Podelwitz Moated Castle – View of Colditz Castle loop from Sermuth

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Podelwitz Moated Castle – View of Colditz Castle loop from Sermuth

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Podelwitz Moated Castle – View of Colditz Castle loop from Sermuth

03:38

13.7km

140m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 31, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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943 m

Confluence of the Zwickauer and Freiberger Mulde (Sermuth Mulde Confluence)

Highlight • River

Here the Zwickau and Freiberg Mulde rivers merge to form the Mulde and end in the Elbe near Roßlau. A small rest area to linger after you have made both journeys and want to review everything once again.

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4.95 km

Podelwitz Moated Castle

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The moated castle on the Freiberger Mulde was first mentioned in a document from the year 1487. In the centuries that followed, the property changed hands several times and was …

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8.95 km

Triefsäckchen Spring

Highlight • Natural Monument

The Triefsäckchenquelle is located in the Tiergarten Colditz and bears the inscription: "In young and old, I'm known, Triefsäckchen I'm called."

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9.23 km

Gatehouse at Colditz Deer Park

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The gatehouse once marked the entrance to the electoral hunting ground. Elector Johann Georg I had the area enclosed by a seven-kilometer wall in 1624. You can still see some …

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9.45 km

St. Egidien's Church, Colditz

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is located directly on the Lutherweg with Luther's saying

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9.47 km

Witch House

Highlight • Historical Site

Because of its unusual appearance and deformed beams, this half-timbered house on Schlossgasse is called the “Witch House”. It dates back to the 16th century and is also called the "House of Lies", "Temple of Idols" or "House of Rabbits".

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10.4 km

View of Colditz Castle

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Colditz Castle is a Renaissance castle in Colditz in the Saxon district of Leipzig. ... The prisoners made a number of attempts to break out, about which several books were published and films made after the war ...

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10.6 km

Basalt Quarry on Haingasse

Highlight • Natural Monument

Directly on Haingasse, the rock opens up here to form exciting shapes and structures.
The quarry was used until the GDR era.

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13.7 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.78 km

3.96 km

3.94 km

Surfaces

10.6 km

1.39 km

1.28 km

245 m

140 m

Elevation

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Highest point (220 m)

Lowest point (130 m)

Weather

Sunday 1 November

8°C

3°C

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Max wind speed: 8.0 km/h

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Comments

October 26, 2024,2024-10 Zwischen Freiberger und Zwickauer Mulde: Nach Colditz

An appointment in the morning in Leipzig - and took the opportunity to hike to Colditz on this ☀️ day...
A castle/palace with a varied history👍🏻 and the tablet guide is really great... Recommended❗

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May 27, 2023,230527_Colditz_Podelwitz_return

Thank you Komoot...2 tours were there twice each. And I, stupid, delete one of them at a time. With the effect that the copy was gone in each case. Great app😢😓 I was able to export at least one here with planned gpx and then import it again. The paddling tour will probably be nothing more...

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November 2, 2021,Zw-Mulde_10, Colditz, Podelwitz, Sermuth, Zusammenfluss, Colditz,

We hike on the Zwickauer Mulde and have set ourselves the goal of exploring and connecting the places and landscapes to the left and right of the river with circular hiking routes. We start shortly after Glauchau and want to hike in stages to the confluence of the Zwickauer - with Freiberger Mulde in Sermuth or to Grimma. Today is …

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February 5, 2023,☀️🏰Sonntagsschlösser-Tour in der Muldenvereinigung 🌊➕🌊🟰🌊🌊

With my parents we went from castle to castle today and in between there was a lot of running water 😉.
I already knew half of the route from my mammoth tour two years ago - komoot.de/tour/343472837
And the corner is always beautiful. ☺️

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