Bridge Over the Bóbr – Lubsko Castle loop from Lubsko

Bridge Over the Bóbr – Lubsko Castle loop from Lubsko

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Bridge Over the Bóbr – Lubsko Castle loop from Lubsko

02:30

62.2km

240m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: October 7, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 59.7 km for 75 m

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38.9 km

Bridge Over the Bóbr

Highlight • Bridge

Attractive because of the view of the Bóbr. If you follow the green path along the river, you can reach the water sill and listen to the sound of the water.

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43.2 km

Ruins of the Explosives Factory

Highlight • Historical Site

If you drive on road No. 289 from Nowogród Bobrzański towards Lubsko, immediately after Nowogród on the right side there are forest entrances with remains of brick gates. During the Second World War, the combine DAG Alfred Nobel, i.e. an explosives factory, was located here.
Construction probably began in 1939. The building was called "Ruuester", which means "elm" in Polish. Its construction was top secret. The factory continued to develop over the years. Among other things, huge silos, casinos, railway tracks, combined heat and power plants, shelters, production halls, sewage treatment plants and many other facilities were built. The whole area was about 35 km2. The water was taken from the Bóbr river with own extraction and cleaned on the way.
The buildings were quite far apart. It was dictated for security reasons. For example, if one of the factories was bombed, the others could continue production.
Semi-finished products were manufactured here that were later used to manufacture certain explosives, such as explosives. E.g.: nitrocellulose, nitroguanidine, methylamine nitrate and hexogen. At this point you have to realize that this was a death factory.
After the war, the site was taken over by the Soviet Army, which began dismantling machinery and equipment. In 1948 the facility was handed over to the Polish army. The buildings were still being stolen.
Some of these areas were occupied by the Krzystkowice Correctional Facility. The Polish army camps are located in the part of the former factory. However, the area currently available is so large that one can spend the whole day touring it. There are still many buildings to explore such as B. a combined heat and power plant with railway ramps for transporting coal, various concrete buildings, ruins of production halls, huge silos covered with a meter-high layer of earth on which trees are already grown, as well as a sewage treatment plant or a casino.
Visiting the former factory is at your own risk. Every now and then you will find warning signs on the buildings. A bike path runs through part of the factory.

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43.2 km

Silos at DAG Alfred Nobel Krzystkowice

Highlight • Historical Site

Interesting reading. However, not everything is explained, and there isn't much information available online. Questions remain. 🤔

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56.2 km

Swimming Area by the Lake

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bathing and fishing grounds

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59.7 km

Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Lubsko

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It is the oldest religious building in the city. The earliest mention of the temple is from 1315. However, this document mentions the founding of the church in 1289. It follows that the church was completed in the second half of the 13th century. According to old German sources, the church "already stood in 1106, when the city received its first privilege from the margrave of Lusatia". The main altar, the pulpit and the baptismal font are preserved in the temple. On July 13, 1496, a fire broke out in the city, which destroyed the church. The roof and the interior were destroyed. Only the walls survived. The temple was rebuilt for 20 years. In 1589 the tower was enlarged and a new altar was built.

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60.2 km

Lubsko Castle

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This tower of the Sorauer Tor is also called the Büttelturm. It is the only remaining part of the medieval city fortifications.

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60.9 km

Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Lubsko

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Sacred Heart of Jesus Church was built in 1908 in the forms of the neo-Gothic style. It is a single-nave building with a pentagonal presbyterial apse. The tapering church tower is located on the right facade. In 1994-1996 the church was expanded on the initiative of Prelate Stanislaw Klosek. The preserved remains of a penitential cross, which was invented in Strzegow, are in the retaining wall of XX Lecia Street.

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61.3 km