Lutherweg Saxony from Dreiheide to Torgau

2:00 h
8.04 km
49 m
62 m
81 m
112 m
31 m
Start: Dreiheide, district Süptitz
Destination: Torgau, marketplace

From Dreiheide, the route goes through the Dübener heath landscape to the former residential town of Torgau, where hikers will find historically significant sites of the Reformation, such as Hartenfels Castle and the St. Mary's Church with the gravestone of Katharina Luther.

From Dreiheide, the path leads through a unique heath landscape. Martin Luther was verifiably here in 1535 when he visited the Süptitz Church. At that time, Süptitz was known as a wine-growing area, and the Elector sent Süptitz wine to Luther several times. Torgau impresses with its historic old town, which can be reached through the city park. The marketplace invites you to linger here. As a former residence of the electors, it is one of the places of origin of the Reformation. A must-see is Hartenfels Castle with its castle church. Here Luther consecrated the castle chapel in 1544. A special highlight is St. Mary's Church with the gravestone of Katharina Luther.

LEIPZIG REGION

Start

Dreiheide, district Süptitz

Tourist information

Museum/art collection

Pavements

Unknown (7%)

Street (21%)

Asphalt (47%)

Gravel (4%)

Path (21%)

Best to visit

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Directions

The route starts at the Süptitz village church, the easternmost district of Dreiheide, where the information board about the Luther Trail is located. Coming from Schulstraße, turn right at Dorfstraße and go north to Hohe Straße. From there, the path runs on the bike path towards Zinna, above federal highway B183. Then it goes past the church along the federal highway to Torgau. Behind the outer ring of the city of Torgau, the path turns left into Dommitzscher Straße. It continues via Warschauer Straße through the city park to Leipziger Straße along the signposted route to the marketplace. The path goes through the historic old town of Torgau to Hartenfels Castle. Here, a visit to Hartenfels Castle is worthwhile, where a changing exhibition on the topic of Luther can be seen.

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