Vogtland Panorama Trail® - Stage 2 (Jocketa - Zwoschwitz)

The hike runs mostly in the valley and through the forest, providing a particularly pleasant coolness in summer.

The main route runs from Jocketa via Plauen to the Zwoschwitz district.

A particularly beautiful section leads through the romantically wild Nymph Valley, whose entrance is formed by the Devil's Pulpit, a striking greenstone rock. Accompanied by the cheerful babbling of the Kalte Bach, one arrives after a few kilometres already on Plauen soil in the village of Jößnitz. Idyllically located at the edge of the forest, the more than 140-year-old Pfaffenmühle is a popular rest stop for hikers.

Now you can decide on a trip to Plauen, where there is much to discover in the historic old town: St. John's Church, the Old Town Hall, the Malzhaus, the Thread Factory, the Vogtland Museum, and the Galerie e.o.plauen - Erich Ohser Art Museum, to name just a few.

Or you can follow dragon tracks into the nearby Vogtland Mill Quarter.

The Dragon's Cave Syrau, Saxony's only show cave, has a lot to offer: first descending many steps, feeling the rock, passing through narrow passages, and hearing water dripping everywhere. Here the dragon Justus guards his underground hidden realm with impressive stalactite formations, crystal-clear lakes, soft clay formations, and bizarre sinter curtains.

Also, the last windmill of the Vogtland is to be found in Syrau, high above on the Dragon Castle. As a technical museum, its interior provides information about the miller's hard work and the functioning of a mill. The grinding mechanism is a masterpiece of the construction art of the time with immense dimensions. The wings of the mill could always be turned into the wind by a rotatable construction because it is a tower Dutch mill.

Note: Impairment of hiking trails in the area of the Elstertal Bridge

Please inform yourself about possible impairments or alternative routes before your hike.