Quitzdorf am See: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

The Quitzdorf Reservoir has a water surface of approximately 7.35 square kilometers and is Saxony’s largest reservoir by area. Anyone wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Quitzdorf am See can then continue searching for accommodation.

Water

The Quitzdorf Reservoir is used for fishing and sailing. The route around Quitzdorf Reservoir also offers opportunities for fishing and exploring the lake by canoe. Campgrounds and bungalow settlements are located next to the Quitzdorf Reservoir.

Nature

The Quitzdorf Reservoir is located in the Quitzdorf Reservoir and Kollmer Heights protected landscape area. This protected landscape area is part of the Upper Lusatian Heath and Pond Landscape, one of the largest contiguous pond regions in Central Europe. Quitzdorf am See offers visitors heathlands and forest areas, flowing waters, marshes, ponds, and the Kollmer Heights.

The Quitzdorf Reservoir itself is designated as a nature reserve. Around the reservoir, visitors can observe otters, beavers, white-tailed eagles, kingfishers, and white storks.

History and Culture

The former village of Quitzdorf had to make way for the construction of the reservoir. Horscha is home to a romantically wild landscape park designated as a natural monument and featuring hornbeam-oak woodland. Kollm lies in the easternmost part of the Upper Lusatian Heath and Pond Landscape.

The KNAX playground in Sproitz is located in an idyllic park covering approximately 9,000 square meters. The KNAX playground includes Fetzenstein Castle and a KNAX village with a Sparkasse bank and Emmerich’s shop.

Cycling and Hiking Trails

A 20-kilometer cycling loop around Quitzdorf Reservoir leads through the protected landscape area toward Sproitz and continues to Kollm via the Frog Cycling Trail. It is signposted with white-and-green markers bearing the number 11.

The Monumentberg hill in Groß Radisch, near Quitzdorf am See, has an observation tower. Numerous hiking trails run around Monumentberg in Groß Radisch, near Quitzdorf am See.

Further destinations for regional searches: Trebendorf, Schönbach, Mücka, Weißkeißel, Großhennersdorf, Grossschönau, Rosenbach, Schleife

For the higher-level travel overview: Görlitz.