Winding path

Course of the former winding path at the Kamaik castle ruins in the Bohemian Central Mountains

The Schlängelweg (also known as "Green Snake", Czech. Hadovka ) was a historical hiking trail through the Bohemian Central Uplands , Bohemian Switzerland and Saxon Switzerland . It was a high route mostly on the right bank of the Elbe and led from Leitmeritz to Pötzscha or Pirna . A green serpentine line served as a sign to mark the hiking trail.

history

The Schlängelweg was probably created at the suggestion of Franz Müller (1835–1900), geodesist and rector at the Czech Technical University in Prague . However, it was only opened in 1912 by the Leitmeritzer Mittelgebirgsverein in cooperation with the Aussiger Gebirgsverein, the Gebirgsverein for Bohemian Switzerland and the Gebirgsverein for Saxon Switzerland. The hiking trail has not been designated since 1945.

course

 Map with all coordinates of the section History : OSM

It is shown on the hiking map of the Aussiger Mountain Club as the “Green Snake” hiking trail from Leitmeritz to Aussig with the following route:

From Litoměřice via the Radebeule (Radobýl) - Michelsberg (Michalovice) - Great Chernosek (Velké Žernoseky) - Dreikreuzberg (Kalvárie) above the Bohemian Gate (Česká brána) - St. Mary's Chapel - Kamaik castle ruins (Kamýk) or directly via Knobloschka (Knobloška) to the castle ruins. We continue over the iceberg (Plešivec) - Radischken (Hradiště) near Hlinay (Hlinná) - forester's house Mentau (Mentaurov) - Kundratitz (Kundratice) to Aarhorst (Varhošť) . It follows the Martinswand (Martinské stěny) - Tschersing (Čeřeniště) - Nemschen (Němčí) . There was a branch via Sedl (Sedlo) - Hohe Wostrey (Vysoký Ostrý) - Ober Sedlitz (Sedlo) to Aussig (Ústí nad Labem) . The further course of the route leads via Malschen (Malečov) - Salesl (Horní Zálezly) - Sulloditz (Suletice) - Plan (Pláň) and the planners Koppe (Pláň) and Saubernitz (Zubrnice) to Zinkenstein (Buková hora) with the Tetschener Baude. From here the route leads via Reichen (Rychnov) - Hortau (Lesná) - Steinbach (Kamenička) - Kolmen Kippe (Velký Chlum) - Kolmen (Horní Chlum) - Kolmer Scheibe via the old town (Staré Město) to Tetschen (Děčín) .

Remaining directions of Decin on the square Berg (Stoličná hora) - rose comb (Růžový Hřeben) - Bins Höhe (Kamenský vrch) - Bins Strand Avenue (Knížecní cesta) - Belvedere - Elbleiten (Labská Stran) - Dürrkamnitzgrund (Suchá Kamenice) - Herrnskretschen (Hřensko ) . Continue along the former promenade above Herrnskretschen and the Heuweg on the Pascherweg below the Silberwand (Stříbrné stěny) over the state border - Großer Winterberg - Elbleitenweg - Schrammtor - Ostrau - Bad Schandau - Prossen - Lilienstein - Ebenheit - over the Elbe - Königstein - Weißig - Rauenstein - Pötzscha , OT from Stadt Wehlen . Later the route over the Bärensteine ​​was extended to Pirna .

Note: There was also a high path in the Bohemian Central Uplands, which led on the left bank of the Elbe from Bodenbach (Děčín-Podmokly) via Aussig (Ústí nad Labem) to Trebnitz (Třebenice) and was marked with a green triangle.

See also

• Ridge path
• Bowling alley
• Rautenweg
• Zlatá stezka Zemí hradů

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Böhm hiking maps - The Schlängelweg (accessed on November 17, 2017)
2. ↑ German Bohemia - Schlängelweg (accessed on November 17, 2017)
3. ↑ Carl Kroitzsch: Hiking map for the Elbe Valley and the adjacent area of ​​the Central and Ore Mountains, Aussiger Gebirgsverein, Czech Republic, 1:75 000, lithograph, around 1922 (accessed on November 17, 2017)
4. ↑ Route map booklet of the Mountain Association for Saxon Switzerland, Verlag Spohr Dresden, 1931, Map 1 - Saxon Switzerland and Map 6 - Bohemian Switzerland, see [1]
5. ↑ Schlängelweg - description of the route with numerous partial maps (Czech) (accessed on November 17, 2017)
6. ↑ Brief description of the most important long-distance hiking trails (accessed on November 29, 2017)