Himmelsscheibenradweg Nebra

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Himmelsscheibenradweg Nebra

Hard

4.6

(11)

riders

Himmelsscheibenradweg Nebra

05:21

76.5km

520m

Cycling

On this bike tour you will learn and experience all the important connections surrounding the famous Nebra Sky Disk. The circular bronze plate is considered one of the most fascinating prehistoric finds. Today it tells us a lot about early astronomical knowledge and how people made use of it, but…

by Reiseland Sachsen-Anhalt

Last updated: June 11, 2024

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 74.8 km for 114 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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1.23 km

Arche Nebra Visitor Centre

Highlight • Monument

Interesting exhibition about the sky disc. The visitor center also offers a café and a planetarium. There you can see a short film (20 minutes) on the formation and interpretation …

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4.17 km

Nebra Sky Disc discovery site

Highlight • Historical Site

A 30-meter-high observation tower inclined at ten degrees was built near the site. The tower was divided by a vertical cut in the line of sight to the Brocken. These …

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22.8 km

Querfurt Castle

Highlight • Castle

The great Querfurt Castle is worth a visit whatever the weather. The complex with its two defiant towers, the mighty curtain walls, the castle chapel and the buildings of the …

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68.8 km

Barrow 28 Dölauer Heide

Highlight • Historical Site

The burial mound with the number 28 in the Dölauer Heide dates from a similar period to the burial mound at Bornhöck near Raßnitz, which is associated with the Nebra …

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74.8 km

Peißnitzhaus Café

Highlight • Cafe

Good place for a tour break. Family friendly beer garden with lots of culture and a day pass. Many bike racks and an air pump. Located on the Saale-Radwanderweg.

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76.6 km

State Museum of Prehistory Halle

Highlight • Historical Site

The world-renowned "Nebra Sky Disc" (UNESCO Documentary Heritage) is exhibited here.

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76.5 km

End point

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

27.6 km

26.9 km

10.4 km

7.21 km

4.38 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

38.9 km

21.4 km

6.33 km

5.04 km

4.86 km

124 m

Elevation

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Highest point (280 m)

Lowest point (80 m)

Weather

Saturday 10 October

13°C

7°C

58 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 23.0 km/h

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Comments

May 4, 2023,Himmelsscheibenradweg ab Karsdorf

Because the railway line was blocked, I couldn't go to Wangen (Unstrut), where the cycle path actually begins, but had to start in Karsdorf and follow the Unstrut cycle path to Wangen.

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July 7, 2020

On this bike tour you will learn and experience all the important connections surrounding the famous Nebra Sky Disk. The circular bronze plate is considered one of the most fascinating prehistoric finds. Today it tells us a lot about early astronomical knowledge and how people made use of it, but at

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