Thößehäuser and Rosengraben
"Thößehäuser" was named after the buyer of the settlement in 1731. The forest area with the three Rosengräben is a popular passageway to Pfaffenmühle and the Elster valley with Lochbauer. South of the upper Rosengraben is a burial mound from the late Bronze Age.
Pfaffenmühle
The excursion restaurant Pfaffenmühle was opened in 1884. It is located in a beautiful forest landscape in the valley bottom of the Kaltenbach and just before its entry into the Nymphental. The 1.3 km long narrow valley section of the Kaltenbach belongs to the NSG "Elsterhang near Röttis" and carries the popular name "Nymphental." At the valley exit to the Weiße Elster is the "Devil's Pulpit," a small rock formation made of diabase. On the right side of the Nymphental is a mine tunnel portal from the "Saxonia-Bavaria" mine, which still recalls the mining of brown iron and spar ores in the last century.
Lochbauer
The path leads upriver on the Elster to the "Lochbauer," a protected Vogtland farmhouse built in 1648 after the end of the Thirty Years' War.
Pfaffengut
Not far from Lochbauer and the circular hiking route is the Vogtland Environmental and Nature Conservation Center, Pfaffengut Plauen, an ecological education and meeting place. Visits and guided tours are possible (see Pfaffengut Plauen brochure).
Path of Trees
This educational trail is located on the Elster riverside path between Pfaffengut, Lochbauer, and Devil's Pulpit.
Tip: The Plauen circular hiking route can be shortened in the area Pfaffengutstraße – Chrieschwitz – Reusa – Südvorstadt – Straßberg.
