Industrial culture & natural idyll in Lusatia on the lake
At Lichterfeld-Schacksdorf, the camper is parked on the grounds of the visitor mine, away from the guided tours, directly in front of the bucket-wheel excavator F60. Five hundred meters of steel, the horizontal Eiffel Tower. Until 1992, brown coal was mined here; where the pit once was, the Bergheider Lake now lies at the forest's edge. In the morning, birdsong instead of excavator noise. A short walk to the beach. All around, the forests and lakes of the Niederlausitz, interspersed with the Spreewald and Dresden.1
What Hinterland writes
„Everyone knows the Spreewald. Dresden too. But Lower Lusatia, right in between, is still largely undiscovered territory. From the mid-19th century onwards, lignite was mined here. In 1992, that came to an end.“
Suitable for
Motorhome
Caravan
Sights in the area1
Bergheider See
A flooded former lignite pit, now a bathing lake with a beach at the forest edge. A short walk from the pitch to the water, with cycling trails all around.
Spreewald
The maze of small channels northwest of Lusatia, known for punt tours and pickles; a full day on the water is worth the trip.
Dresden
Around 57 km away, with the Fürstenzug tiled mural and the Blue Wonder bridge over the Elbe; the culture trip of the area.
Doberlug Palace
A Renaissance palace in Lower Lusatia with a wide courtyard and museum; a quiet outing when the weather is better spent indoors.
1 Machine-written texts — they may contain errors. The description on Hinterland applies.
