Why this ride
114 km from Eibenstock to Eibenstock, about 2 h 13 of riding. It goes by way of Hoher Forst Mining Landscape, Ehrenfriedersdorf Mining Landscape and back through Hoher Forst Mining Landscape. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Eibenstock Mining Landscape and Ehrenfriedersdorf Mining Landscape
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 114 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 13
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Eibenstock Mining Landscape
Eibenstock sits high in the western Erzgebirge, at about six hundred metres above the sea, in a country of spruce forests and cold, clear streams. It owes its origins to tin: miners worked the tin deposits here from the Middle Ages, and the mining landscape around the town, with old spoil heaps, shafts and water channels, is part of the Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region, which UNESCO recognised in 2019. Today, the traces are quiet, softened by moss and birch.
Read the complete Eibenstock Mining Landscape write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Eibenstock Mining Landscape is where the day begins. Next is Hoher Forst Mining Landscape.
2. Hoher Forst Mining Landscape
The Erzgebirge, the Ore Mountains, got their name for a good reason. In 1168, according to tradition, silver was found near Freiberg, and a rush followed that turned a forested ridge on the border between Saxony and Bohemia into one of the richest mining districts in Europe. For eight centuries, miners dug silver, tin, cobalt and iron from the hills, and later uranium, and the landscape is full of the traces: spoil heaps, pits, water channels, stamp mills and miners' towns. UNESCO listed the Ore Mountain mining region in 2019, in a property that spans Germany and the Czech Republic.
Read the complete Hoher Forst Mining Landscape write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Hoher Forst Mining Landscape comes up about 19 km into the recorded legs. Next is Ehrenfriedersdorf Mining Landscape.
3. Ehrenfriedersdorf Mining Landscape
Tin, not silver, was the business of Ehrenfriedersdorf. For around eight hundred years miners dug into the Sauberg hill above this small Erzgebirge town for tin ore, and the Ehrenfriedersdorf mining landscape, with its shafts, spoil heaps, ponds and ditches, is one of the components of the Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region World Heritage Site. The Sauberg visitor mine lets you go underground into galleries worked by generations of miners, and the hard hat, the damp cold and the drip of water make the history very physical.
Read the complete Ehrenfriedersdorf Mining Landscape write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 57 km into the recorded legs you reach Ehrenfriedersdorf Mining Landscape. Next is back through Hoher Forst Mining Landscape.
4. back through Hoher Forst Mining Landscape
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Hoher Forst Mining Landscape write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Hoher Forst Mining Landscape, late in the day. Next is Eibenstock Mining Landscape.
5. Eibenstock Mining Landscape
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Eibenstock Mining Landscape write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Eibenstock Mining Landscape. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Eibenstock Mining Landscape to Hoher Forst Mining Landscape
Eibenstock Mining Landscape → Hoher Forst Mining Landscape is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hoher Forst Mining Landscape to Ehrenfriedersdorf Mining Landscape
Hoher Forst Mining Landscape → Ehrenfriedersdorf Mining Landscape is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ehrenfriedersdorf Mining Landscape to back through Hoher Forst Mining Landscape
Ehrenfriedersdorf Mining Landscape → back through Hoher Forst Mining Landscape is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Hoher Forst Mining Landscape to Eibenstock Mining Landscape
back through Hoher Forst Mining Landscape → Eibenstock Mining Landscape is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.