Vogtland Air Between Plauen and Bad Elster, we encounter Vogtland from its mystical and romantic side. It is excellent to float above everyday life when looking at the wide curved, calm land. Just like in Johann Sebastian Bach’s "Air," the Vogtland Panorama Path® here in the wide green slightly escapes everyday life.
The 3rd stage first leads into a special nature reserve called "Großer Weidenteich." The landscape resembles a heathland and is covered in spring with yellow blooming broom bushes. Through the distinctive mid-Vogtland diabase dome landscape, one encounters in the Burgstein area the mystical ruins of two medieval pilgrimage churches.
At the border of the Bamberg and Naumburg bishoprics, a pilgrimage was established in 1474 following a Marian apparition, connected with the construction of a pilgrimage chapel.
When the Naumburg bishopric learned of the high visitor numbers, the second church was commissioned. During the Reformation, the churches were burned down and forgotten. They were only revived again during the Romantic period under Hermann Vogel and his friends.
In the immediate vicinity is the only thermal spring of the Vogtland.
The water temperature is 25°C and, due to its high sodium, calcium, and chloride values, is classified as a mineral spring. The water, which gushes from a depth of 771 m to the earth's surface, is odorless, clear, and colorless, tastes bland, and has a slightly bitter, salty aftertaste. It was already protected as an important natural monument in 1962.
Now the path skirts the Pirk reservoir and leads through the former mining area of Schönbrunn. The destination is the old town of Oelsnitz with the far-visible Voigtsberg castle.
