Räderschnitza valley

The Räderschnitza is an approximately 8 km long stream in the south of the Muskauer Faltenbogen, which flows from the Triebeler Boden between Muskau and Köbeln into the Lausitzer Neiße. Its headwaters are situated south of the village of Gablenz, near the former mining lake “Karoline” at the end of Wiesengrund road. Starting here as a small grassland streamlet, it develops with increasing gradient into a sharply meandering stream, which carves up to 10 metres deep into the terrain. Its bed is composed predominantly of sands, which are accompanied in flatter sections by gravel and smaller cobbles. Both banks of the stream are lined with common alders and, in parts, small carrs, which exist alongside the dominant pine forest. The entire length of the Räderschnitza valley is accessible by a well-maintained hiking trail.