Friday 7 November 2025

The Fackellauf (‘Torch Run’), or Bieg przy Pochodniach in Polish, is a cross-border running event held annually in the historic city of Görlitz-Zgorzelec.

It attracts approximately 200 runners from both sides of the Lausitzer Neiße river (Polish: Nysa Łużycka) which cuts the city in two—Görlitz in Germany and Zgorzelec in Poland.

Two race distances are available:

• ca. 4.5km (one lap)
• ca. 9km (two laps)

Starting at the Altstadtbrücke (Most Staromiejski), a footbridge that connects the two parts of the city, participants run along the Polish and the German bank of the river, crossing two torch-lit bridges.

Map of the venue:

19. Fackellauf "Heinz Anders":

Date:

• 7 November 2025 (Friday)

Start time and race distance:

• 18:30: ca. 9km
• 18:40: ca. 4.5km

Race information:

• my.raceresult.com/363874/info

Number of finishers:

No guarantee is made as to the accuracy or thoroughness of the information on this page.