Sohland Forest Stage – Sohland Reservoir loop from Crostau

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Schirgiswalde-Kirschau

Sohland Forest Stage – Sohland Reservoir loop from Crostau

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Sohland Forest Stage – Sohland Reservoir loop from Crostau

03:31

11.9km

340m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 2, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.44 km

Summit cross on the Kälbersteine rocks

Highlight • Summit

2.44 km

Kälbersteine information board

Highlight • Rest Area

This explains how a sun sanctuary works.

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2.59 km

Kälbersteine and Kälbersteinbaude

Highlight • Summit

Almost 200 meters, the calf stone massif rises above Sohland and the Spree. On top of the wooded mountain you can discover many exciting rock formations. The largest rock directly …

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4.08 km

Sohland Forest Stage

Highlight • Structure

Beautifully situated forest stage near Soland

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4.79 km

Sohland Reservoir

Highlight • Lake

A beautiful destination. Parking on site - just a few meters to walk. Good gastronomy and on the reservoir you can comfortably go boating.

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5.07 km

Spree Floodplain

Highlight (Segment) • River

Beautiful natural part of the Spree.

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6.67 km

Scenic section of the Spree between Sohland and Schirgiswalde

Highlight • River

Here the hiking trail runs close to the Spree.

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8.10 km

Flooded Quarry Pond on Mälzerberg

Highlight • Lake

The quarry invites you to pause in the sun ....
Probably the one who has a cyclist in his backpack ;-)

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11.9 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.09 km

3.58 km

212 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.61 km

2.81 km

2.80 km

1.21 km

503 m

Elevation

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Highest point (480 m)

Lowest point (280 m)

Weather

Monday 19 October

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Comments

February 25, 2024,Kälbersteine (Berggipfel) – Kälbersteine Runde von Wurbis

Today we went on a circular route around and to the Kälbersteine, which have small granite rocks on the summit.
The tour began relatively steeply uphill, seeing a lot of deforestation and dead spruce forest, which has been omnipresent for years. But nature is beginning to recover!!
Even a fat bumblebee (surely there's a technical term for it) ventured into …

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July 28, 2024,2 Steinbrüche - Pickaer Berg - Kälbersteine - Waldbühne - Stausee Sohland

The Kälbersteine near Sohland were our destination today. Past 2 lonely quarries, through blackberry bushes and nettles to Pickaer Berg (including geocache point) and further to the legendary Kälbersteine and past the Sohland forest stage. The paths were great in places, but probably no one had been on Pickaer Berg for a while. We would have needed a machete to …

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