The first stage of the Oberlausitz Mountain Trail takes you from Butterberg in Bischofswerda to Neukirch on the Valtenberg.
The 128-kilometer-long Oberlausitz Mountain Trail winds along the German-Czech border through a centuries-old cultural landscape. Six prominent mountain peaks accompany your path and dominate Upper Lusatia as landmarks. The observation towers offer views as far as the Giant Mountains and the Jizera Mountains. In total, the high-quality long-distance trail covers 2,300 meters of elevation and includes significant places such as the historic Zittau, the innovative textile site Großschönau, the beer town Eibau, and the pottery village Neukirch. Let yourself be enchanted by the diversity of this cultural landscape.
The first stage takes you from Butterberg in Bischofswerda, via the "Granite Village" Demitz-Thumitz, to the pottery village Neukirch.
