Short Tech­nol­ogy Tour

The Kleine Tech­nik­tour (“short tech­nol­ogy tour”) mostly cov­ers the Oder-Neiße Cycle Path and brings together activ­ity, nature and tech­nol­ogy. In Groß Gas­trose, the tour leads to Mühlenin­sel (“Wind­mill Island”) and the old grain mill. The vil­lage is sit­u­ated on a tench in the River Neiße, backed up a long time ago by a weir in order to run a mill. The impos­ing build­ings have been main­tained, though the mill is no longer in oper­a­tion. Grießen’s hydro­elec­tric power plant opened in 1929, but was closed and dis­man­tled in 1976. Restored by its pri­vate owner in 1992 and equipped with a new tur­bine, the plant is now back in oper­a­tion. The tower is open on week­ends in the sum­mer, pro­vid­ing a mag­nif­i­cent view of the river land­scape. The vil­lage of Grießen is home to the his­toric for­ti­fied church, a field stone con­struc­tion and the old­est church in the Guben region. From the view­point in Grießen – at the exit from the vil­lage towards Forst (Lausitz) – it’s pos­si­ble to watch the action at the Jänschwalde sur­face-min­ing facil­ity. Fol­low the Oder-Neiße Cycle Path back to Alberti­ne­naue, pass­ing by Tauben­dorf and Kerk­witz, until the Guben town dis­trict of Kaltenborn. The orig­i­nal heart of the vil­lage has been main­tained and is under mon­u­ment pro­tec­tion. The Sprucker Mühle is a for­mer grain mill sit­u­ated in the town dis­trict of Alt­sprucke by the Schwarzer Fließ water­way. The milling tech­nol­ogy and the pro­tected build­ing have been pre­served. Today it houses the local his­tory museum. Once you arrive back at your start­ing point, you can round off your tour with a visit to the Stadt- und Indus­triemu­seum in the town cen­tre. Here vis­i­tors can learn about the his­tory and the indus­try of this town on the River Neiße with lots of mul­ti­me­dia.

Route:

Guben tourist infor­ma­tion cen­tre – Schlags­dorf – Groß Gas­trose – Alberti­ne­naue – Hydro­elec­tric power plant – Grießen – Alberti­ne­naue – Tauben­dorf – Kerk­witz – Kaltenborn – Guben Alt­sprucke – Guben

Cycling-by-num­bers:

The full-day “Kleine Tech­nik­tour” (“short tech­nol­ogy tour”) can also be cycled using the new ‘cycling-by-num­bers’ sign­post­ing sys­tem along the junc­tions. You pass the fol­low­ing junc­tions by the start/fin­ish in Guben (junc­tion 74):
74, 34, 32, 24, 26, 25, 39, 38, 41, 42, 44, 37

Length of path:

approx­i­mately 38 kilo­me­tres

Con­di­tions of the path:

Cycle paths (asphalted, sep­a­rate cycle paths)
Cycle route on a suit­able road (quiet road, mod­er­ately used)

Sights:

• Guben and Gubin town cen­tre
• Pen­i­tence cross in Klein-Gas­trose
• Mill in Groß-Gas­trose
• Grießen hydro­elec­tric power plant, sur­face-min­ing view­point, for­ti­fied church
• Gustaf–Adolf-Kirche church, Kerk­witz
• Museum Sprucker Mühle (please reg­is­ter in advance at the Stadt- und Indus­triemu­seum)

Tip:

Between Kerk­witz and Kaltenborn it’s worth tak­ing a detour to Lake Deu­low­itzer See for a refresh­ing dip in the lake and a bite to eat at Gasthaus Flem­ming, sit­u­ated right by the lake.