Cross-border hike from Altenberg/Zinnwald to the viewpoint on the Mückenberg/CZ with impressive views of the Bohemian Basin and back to the German side of the Erzgebirge ridge.
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Cross-border hike from Altenberg/Zinnwald to the viewpoint on the Mückenberg/CZ with impressive views of the Bohemian Basin and back to the German side of the Erzgebirge ridge.
Hotel Lugsteinhof Zinnwald
Hotel Lugsteinhof Zinnwald
Komáří hůrka (Mosquito Hill)
Viewpoint and Hotel Mückenentürmchen (Komáří vížka)
Start at Hotel Lugsteinhof. Turn left onto route 30, pass the border with the Czech Republic at the weather station, turn left at the golf course onto the local road Moldava - Cinovec to the crosswalk on the extended B 170, through the Bohemian part of Zinnwald to the local road Cinovec - Fojtovice on the left,
Past the church to the red signpost for the car parking lot on the right into the forest on the ridge of the Eastern Ore Mountains. We follow the well-signposted red trail markings across forest and meadow paths on the "Bierweg" and stop briefly at the "Bierrast", immediately afterwards we reach a paved path and see the Mückenberg (Komáří hůrka) with the viewpoint and hotel Mückentürmchen (Komáří vížka) on the left. From there you have a fantastic view over the Bohemian Basin
The way back is via this asphalt hiking and cycling trail until shortly after a dilapidated forester's lodge (approx. 4.5 kilometers from the Mückentürmchen), turn right uphill to the new vacation homes of Cinovec, follow the signs to the Hotel Pomezi, just before this hotel use the newly built pedestrian and cross-country bridge over the former E 55.
We leave the golf course on the left and return to our starting point.
Places of interest
1st winter sports museum in the Eastern Ore Mountains Hotel Lugsteinhof Zinnwald
Zinnwald weather station
(Mondays from 1.45 pm tour from Lugsteinhof)
Georgenfelder Hochmoor open from April to October
Tiefer Bünaustollen visitor mine Zinnwald
Tue to Sun 10.00 am to 3.00
Large-scale nature conservation project "Mountain meadows in the Eastern Ore Mountains"
(Grenzwiesen Fürstenau and Fürstenauer Heide)
St. Wolfgang's Chapel below the Mückentürmchen
Sat-Sun 11.00 to 16.00
Oldest chairlift in Central Europe from the Mückentürmchen
to the town of Krupka all year round every 30 minutes from 08.30 to 18.30
Refreshments available
Hotel Lugsteinhof Tel. 0049 35056 365-0 www.lugsteinhof.de
Berghotel Mückentürmchen with restaurant
Tel.: 0042 417861348 www.komarivizka.eu/de
Hotel Pomezi (Berghof Ausspanne) Cinovec
Tel.: 00420 417888005 www.pomezi.cz/de
Restaurant am Golfplatz Krusnohorsky Dvur (Erzgebirgischer Hof)
Tel.: 00420 606724995 www.krusnohorskydvur.cz
Hikers' parking lot at the former customs station,
Parking lot at the Hotel Lugsteinhof
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Hotel Lugsteinhof
Neugeorgenfeld 36
district Zinnwald-Georgenfeld
01773 Altenberg
Tel: (0049) 3 50 56 / 36 50
Fax: (0049) 3 50 56 / 36 55 5
E-Mail: info@lugsteinhof.de
www.lugsteinhof.de
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