To the glass boul­ders into the Buck’sche Schweiz

The cycle tour to Buck'sche Schweiz is a par­tic­u­lar plea­sure for nature lovers. On the way in the three-hectare area nat­ural mon­u­ment south of Lake Sen­ften­berg, you cycle through seem­ingly end­less forests that attract many hik­ers and run­ners and are said to be rich in mush­rooms. Before that, the route leads past the fairy­tale cas­tle in Hohen­bocka, which was built more than 100 years ago. A lit­tle later you reach the 30-metre-high obser­va­tion tower on the Prossen­berg, which offers a mag­nif­i­cent panoramic view. At the foot of the moun­tain are the so-called rocks of glass. The bizarre two to three metre high sand­stone rocks made of hard­ened glass sand offer an ideal pic­nic spot. They are rem­i­nis­cent of the rock for­ma­tions in Saxon Switzer­land. The fine quartz sand has been mined in the area since the 19th cen­tury and used to make colour­less glass.  The tour then con­tin­ues to Lake Sen­ften­berg. Here, the 31-metre-high Lean­ing Tower guar­an­tees the best views of the crys­tal-clear water, the nature reserve island in the lake and the dense pine forests. With an angle of incli­na­tion of 10 degrees, the tower is more lean­ing than its coun­ter­part in Pisa.

TIP: A stop to cool off is worth­while on hot days at Lake Sen­ften­berg. The wide sandy beach at Großkoschen offers fam­ily bathing fun. The lit­tle ones splash around in the shal­low water and build blob cas­tles, while the grown-ups bask in the sun. The sun­bathing lawns offer space to play, relax and enjoy a pic­nic.

Length: 23 kilo­me­tres

Start/fin­ish: Hosena rail­way sta­tion, Bahn­hof­s­traße 6 (coor­di­nates 51.454036N, 14.013236E).
Cir­cu­lar route via: Hohen­bocka - Peick­witz - Großkoschen

Junc­tion sign­post:
The day tour "To the rocks of glass in Buck's Switzer­land" can also be cycled along junc­tions using the new sign­post­ing sys­tem. The fol­low­ing junc­tions are passed at the start/fin­ish at Hosena rail­way sta­tion (junc­tion 4):
4 - 3 - 2 - 3 - 6 - 5 - 7 - 31 - 4

Route con­di­tions:
Mainly asphalted cycle paths, some gravel and sand paths around the Sand­schacht ponds, flat.

Places of inter­est along the route:

• Buck'che Schweiz with sand­stone rocks
• Pos­sen­berg look­out tower
• Church in Hohen­bocka (built 1408)
• Lake Sen­ften­berg
• Look­out tower Schiefer Turm at Lake Sen­ften­berg
• Amphithe­atre

Gas­tro­nomic tips:

• Peick­witzer Hütte restau­rant in Sen­ften­berg OT Peick­witz
• Ice cream par­lour Eis­pause in the har­bour camp in Sen­ften­berg OT Großkoschen

Bicy­cle rental: sev­eral bicy­cle rental com­pa­nies in Sen­ften­berg OT Großkoschen

Maps / lit­er­a­ture: Lusa­t­ian Lake­land cycle map, 1:50,000, Sach­senkar­tografie, ISBN 978-3-86843-021-9, 6.90 €