Ancient castles, historic towns, rolling hills, dark forests, cool streams, marshes, rolling landscapes and colorful meadows give the Hoher Fläming Nature Park its very special charm.

You leave at the gas station Hoyer in Dahnsdorf. Here you can easily meet and there is also the possibility to buy something in the shop. The landscape here is open and slightly undulating.
The road leads to Rabenstein Castle through the open and gently undulating landscape. The castle towers high above the village of Raben, on top of the hill 'Steiler Hagen'. Built in the mid-twelfth century as a viewpoint over the road, Rabenstein Castle has long been considered impregnable due to its location on top of the steep slope and its strong defenses. The castle's cellar was able to store large reserves. The more accessible side to the back of the hill was defended by the huge keep and gatehouse. The granite tower, about thirty meters high, is the highest part of the castle. In addition to climbing the keep for fantastic views over Hoher Fläming, a guided tour of the castle also includes a visit to the knights' hall, the torture chamber, the iron cellar, the well, the barn with a plank roof, the Rosemarie chapel and the old bakery from the year 1860.

The drive continues through the beech and sessile oak forests to Burg Hundeluft. The castle is located at a crossing over the Rossel. It is largely surrounded by water and swamp. This provided natural protection. The castle is located on a small elevation, about 1.5 m above the surroundings. It is divided into a core and an outer bailey. The main castle has an irregular pentagonal plan and an area of approximately 800 m². Three residential and farm buildings stood against the boundary wall of the inner castle. Next to these buildings there was a round tower in the northwest corner. It had a diameter of 5 meters.

In Coswig, located on the right bank of the Elbe, there is a castle mentioned as early as 1187 at its current location. It is not known whether a Slavic settlement existed before that time. Called an oppidum in 1215, Coswig was one of the most important towns north of the River Elbe.
Despite having medieval origins, the Schloss Coswig castle is a classic example of Renaissance and French Baroque architecture. From the end of the 19th century to the end of the 2nd World War, the castle was used as a prison. During that period, the castle housed three times as many prisoners as intended and many were used for forced labor. Restoration work started in 1958, after which the building was used for country and state archives from 1961 until German reunification in 1989. The Federal Archives then continued to use the building until 1998. The building was vacant from 1998 to 2006. It was then the intention to use the palace as a center for transnational cooperation and exchange in the field of culture. The prison floors were demolished in 2008 and the south wing returned to its historic state. Concerts have been held in the building since 2014.

Just outside the town you will find the Soviet cemetery of honor Coswig. This is a cemetery for Soviet forced laborers, including the victims of an explosion at the arms factory 'Westfälisch-Anhaltische Sprengstoff AG' (WASAG) on November 14, 1944 and a memorial for fallen Soviet soldiers. According to German data, 78 dead were buried, according to Russian data 92 Soviet prisoners of war, forced laborers and soldiers of the Red Army who died in battle.

You cross the Elbe with the Wörlitz-Coswig ferry. The ferry crosses a distance of 125 meters and takes about 5 minutes. Technically, the ferry is a reaction ferry, propelled by the current of the water. The ferry is attached to a floating cable that is firmly anchored in the river bed upstream of the ferry. To operate the ferry, it is placed at an angle in the stream, causing the force of the current to swing the ferry across the river on the cable.

Wörlitz Castle is considered the edifice of German Classicism and is one of the few German buildings of Palladianism. The castle in Wörlitz, like the associated Wörlitz Park, is part of the UNESCO World Heritage. The baroque hunting lodge was demolished for the construction of the castle. The builder was Friedrich Wilhelm von Erdmannsdorff. The palace was built for the Prince and his wife Princess Luise of Brandenburg-Schwedt and was intended to represent the dynasty. Construction was completed in 1773. It is considered the edifice of German Classicism. Old and English buildings and the architecture of Andrea Palladio served as models.

Oranienbaum Castle was designed in the seventeenth century on the initiative of Henriëtte Catharina van Oranje-Nassau, by her compatriot builder Cornelis Ryckewaert.
Oranienbaum is an impressive example of Dutch Baroque in Germany: the city, castle and park are geometrically aligned. The park captivates with its large collection of citrus plants that are housed in Europe's largest orangery in winter. The Anglo-Chinese garden is believed to be the only survivor of its kind in Germany. The Oranienbaum Castle and Park are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Gartenreich Dessau-Wörlitz. The castle can be visited for an entrance fee of 8.5 euros per person. The castle park is freely accessible, the restored pagoda and the tea house are accessible after registration.
On the market square you can eat well in Cafe Restaurant am Markt. In the menu you will find selected dishes for small and big hunger, which are prepared with fresh local products.

You cross the Oranienbaumer Heide to Judenberg. Here you drive straight on to the Gremminer See.
The hamlet of Zschiesewitsch used to be here, but it has now been swallowed up by excavations for brown coal mining. The Gremminer See or Ferropolissee is a lake that emerged from the former open mine of Golpa-Nord. It is the eighth largest lake and at the same time one of the most northerly lakes in the central German Lake District. The name is derived from the excavated place Gremmin. The Gremminer See is located north of the town of Graefenhainichen, in the terminal moraine area of the plateau of Graefenhainichen-Schmiedeberg, also known as the Dübener Heide.
Five massive lignite excavators and stackers - some of which are now accessible - escaped demolition and today, like steel giants in Ferropolis on Lake Gremmin, usher in a bygone industrial era.
Ferropolis, the city of iron, is not only an open-air museum, but also an impressive event venue with its arena on a peninsula on the lake. Ferropolis is part of the European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH), a living museum full of impressive history. The mix of music, thunderstorms of light and nature experience in the shadow of the iron colossi make a visit to the unique arena an unforgettable experience.
The Gremminer Bridge on the city balcony offers a beautiful panoramic view over the Gremminer See and Ferropolis.

You return a short distance to Jüdenberg where you turn left to Mölhau. This place is strongly characterized by brown coal mining. In Möhlau there are 3 remaining opencast mines, which are now under water and used as swimming lakes. These opencast mines were built to power the Zschornewitz power plant, which is just a few kilometers away. The once largest and most modern brown coal power plant in the world was built in 1915 by the people in the Zschornewitz district on the edge of the Dübenheide. In the immediate vicinity of the factory site, a residential colony invites you on a journey to the time of social building and living at the beginning of the 20th century. Following English garden cities, many green and colored facades characterize the residential complex. For Expo 2000, the entire settlement complex was lovingly renovated and re-transformed into a gem of modern settlement architecture.

The Mulde is an unnavigable tributary of the Elbe and is 124 km long (or 290 km, if its longest source river is included). It is known as the fastest flowing river in Central Europe. The Mulde arises just north of Colditz from the confluence of the western Zwickauer Mulde and the eastern Freiberger Mulde, both of which originate in the Ore Mountains. The river flows into the Elbe north of the city of Dessau.

Dessau City Park is a park of about eight hectares west of the historic city center.
Georgirum Castle is a neoclassical country house built for Prince Johann Georg (1748–1811) by Friedrich Wilhelm von Erdmannsdorff, from 1780. It houses the Anhalt Picture Gallery with a rich collection of German and Dutch paintings by old masters. The extensive collection of prints and drawings is exhibited in the "Fremdenhaus" (literal guest house) in the Georgium. The palace is surrounded by a vast English garden with various monuments, romanticizing structures and sculptures such as the aforementioned "Fremdenhaus", the Roman ruin, the Monopteros (a round temple in Ionic order), two examples of ancient arches and the statue of Prince Franz in classic clothes. It is part of the Dessau-Wörlitz Empire, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, one of the first and largest English parks in Germany and continental Europe.

The Dessau Mausoleum is a former burial site of the Dukes of Anhalt in the Dessau-Roßlau district of Ziebigk. Today, Dessau Zoo is located in the grounds of the Mausoleum Park. The mausoleum was built at the Georgium between 1894 and 1898 in the High Renaissance style as a Doric dome construction by order of Duke Friedrich. The floor plan of the central building corresponds to a Greek cross. The crypt was modeled on the Romanesque style. The building has a total length of 46 m, a total width of 38 m and a height of 43 m. The dome has a diameter of 14 m. The interior is plastered with marble cement.
Dessau became the center of modern architecture in the twentieth century when Walter Gropius settled there with his Bauhaus. This center for 'contemporary architecture and design' has also survived the later GDR era. After the fall of the Wall, Dessau has also been revived on the other hand. From the early 1990s, the industrial landscape has been transformed into an 'Industrial Garden Kingdom' - an unknown sight.

The tour continues quietly to the north. You enter a varied landscape with many beautiful open views on a slightly hilly course. In Reuden / Anhalt you can stop for a drink in the Tequila Drive Biker Café. Since its inception, Tequila Drive has developed into one of the most popular rendezvous meeting points in the 'east' of the republic.
You can visit Castle Eisenhardt in Bad Busy. The castle, more than a thousand years old, towers over Bad Belzig. The well-preserved fort complex today houses a farm shop with a café and a hotel. A visit to the castle also takes you to the 28-meter-high keep, from where you have a phenomenal view over Bad Belzig and the surrounding landscape.

Via the nature reserve Verlorenwasserbach Oberlauf you come to the end of this tour that easily deserves a five-star rating due to its excellent road surface and many tourist aspects.