Top 20 Natural Monuments in Anhalt-Bitterfeld

Very nice view from the singletrail onto the Ludwigsee

Lake Ludwig near Holzweißig (Saxony-Anhalt) is an idyllic natural bathing lake that originated from a former open-cast lignite mine in Holzweißig-West. It offers a popular sandy beach with a designated swimming area, good water quality, and is a peaceful destination for hikers and cyclists near Bitterfeld.

A stone circle built from a combination of Western tradition (ancient Celtic building knowledge) and Eastern tradition (Feng Shui) with the principles of general astrology, which explores the forces and effects of the earth and cosmos on humanity. In the spring of 2021, three Feng Shui masters met and discussed how to energetically activate Germany, which was internally devastated. The aim was to give the German sickness and the absolute low point of German powerlessness and willpower a chance to end. The stone circle in Kriena is considered an experiment, as it is unique to date in its double-circle design. It has an outer diameter of 10 meters and consists of 43 individual stones: two circles around a central stone measuring 2.40 meters and weighing 10.65 tons. All the stones together weigh 65 tons.

Between Bitterfeld and Delitzsch in Saxony-Anhalt, there are now forests and flowering meadows that many people enjoy during their leisure time. This wasn't always the case. The former lignite mining area was reforested by hand over decades by the Nicklich family. Source: https://www.dbu.de/news/einweihung-nicklich-weg-anerkennung-fuer-natureinsatz/

The Mulde runs exclusively in the North German Plain, initially flowing through the Saxon Uplands and passing Grimma, Nerchau and Trebsen. Approximately at Wurzen, along whose western edge it runs, the Mulde reaches the Elbe-Mulde Lowland. It subsequently flows through Eilenburg and Bad Düben and shortly thereafter leaves Saxon territory. The remaining course to its mouth is covered by the Mulde in Saxony-Anhalt. Further downstream, until 1975, the Mulde flowed west of the two towns Pouch and Friedersdorf in the area of today's Goitzschesee. Since then, it has been dammed up east of the two towns in the Muldestausee – a former open-cast mine. Subsequently, the Mulde flows past Muldenstein, Jeßnitz, Raguhn and Dessau and, after 147 km, flows into the Elbe between Dessau and Roßlau.[2] The revitalization project „Wilde Mulde“ for the lower course in Dessau was recognized in November 2018 as an official project of the UN Decade on Biodiversity.[11][12] Source https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulde_(Fluss)

Although the confluence of the two source rivers takes place at approximately half the total running length of the Mulde, the Freiberger and Zwickauer Mulde already contribute over 80% of the total water volume to it. This is due, on the one hand, to the shape of the catchment area, which is very wide in the Ore Mountains and narrows towards the Elbe, and on the other hand, to the higher precipitation in the mountains and the simultaneously higher proportions of runoff water. The shape of the catchment areas also means that the longer Zwickauer Mulde is the smaller of the two source rivers at the confluence. The strongly dominating hydrological main branch of the Freiberger Mulde river system is the Zschopau. In its upper catchment area, it is the Flöha, a namesake tributary, that contributes the larger water flow and is thus the actual source river of the Mulde. Via this main flow path, the Mulde is around 267 kilometers long, and via the longest flow path (Zwickauer Mulde) a good 314 kilometers.[3] The Mulde catchment area shows total gradients of 600 to 900 meters for many important flow paths, so that exceptionally high flow velocities prevail here for Northern Germany. The Mulde is sometimes even referred to as the fastest-flowing river in Central Europe.[10] Source https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulde_(Fluss)

The Mulde, also known as Vereinigte Mulde or Verein. Mulde, is a left-hand, non-navigable tributary of the Elbe. It is formed southeast of Leipzig near Sermuth (Saxony) by the confluence of two large headwaters, the longer Zwickauer Mulde and the Freiberger Mulde, which drains a larger catchment area with a greater discharge. The river's catchment area covers large parts of Saxony and, in particular, by far the largest part of the northern slopes of the Ore Mountains. With a discharge of approximately 73 m³/s at its mouth[8], it is the fourth-largest tributary of the Elbe. The old name form of the Mulde, Milda, is translated by name researchers as "the watery".[9] The word component "Mel", referring to grinding, is sometimes associated with the name in view of the multitude of mills operated early on the river, which disregards the fact that river names represent the oldest, often Slavic or Celtic, geographical name layer. Source https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulde_(Fluss)

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