Fürstenstrasse of the Wettins
Fürstenstrasse of the Wettins | |
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Basic data | |
Overall length: | about 3,330 km |
Federal states: |
Bavaria Brandenburg Saxony Saxony-Anhalt Thuringia |
Region: | Central Germany |
Course direction: | West - East (main route) |
Start: |
Bayreuth (main route) Bayreuth New Palace |
The End: |
Königstein (main route) Königstein Fortress |
Routes: | 5 |
The “Prince Street of the Wettins” is a themed street that leads through five German federal states and parts of Poland .
background
The route network of the "Fürstenstrasse der Wettin" is mainly in the former government area of the Wettins , one of the oldest German princely families . The southern starting point is Bayreuth , which was never under the control of the dynasty, but August the Strong married the Bayreuth Princess Christiane Eberhardine there .
The initiators would like to use the holiday route to open up the rich cultural and natural landscape of Central Germany for interested car tourists.
The historical-tourist project is carried out by the association “Fürstenstrasse der Wettiner” e. V., individual municipalities and private sponsors.
Route length
The total length including the four secondary routes is over 3,330 km, with the length of the main route being over 1,200 km.
Routes
The themed route is divided into a total of five different routes, the center of which is Wettin Castle , the former headquarters of the Wettin family in Wettin an der Saale.
Main route with 1,206 km | |
Bayreuth - Kulmbach - Sonnefeld - Coburg - Neustadt bei Coburg - Sonneberg - Eisfeld - Schleusingen - Hildburghausen - Heldburg - Römhild - Veßra Monastery - Henneberg - Meiningen - Wasungen - Schmalkalden - Bad Liebenstein - Ruhla - Eisenach - Bad Langensalza - Gotha - Mühlberg - Erfurt - Ettersburg - Weimar - Apolda - Jena - Dornburg / Saale - Camburg - Eckartsberga - Bad Kösen - Naumburg / Saale - Weißenfels - Lützen - Bad Dürrenberg - Merseburg - Querfurt - Halle - Wettin - Löbejün - Zörbig - Brehna - Delitzsch - Leipzig - Rötha - Bad Lausick - Colditz - Grimma - Wermsdorf - Wurzen - Eilenburg - Bad Düben - Wittenberg - Wartenburg - Pretzsch / Elbe - Jessen (Elster) - Prettin - Torgau - Belgern - Mühlberg / Elbe - Zeithain - Döbeln - Nossen - Meißen - Moritzburg - Dresden - Heidenau - Pirna - Königstein (Saxon Switzerland) |
North route with 994 km | |
Wettin - Gerbstedt - Eisleben - Sangerhausen - Mansfeld - Ballenstedt - Gernrode - Quedlinburg - Halberstadt - Magdeburg - Burg - Gommern - Barby - Zerbst - Wiesenburg / Mark - Bad Belzig - Niemegk - Wittenberg - Seyda - Jüterbog - Dahme / Mark - Baruth / Mark - Golßen - Lübben (Spreewald) - Groß Leuthen - Straupitz (Spreewald) - Lieberose - Friedland - Neuzelle - Guben - (Poland) - Bad Muskau - Spremberg - Senftenberg - Calau - Fürstlich Drehna - Luckau - Sonnewalde - Doberlug-Kirchhain - Bad Liebenwerda - Elsterwerda - Lauchhammer - Ortrand - Zabeltitz - Grossenhain - Diesbar-Seusslitz - Meißen |
East route with 302 km | |
Dresden - Radeberg - Pulsnitz - Kamenz - Wittichenau - Hoyerswerda - Kleinwelka - Bautzen - Löbau - Reichenbach / OL - Görlitz - (Poland) - Zittau - Herrnhut - Eibau - Bischofswerda - Stolpen - Pillnitz - Dresden |
South route with 444 km | |
Jena - Bürgel - Eisenberg - Crossen - Zeitz - Pegau - Lucka - Altenburg - Kohren-Sahlis - Geithain - Rochlitz - Waldenburg (Saxony) - Glauchau - Meerane - Werdau - Zwickau - Wildenfels - Bad Schlema - Schneeberg - Eibenstock - Johanngeorgenstadt - Schwarzenberg - Zwönitz - Stollberg - Chemnitz - Frankenberg - Augustusburg - Freiberg - Dippoldiswalde - Großsedlitz - Pirna |
Route East Thuringia-Vogtland-Ore Mountains with 389 km | |
Sonneberg - Steinach - Lauscha - Neuhaus am Rennweg - Schwarzburg - Bad Blankenburg - Rudolstadt - Saalfeld - Pößneck - Neustadt an der Orla - Triptis - Weida - Greiz - Reichenbach im Vogtland - Plauen - Oelsnitz - Adorf / Vogtland - Bad Elster - Bad Brambach - Landwüst - Markneukirchen - Klingenthal - Carlsfeld (Eibenstock) - Johanngeorgenstadt - Oberwiesenthal - Annaberg-Buchholz - Ehrenfriedersdorf - Zschopau - Augustusburg |
Web links
- Association “Fürstenstrasse der Wettiner” e. V.
- Regional association Saale - Ilm - Finne - Elster - Burgenland
- Overview map of all routes