Great Goitzsche Lake – Großer Goitzschesee Gauge Tower loop from Bitterfeld
Great Goitzsche Lake – Großer Goitzschesee Gauge Tower loop from Bitterfeld
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Great Goitzsche Lake – Großer Goitzschesee Gauge Tower loop from Bitterfeld
01:39
28.0km
60m
Cycling
Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: May 18, 2026
Tips
Includes segments that go up or down a series of steps
You may need to carry your bike.
After 8 m for 37 m
After 27.9 km for 37 m
Waypoints
Start point
Train Station
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2.95 km
Goitzschesee Cycle Path
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22.5 km
View of Villa am Bernsteinsee and Pegelturm from Mühlbecker Ufer
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22.7 km
Great Goitzsche Lake
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23.0 km
Great Goitzsche Lake
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Gauge tower
While the open-cast mining extended across Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony, today's Great Goitzschesee is located in Saxony-Anhalt on the border with Saxony. The neighboring Seelhausener See to the south, on the other hand, lies almost entirely in Saxony; The Goitzsche opencast mine used to be there too.
Source de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gro%C3%9Fer_Goitzschesee
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23.6 km
View of the Pegelturm Großer Goitzschesee
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23.8 km
Bernstein Promenade at Lake Goitzsche
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24.5 km
Marina Park Goitzsche
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The Goitzschesee at the gates of the town of Bitterfeld invites visitors to swim, cycle, sail, dive and surf. Several swimming areas, the water sports center and a modern wake park offer the best conditions for water sports enthusiasts.
Nowhere else in the area of the former GDR is the structural change from an ecological emergency area to a sustainably renovated, wonderful recreational landscape as clearly comprehensible as in Bitterfeld on the Great Goitzschesee. Brown coal mining and environmental pollution once shaped the landscape. The open pit area was used for coaling briquette factories, power plants and the chemical industry in the Bitterfeld-Wolfen area. A special feature was the extraction of "Bitterfeld amber". This started in 1975 and until 1993 amber was mined industrially, which was unique in Germany. Minable amber is said to still be in the Goitzsche today.
Today, a well-developed network of cycling and hiking trails surrounds the Goitzschesee and thus also offers many opportunities for joggers and skaters. If you like it leisurely, you can explore the lake by passenger ship, pirate ship or even by catamaran. From the level tower, the red tower or the nearby Bitterfelder Bogen you can enjoy a fantastic view over the region. Various gastronomic facilities are available on the Mühlbeck beach, on the amber promenade and in the city harbor. Houseboats, floating holiday homes, a camping park and holiday homes near the water invite you to stay longer on the Goitzsche.
Three lidos on the Goitzsche invite you to spend a relaxing day at the lake: the Mühlbeck lido, the lido at the level tower and the Niemecker See lido.
numbers and facts
Water area: 1353 ha
Volume: approx. 207 million m³
Length (shore line): approx. 27 km
Max Depth: 75m
Water level: approx. +75 m NHN
Open pit mining: 1908 - 1991
Flooding / Renaturation: 1999 - 2002
Source: kohle-dampf-licht-seen.de/staedte-sehenswuerdständigen-landschaften/grosser-goitzschesee
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24.6 km
View from the Villa at Bernsteinsee
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It combines style and decorative elements from different eras of architecture. The design of the north-west facade and the design of the decorative gables can be assigned to the Neo-Renaissance.
In the rooms and in the stairwell there are further elements of the neo-Renaissance and neo-Gothic.
Some interior walls are decorated with a fruit frieze, which dates back to the Art Nouveau era.
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28.0 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
12.0 km
9.48 km
3.84 km
2.42 km
167 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
26.0 km
1.31 km
526 m
< 100 m
< 100 m
< 100 m
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Monday 13 July
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