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Quality trail recommended route Stage 3

Elster Pearls Trail – Stage 3

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  • Clodramühle am EPW
    Clodramühle am EPW
    Photo: CC BY-SA, Archiv TVV, S. Theilig
The 13.33 km long stage begins in Berga and leads to Wünschendorf.
Open
moderate
Distance 13.1 km
4:12 h
216 m
225 m
307 m
207 m
Start: Berga / Elster (town hall)

Destination: Wünschendorf / Elster (town hall)

Distance: 13.33 km

Elevation gain: 430 m

Walking time: 3 to 3.5 hours

Author’s recommendation

  • View of Clodramühle, Monastery Mildenfurth
  • Wünschendorf with St. Vitus Church, wooden bridge and fairytale forest (family attraction)
Quality route according to "Wanderbares Deutschland"
Difficulty
moderate
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Highest point
307 m
Lowest point
207 m
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Safety information

Pay attention to your physical condition and take appropriate quantities of drinks with you on the hike.

Tips and hints

Tourism Assocation Vogtland e.V.

Tel.: +49 (0) 3744 18886-0

Mail: info@vogtland-tourismus.de 

 

Tourist-Information Greiz

Tel.: +49 3661 689815

Mail: tourismus@greiz.de 

Start

Berga City Hall (222 m)
Coordinates:
DD
50.750954, 12.156498
DMS
50°45'03.4"N 12°09'23.4"E
UTM
33U 299422 5625986
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Destination

Town hall of Wünschendorf

Turn-by-turn directions

Start at the town hall in Berga / Elster (220 m above sea level) - then 3 km parallel to the Weißen Elster to the Clodramühle - turn left into the Harnbachgrund - 200 m to the parking lot - turn right there and cross the Harnbach, 1.1 km further on the Clodraleite to the junction Töpferberg (285 m above sea level) - keep right! - On the Clodraleite we reach the following distinctive sections one after the other:

1.8 km the Höllengraben -

1.1 km the Silberblick -

600 m the Lochguttunnel–

800 m the Ziegenberg–

600 m the Bendelgrund -

600 m further the entrance of Wünschendorf with the OT Cronschwitz (240 m above sea level)

- turn half left into the pedestrian path - at the end of the pedestrian path turn left - after 100 m straight ahead

Turn right onto the path to the Wünschendorf cemetery (290 m above sea level) - there turn left –250 m along the connecting road to the Cronschwitz-Veitsberg junction - cross the road - turn right onto the field path and walk 400 m straight to the last house - Turn into the right field path and 700 m over the Veitsberg (270 m above sea level) to the Weidatalweg intersection (WTW) - turn right and 400 m on WTW to the rest area - at the rest area 450 m turn left towards Weidatalgrund - cross Weidaer Straße - Cross the Weida on the Schafbrücke (207 m above sea level), turn right into the access road "Am Weinberg" - after 400 m straight ahead at the pedestrian bridge cross the Weida again right - 50 m straight ahead - cross Weidaer Straße - follow the pavement for 150 m - At the inns "Zur Holzbrücke" go over the street "Am Gessner" and follow the sidewalk to the street junction "Am Veitsberg" - 100 m along the church wall - down the stairs and right down Turn ts and cross Weidaer Straße - on the sidewalk you cross the historic wooden bridge on the left and cross the White Elster - on the pedestrian and cycle path "Gebind" 500 m straight on to Wendenplatz - turn left into Poststraße - only through the pedestrian zone of Poststraße 200 m to the stage destination Rathaus Wünschendorf / Elster.

Public transport

Public-transport-friendly

The Elsterperlenweg can also be perfectly combined with the Vogtlandbahn through the other train stations in the stage interconnections of Neumühle, Berga and Wünschendorf: www.vogtlandbahn.de 

For information on traveling by bus and train, as well as arranging accommodation, contact the Vogtland Tourism and Transport Center at +49 (0) 3744/19449 or www.vogtlandauskunft.de 

By road

You can reach Berga from Dresden/Chemnitz via the A 72 motorway, exit Reichenbach - Greiz - Neumühle - Berga.

Parking

Use the public parking spaces in the area of the Weißen Elster.

Coordinates

DD
50.750954, 12.156498
DMS
50°45'03.4"N 12°09'23.4"E
UTM
33U 299422 5625986
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Arrival by train, car, foot or bike

Book recommendation by the author

Further information can be found on the website of the Vogtland Tourist Association at www.vogtland-tourismus.de  or at +49 3744/188860 as well as in the other tourist information along the tour route.

Author’s map recommendations

You can get a folding map with the complete route as well as information about sights and refreshment stops in the brochure shop of the tourism association at https://www.vogtland-tourismus.de/en/brochures.html 

Equipment

Appropriate hiking equipment should be used for the almost 70 kilometers long path.

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March 17, 2021 · Community
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Difficulty
moderate
Distance
13.1 km
Duration
4:12 h
Ascent
216 m
Descent
225 m
Highest point
307 m
Lowest point
207 m
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