipzig in 1519, the disputation between Luther and his opponent Eck took place, which led to Luther's break with Rome and ultimately to the imposition of the imperial ban over him. It was only after the death of Duke "Georg the Bearded" that the introduction of the Reformation in Albertine Saxony and thus also in Leipzig was possible.

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Pavings

  • Unknown (2%)
  • Street (6%)
  • Tarmac (43%)
  • Gravel (19%)
  • Hiking trail (11%)
  • Path (19%)

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