Friday 26 October 2018

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

It attracts approximately 300 to 400 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. 3.9km (one lap)
• ca. 7.8km (two laps)

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

13. Fackellauf "Heinz Anders":

Date:

• 26 October 2018 (Friday)

Start time:

• 18.30: ca. 7.8km
• 18.40: ca. 3.9km

Event website:

• www.europamarathon.de

Map of the venue:

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