The Panoramic route

The Katzenstein (Cat stone) is one of the finest viewpoints over the Schwarzwasser (Black Water) Valley, but by far not the only one on our unmarked route. We start at the railway station Pockau-Lengefeld (direct connection from Chemnitz) and go on the hiking und biking way “Pockautalweg” up to Rittersberg. Further we climb steeply uphill first in the forest, later through the village of Pobershau until the Katzenstein view rocks. Some metres further on we cross the Green Ditch (Gruener Graben) where it breaks through the water divide. For centuries this canal leads additional water power into the Pobershau mining area.

On the other side of the Schwarzwasser Valley you shouldn´t miss trips to the Steinhuebel and Vogeltoffelfelsen view rocks, as well as to the orchid meadow in Ansprung. Zoeblitz is the origin of the serpentine columns in the Semper Opera Dresden. The processing of this noble material is shown in the local serpentine museum. The last passage of this route is a 300 metres descent back to Pockau.

Vogeltoffelfelsen

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