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Drachenberge – Forest Guardian Wood Sculptures loop from Krauschwitz - Krušwica

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Drachenberge – Forest Guardian Wood Sculptures loop from Krauschwitz - Krušwica

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Drachenberge – Forest Guardian Wood Sculptures loop from Krauschwitz - Krušwica

01:56

7.47km

40m

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Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: April 30, 2026

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Geopark Muskauer Faltenbogen

Keulaer Tiergarten

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892 m

Braunsteichgraben in Keulaer Tiergarten

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Rustic forest area. The Braunsteichgraben flows through the nature reserve. The name Tiergarten comes from Pückler's time. He went hunting there with the nobility.

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2.36 km

Keulaer Tiergarten

Nature Reserve

3.54 km

Gasthaus Waldhaus am Braunsteich

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For opening hours and information, see: waldgasthaus.de

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3.96 km

On the former Weißwasser–Bad Muskau railway line. The 7.7-kilometer-long line was first used on October 15, 1872. From the Waldhaus (Forest House), it was a short distance to the Pioneer Camp at Braunsteich, now the KIEZ (Children's and Youth Recreation Center). Passenger service was discontinued on May 22, 1977. Freight traffic continued until the 1990s. The line was officially closed on January 1, 2001.

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4.18 km

Pond with a submerged forest in the Drachenberg area

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On the way to Drachenberg, opposite is a water lily pond.

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5.62 km

Drachenberge

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On the 162.8 m high Drachenberg you can enter your name in a summit book.
How did the Drachenberg get its name?
A legend tells that God created Lusatia and the devil put the coal on it. A dragon that settled here was supposed to protect the coal from humans.
When humans began to mine the valuable raw material, dragon's blood seeped out of the dragon lying in the earth - known to us as red water. Little by little the kite dried up in the area between Krauschwitz and Weißwasser and left a large pool of blood: the brown pond. The back can still be seen today, because the many gies and elevations mark the peaks on the dragon's back. The largest of them is the Drachenberg.
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5.97 km

Daybreaks of underground mining at Drachenberg

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The surface collapses can be reached via a small footpath off the hiking trail. But it's worth the effort. The surface collapses here are a special feature of mining in this region. Uninitiated observers often interpret the earth's surface as the result of war, because here there are depressions next to depressions, like in a bombed field. The vegetation beneath the Drachenberg ridge path is only about 50 years old. At the time of coal mining, this was a bare area where nature had reclaimed its terrain. The term surface collapse refers to mining damage caused by collapses in the underground or on the earth's surface. The damage is visible through cracks or crater-like collapse craters. They usually occur when old, unfilled tunnels and shafts in a mine collapse. In lignite mining here, the chamber fracture method was used. This involves deliberately causing the mined lignite chambers to break. This is not a case of mining damage, but rather the legacy of a particular production method.

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6.92 km

Forest Guardian Wood Sculptures

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beautiful hiking trails in the pine forest

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7.47 km

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6.43 km

877 m

119 m

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3.62 km

1.89 km

1.50 km

244 m

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Drachenberge – Forest Guardian Wood Sculptures loop from Krauschwitz - Krušwica

Sparr Memorial Stone

Braunsteichgraben in Keulaer Tiergarten

Gasthaus Waldhaus am Braunsteich

Former Waldhaus railroad stop

Pond with a submerged forest in the Drachenberg area

Drachenberge

Daybreaks of underground mining at Drachenberg

Forest Guardian Wood Sculptures

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