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Landkreis Leipzig
Borna

Red Sandy Beach – View of the Borna Reservoir loop from Surfclub Sachsen e.V.

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Landkreis Leipzig
Borna

Red Sandy Beach – View of the Borna Reservoir loop from Surfclub Sachsen e.V.

Easy

3

hikers

Red Sandy Beach – View of the Borna Reservoir loop from Surfclub Sachsen e.V.

01:38

6.43km

20m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 17, 2026

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Start point

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44 m

Information board at Speicherbecken Borna

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The Borna-West opencast mine was an open-cast mine in the central German lignite district consisting of the two open-cast mines Borna-Nord (1910–1942) and Borna-Süd (1939–1970). It was used to extract …

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400 m

Red Sandy Beach

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3

2.33 km

The reservoir Borna is one of the largest reservoirs in Saxony and is fed by the Pleiße. At the southern part of the lake comes on at the outlet. The …

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3.15 km

The Borna storage basin is a former opencast mine waste lake near Borna, south of Leipzig, which was converted into a flood retention basin between 1964 and 1980. The reservoir …

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5.58 km

View of the Borna Reservoir

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On the cycle path from Borna towards Deutzen or Regis-Breitungen you have a beautiful view over the Borna reservoir.

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6.12 km

The Borna-West opencast mine was an open-cast mine in the central German lignite district consisting of the two open-cast mines Borna-Nord (1910–1942) and Borna-Süd (1939–1970). It was used to extract …

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6.17 km

In 1939, in the Borna-Süd opencast mine, the exploration began in front of what is now the high tip in the north construction field. The coal was initially mined in …

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6.43 km

End point

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.06 km

2.35 km

Surfaces

3.70 km

2.35 km

333 m

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Thursday 9 July

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