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View of Harald-Krug Lake – Schönau Post Mill loop from Borna (b Leipzig)

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Landkreis Leipzig

Borna

View of Harald-Krug Lake – Schönau Post Mill loop from Borna (b Leipzig)

Hard

4.7

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194

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View of Harald-Krug Lake – Schönau Post Mill loop from Borna (b Leipzig)

06:07

23.7km

120m

Hiking

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

Last updated: June 22, 2026

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Bockwitz

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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1.37 km

Reichstor, Borna — City Gate and Museum

Highlight • Monument

The last remaining of the original four city gates - the Reichstor - now stands on Reichsstrasse and houses the city's museum.

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5.19 km

Highland Cattle Pasture Parking

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In principle, all parking spaces around the lake are free. In the summer, the fishing club sometimes sits in the parking spaces and charges €2.
Perfectly fine, after all you are taking care of the area.

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5.58 km

Lake Bockwitz

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The Bockwitzer See was created as a post-mining landscape near Borna south of Leipzig from the former open-cast lignite mine Borna-Ost / Bockwitz, which was flooded from 1993 to 2005 …

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7.77 km

Naturschutzgebiet Bockwitz

Nature Reserve

10.8 km

View of Harald-Krug Lake

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Very beautiful shelter, next to it a memorial stone in memory of Harald Krug, a recognized conservationist.
From the hut you can observe the bird protection and breeding area of …

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11.0 km

Observation Hut at Harald Krug Lake

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Great viewing point with information boards about the lake and nature. Ideal for watching different types of birds and resting.

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13.3 km

Schönau Post Mill

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The post mill is the oldest type of windmill in Europe. The main feature of this type of mill is that the entire mill house stands on a single thick …

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15.5 km

Harth Lake

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Lake Harth is a lake near Borna (Saxony).
Like the neighboring Bockwitzer See, Lake Harth is a residual open-cast mining lake created by the Borna-Ost lignite open-cast mine. It is …

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20.6 km

Mosaic sculptures on the Mosaic Trail Zedtlitz–Borna

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on Jakobs- & Lutherweg and via Porphyria

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23.7 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

17.7 km

3.49 km

1.35 km

610 m

552 m

Surfaces

9.02 km

4.54 km

4.44 km

4.39 km

777 m

494 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 30 June

21°C

15°C

66 %

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Max wind speed: 5.0 km/h

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Comments

May 6, 2023,7-Seen-Wanderung 🥾 Bezauberndes Borna 🥾

For this year's participation in the 7-lake hike, we chose a tour whose course we hadn't really known before.
Start was in Borna on the market. The Buckling family 🥰 was in good spirits, despite the gray sky. By morning it had stopped raining. 👍

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View of Harald-Krug Lake – Schönau Post Mill loop from Borna (b Leipzig)

Reichstor, Borna — City Gate and Museum

Highland Cattle Pasture Parking

Lake Bockwitz

View of Harald-Krug Lake

Observation Hut at Harald Krug Lake

Schönau Post Mill

Harth Lake

Mosaic sculptures on the Mosaic Trail Zedtlitz–Borna

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