Hike through the Lößnitzgrund

Starting at the stop of the narrow-gauge railway "Weißen Roß" or the stop of tram line 4 "Landesbühnen Sachsen", walk along Augustusweg for a while and turn left onto Mühlweg. It leads past the Lößnitztalschänke pub to the junction of Weinbergstraße and Lößnitzgrundstraße. From here you have an excellent view of the Radebeul vineyards with their typical vineyard terraces and steep slopes. In the foreground is the Hoflößnitz Winery Museum.
The Hoflößnitz today comprises buildings from different periods of origin, the press house, the pleasure and mountain house, the winegrower's house and the cavalier's house, which you should definitely visit as part of a museum tour. The museum and wine shop offers wines from the Hoflößnitz winery and other producers in the Elbe Valley by the glass and for sale.
The Spitzhaus and the Bismarck Tower can be seen on the edge of the slope. The Spitzhaus was built in the first half of the 17th century. It got its name from the tower-like spire. In 1710, the Spitzhaus passed to the Wettin dynasty and was then merged with Hoflößnitz Palace and converted into a summer residence. The two buildings were connected by the Spitzhaus staircase, which was built during the reign of Augustus the Strong. Daniel Pöppelmann designed the staircase, but it was not built until after the king's death between 1747 and 1750. The staircase is also popularly known as the "year staircase" due to the number of steps.

Follow the short wooded section downhill and then cross the Lößnitzgrundstraße, the track of the narrow-gauge railway and you will reach the hiking trail through the Lößnitzgrund, which is accompanied on the right by the Lößnitzbach stream flowing parallel to it.

On the right, you will see the Swiss-style houses that now house the Bilz guesthouse. Here you can fast, eat healthily and relax according to the rules of the well-known naturopath Friedrich Eduard Bilz . After crossing the Meiereiweg, the path continues to the first bridge over the Lößnitzbach. Along the railway tracks and then left over the bridge, you reach the Dreizehn-Brücken-Weg (Thirteen Bridges Trail), which has been signposted as a nature trail "Lößnitzgrund" by pupils of the Luisenstift grammar school with information on flora and fauna.

On the right-hand side, on Lößnitzgrundstraße, you will see the Scheffler mill, which is still used today as a mill for animal feed.

At the end of Dreizehn-Brücken-Weges, turn left into Ginsterweg. Walk along this road for a short distance and via Sonnenleite and Friedewaldweg to Meiereiweg, which leads past Bilzbad. The pool has a wave pool, which is operated by the oldest Undosa wave machine still in operation. Following the Meiereiweg downhill, you will reach the Schluchtenweg on the right, which meanders idyllically through the Lößnitzgrund.

Once you reach the hill, keep left, cross Jägerhofstraße and you are on Jägerstraße. At the end of Jägerstraße, keep left and cross a small stone gate (marked with a red dot). A narrow forest path begins here, which leads to the hiking trail "Auf den Bergen".

Down the valley, the forest path forks again, turn left onto the path and follow it downhill. After a few metres you will have reached the vineyard called "Paradies" on the left-hand side. This vineyard is managed by the Schloss Wackerbarth state winery.

At the end of the path, you cross Dr.-Rudolf-Friedrichs-Straße and reach Paradiesstraße. At Paradiesstraße 56/58 you will find the Grundhof, an old vineyard which is now home to the youth art school. The main building with its large hipped roof was built in the second half of the 17th century. In 1801, a garden hall with a ridge turret and two pavilions were added. The garden hall became a studio for painters such as Wilhelm Claus, Karl Kröner and today Gunter Herrmann.

Continue along Paradiesstraße and turn left into "An der Jägermühle" and follow it downhill. Cross the tracks of the narrow-gauge railway on the left, then turn right and follow the first road on the right.

You are now on the Mühlweg and will return to the starting point of your hike at the end of the path. Here you can use the tram stop on line 4 in the direction of Dresden or Weinböhla.