Pirna Old Town – View of the Weinbergkirche loop from Copitz

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Pirna

Pirna Old Town – View of the Weinbergkirche loop from Copitz

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hikers

Pirna Old Town – View of the Weinbergkirche loop from Copitz

06:36

25.2km

190m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: October 1, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

Please check local regulations for:

Wesenitzhang und -aue zwischen Pirna-Liebethal und Pirna-Copitz

Dresdner Elbtalhänge

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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411 m

Beach

3.25 km

Pirna City Bridge

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Connection to the Copitz district. Beautiful view of the Elbe

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3.83 km

Historic Market Square in Pirna

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Picturesque city center with pretty little shops and cafes. You will find the tourist office directly on the market square. There is also the first stamp for the Malerweg. If …

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3.89 km

Pirna Old Town

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Pirna is located in the beautiful Elbe Valley and is surrounded by vineyards and castles. The medieval town center is well worth a visit and there are inviting opportunities to …

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4.06 km

View of Sonnenstein Castle and St. Mary's Church from Pirna's Old Town

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Sonnenstein Castle is a landmark visible from afar above Pirna's old town. Since it was first mentioned in a document in 1269, it has been a castle, garrison, sanatorium, state-owned …

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7.00 km

Viewpoint

13.6 km

Schlossteich

Lake

16.6 km

Zimmerling Winery

Highlight • Restaurant

The owner's winery is located below the Rysselkuppe. If you like, you can take a short break here, taste the good wines and let the wonderful sculptures made from wooden logs affect you.

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17.1 km

View of Dresden from the Vineyard

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Mega view from the vineyard over Dresden

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17.4 km

View of the Weinbergkirche Pillnitz

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The small, baroque church in the vineyards is a real eye-catcher and the view of the Elbe valley is simply stunning.

Concerts, readings and exhibitions take place in the Pillnitz …

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17.9 km

View of the Weinbergkirche

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The vineyard church "Zum Heiligen Geist" is a protestant baroque village church in Dresden Pillnitz above Pillnitz Castle.

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22.8 km

Breite Heide

Forest

24.0 km

Graupaer Tännicht

Forest

25.2 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.21 km

7.91 km

4.69 km

3.11 km

310 m

Surfaces

9.26 km

6.08 km

5.72 km

3.26 km

613 m

290 m

Elevation

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Highest point (180 m)

Lowest point (110 m)

Weather

Sunday 11 October

13°C

7°C

34 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 13.0 km/h

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Comments

December 19, 2021,Sächsischer Weinwanderweg🍇 Etappe 1

The Saxon Wine Trail begins where the first large-scale vineyards on the Elbe once appeared: in Pirna. Today there are only small vineyards left here, but there are numerous testimonies to historical viticulture. Cultural highlights on the 1st stage of the wine hiking trail are the Richard Wagner sites in Graupa as well as Pillnitz Castle and the vineyard church …

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November 15, 2025,Sächsischer Weinwanderweg 1: Von Pirna bis Pillnitz

"Seven kilometers would have been enough." Hindsight is always 20/20, but all in all, we had a lovely day. We started with breakfast, the newspaper, and some chatting, so we didn't catch the 11:42 train to Pirna until then. In Pirna, it was another two kilometers to the starting point of the Saxon Wine Route – as it's officially called …

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July 13, 2024,Wanderung vom Pirna über den Sächsischen Weinwanderweg nach Pillnitz.

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May 3, 2025,🍇 Sächsischer Weinwanderweg: Pirna ➡️ Pillnitz 🍷

Pirna - Posta ... the Saxon Wine Trail begins at the Winterhafen. Winegrowing spread to this point in the 18th century.
We walk from the train station in Pirna to the Winterhafen and then on to the Mockethaler Grund. Then the path winds up the steps to the Burglehnpfad (Burglehn Path). Beautiful views of the opposite bank of the Elbe, …

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September 8, 2022,#1.Etappe🍷Sächsischer Weinwanderweg 🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️von Pirna nach Dresden Pillnitz

There's no such thing as bad weather... so put on your hiking boots and finally start the Saxon Wine Trail with its approx. 90 km. As a "local" the arrival and departure by public transport works wonderfully. Start for the 1st stage was the Postaer Winzertafel at the winter port. Since the 1990s there have also been hard-working leisure winegrowers …

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May 10, 2026,Sächsischer Weinwanderweg - Etappe 1

The first stage is very sunny and offers beautiful views of Pirna's old town and the Pillnitz vineyards.

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October 27, 2024,Sächsischer Weinwanderweg 1. Etappe

A really beautiful first stage, I hadn't expected it to be like that, the reward was at the Zimmerling winery in Oberpoyritz, I couldn't get enough of the bronze figures, I've never seen anything so beautiful, so wonderfully graceful, goosebumps, tears in my eyes, worth repeating 100%
I'm looking forward to the next stage.

Highly recommended. 👍

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