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Sorbs, Faith, Customs

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Sorbs, Faith, Customs

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4.5

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Sorbs, Faith, Customs

02:27

36.9km

150m

Cycling

The many crosses along the paths and small streets north of Bautzen, the capital of the Sorbs, shine golden. The lively religious culture is characteristic of the Slavic minority living here. Bilingual signs and countless wayside crosses accompany you along the entire route. In many places, Sorbian can still be…

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Last updated: March 19, 2025

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795 m

St. Marienstern Abbey

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In 1248 the monastery was founded. In the years, the Hussite Wars and during the Thirty Years War, it was looted twice but never completely destroyed. It is one of …

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7.01 km

St. Martin's Church Nebelschütz

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The church was built from 1740 to 1743 in the baroque style. In 1830 the tower was reduced in size and re-crowned.

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16.1 km

St. Mary's Spring

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The water of the spring is said to have healing powers for the eyes. The fountain is built over with the chapel, next to it there is a prayer cross with an assistant figure.

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23.6 km

St. Katharina Cemetery with White Crosses, Ralbitz

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The church was built in 1752 in the Baroque style. Known is the cemetery with its more than 300 unified white wooden crosses.

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29.1 km

Wayside shrine on the Via Sacra

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Beautiful cycle path with a prayer column surrounded by enchanting meadows and fields.

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30.8 km

Räckelwitz Castle and Chapel

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The baroque castle was built around 1750. The castle chapel was added to the castle in the neo-Romanesque style from 1883 to 1885. A hospital was later housed here, in which the GDR's second ultrasound device was stationed after Dresden.

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33.1 km

Memorial to Polish Soldiers Fallen in the Fight Against Fascism

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36.9 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

15.4 km

11.4 km

5.31 km

4.69 km

219 m

Surfaces

22.3 km

8.25 km

2.56 km

2.44 km

1.36 km

< 100 m

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Highest point (190 m)

Lowest point (140 m)

Weather

Monday 29 June

24°C

18°C

79 %

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Max wind speed: 14.0 km/h

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January 21, 2025

The many crosses along the paths and small streets north of Bautzen, the capital of the Sorbs, shine golden. The lively religious culture is characteristic of the Slavic minority living here. Bilingual signs and countless wayside crosses accompany you along the entire route. In many places, Sorbian can

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Sorbs, Faith, Customs

St. Marienstern Abbey

St. Martin's Church Nebelschütz

St. Mary's Spring

St. Katharina Cemetery with White Crosses, Ralbitz

Wayside shrine on the Via Sacra

Räckelwitz Castle and Chapel

Memorial to Polish Soldiers Fallen in the Fight Against Fascism

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