Away from the classic tourist cycling routes, we recommend a round trip through the green areas of Cottbus. The tour is ideal for exploring the city in more depth. From the CottbusService at the centre of the city, the tour goes along the Spree to the Spreewehrmühle with its mill museum and restaurant. The next stop place to stop is the sports and swimming centre Sport- und Freizeitbad Lagune, before passing by allotment gardens and meadows in the Cottbus district of Ströbitz to the meadows of Sachsendorf. This is a nice place for a quiet stop. Via Groß Gaglow and Kikebusch, you then approach the church of St. Martin in Madlow and the Cottbus park area. From a distance you might hear the elephants in Cottbus zoo or the signals from the park railway. In any case, be sure to visit the princely palace and park in Branitz. Anyone looking for a little more peace and relaxation will want to stop off in Spreeauenpark – the site of the 1995 Federal Horticultural Exhibition – and enjoy the view over the meadows to the Parkweiher (insider tip: tertiary forest with sequoia tree stumps). Via Sandow, the route then continues along the River Spree toward the city centre and back to the starting point.
And what is there to discover on the way or by taking small detours?
- Cottbus park complex – Branitz Park, zoo* and Spreeauenpark
- Cottbus park railway*
- Brandburg State Museum of Modern Art at Amtsteich
- St. Nicholas Oberkirche church including ascent to the church tower*
- Altmarkt with town houses, cafés and restaurants
- Monastery church with Klosterplatz surrounded by high trees
- the Spreewehrmühle*
- See Sachsendorf landscape lake
- Sachsendorf meadows
- Madlower Schluchten park with lake
Our special tips for families are marked with an asterisk*.
The tour consists of asphalt and grit tracks.
Start/finish: CottbusService at Stadthalle Cottbus
Length of the tour: approximately 24 kilometres
Route signage: red-and-white intersection signposts
Directions to and from Cottbus:
Public transport: take the RE 2 from Berlin or the RB 65 from Zittau/Görlitz to Cottbus central station
Car: from Spreewald junction A15 as far as the exits Cottbus-West and Cottbus-Süd
Possible combinations:- Spree Cycle Path
- Tour Brandenburg
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