The Bundesstraße 169 (abbreviation: B 169) is a German federal highway in

Brandenburg Brandenburg, officially the State of Brandenburg, is a States of Germany, state in northeastern Germany. Brandenburg borders Poland and the states of Berlin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony. It is the List of Ger ...

and in

Saxony Saxony, officially the Free State of Saxony, is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, and Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic. Its capital is Dresden, and ...

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Neuensalz Neuensalz is a municipality in the Vogtlandkreis district, in Saxony, Germany. References

Municipalities in Saxony Vogtlandkreis {{Vogtlandkreis-geo-stub ...

(0.0 km) » B 173 **

Falkenstein Falkenstein or Falckenstein ("falcons' stone" in German) may refer to: Places Austria * Falkenstein, Lower Austria, a market town in the district of Mistelbach Germany * Falkenstein, Bavaria, a market town in the district of Cham * Falke ...

(15.0 km) ** Auerbach (21.2 km) **

Rodewisch Rodewisch is a town in the Vogtlandkreis district, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated 3km north of Auerbach (Vogtland), and 20km east of Plauen. Sputnik 1 Sputnik 1 (, , ''Satellite 1''), sometimes referred to as simply ...

(23.9 km) » B 94 **

Stützengrün Stützengrün is a community in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany. Geography Location Stützengrün is in the Ore Mountains, directly on the border with the Vogtland. In Stützengrün is found the Weißbach, a stream which flo ...

(32.8, km) ** Schneeberg (46.2 km) » B 93 ** Aue (53.0 km) » B 101 **

Lößnitz Bergstadt Lößnitz (“Mining Town of Lößnitz”, also spelt Lössnitz), sometimes also called ''Muhme'' (“Aunt”) for its age, is a town in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany, and belongs to the Town League of Silberberg (''St ...

(59.4 km) **

Stollberg Stollberg is a town in Saxony, Germany, in the district Erzgebirgskreis. It is situated 20 km east of Zwickau and 17 km southwest of Chemnitz. It was the site of the Hoheneck women's prison until 2001. References

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(69.4 km) » B 180 ** Chemnitz (Südring) (83.0 km) » B 173 **

Chemnitz Chemnitz (; from 1953 to 1990: Karl-Marx-Stadt (); ; ) is the third-largest city in the Germany, German States of Germany, state of Saxony after Leipzig and Dresden, and the fourth-largest city in the area of former East Germany after (East Be ...

(88.0 km) » B 95 ** Frankenberg (100.9 km) » B 180 ** Hainichen (110.2 km) **

Döbeln Döbeln (; , ) is a town in Saxony, Germany, part of the Mittelsachsen district. It sits on the banks of the Freiberger Mulde, Freiberger Mulde river. Location and geography Döbeln is situated in the Central Saxon Hills, Central Saxon Hill co ...

(128.0 km) » B 175 ** ''Autobahnauffahrt'' Döbeln-Nord (132.0 km) » A 14 ** Ostrau (Sachsen) (137.8 km) **

Riesa Riesa (; ) is a town in the district of Meißen in Saxony, Germany. It is located on the river Elbe, approximately northwest of Dresden. History The name ''Riesa'' is derived from Slavic ''Riezowe''. This name, romanised as "Rezoa", appears f ...

-Seerhausen (150.6 km) » B 6 **

(157.7 km) » B 182 ** Elbebrücke **

Zeithain Zeithain is a municipality in the district of Meißen, in Saxony, in eastern Germany. History Historically, it is known for the Zeithain Encampment (''Zeithainer Zeltlager'' or ''Zeithainer Lustlager'', i. e. the pleasure camp of Zeithain), whic ...

(162.6 km) » B 98 **

Gröditz Gröditz () is a town in the district Meißen (district), Meißen, in Saxony, Germany. The town is located 12 km northeast of Riesa, and 7 km southwest of Elsterwerda. Geography Gröditz is located on a 100 meter high plains that o ...

(157.9 km) *

: ** Prösen (180.0 km) » B 101 **

Elsterwerda Elsterwerda (; Lower Sorbian: ''Wikow'') is a town in the Elbe-Elster district, in southwestern Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated on the Black Elster river, 48 km northwest of Dresden, and 11 km southeast of Bad Liebenwerda. Histor ...

(186.4 km) » B 101 **

Lauchhammer Lauchhammer (, ) or Łuchow is a town in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in southern Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated on the Black Elster river, approx. 17 km west of Senftenberg, and 50 km north of Dresden. History From 1815 to ...

(201.5 km) **

Schwarzheide Schwarzheide or Carny Gózd () is a town in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated on the river Schwarze Elster, 11 km southwest of Senftenberg, 110 km south of Berlin and 40 km n ...

(209.0 km) ** ''Autobahnauffahrt''

Ruhland ( Sorbian: ''Rólany'') is a town in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in Upper Lusatia, Brandenburg, in eastern Germany. It is situated on the river Schwarze Elster, southwest of Senftenberg. Ruhland station is a major railway junction, ...

(211.0 km) » A 13 **

(211.5 km) **

Senftenberg Senftenberg ( German, ) or (Lower Sorbian, ) is a town in Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, in eastern Germany, capital of the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district. Geography Senftenberg is located in the southwest of the historic Lower Lusatia region at t ...

(223.5 km) » B 96 ** Allmosen (231.2 km) » B 96 » B 156 **

Drebkau Drebkau (, ; ) is a town in the district of Spree-Neiße, in Lower Lusatia, in Brandenburg, in eastern Germany. It is situated southwest of Cottbus. History It was first mentioned in 1353. The town was at various times ruled by Bohemian, Hungar ...

(244.5 km) **

Cottbus Cottbus () or (;) is a university city and the second-largest city in the German state of Brandenburg after the state capital, Potsdam. With around 100,000 inhabitants, Cottbus is the most populous city in Lusatia. Cottbus lies in the Sorbian ...

(257.3 km) » B 97

History

Origin

The stretch of road between

and

Erzgebirgsk ...

was upgraded to a ''

chaussee ''Chaussee'' is an historic term used in German-speaking countries for early, metalled, rural highways, designed by road engineers, as opposed to the hitherto, traditional, unpaved country roads. The term is no longer used in modern road construc ...

'' in 1823.

Earlier descriptions

The Reichsstraße 169 between

and

Neuensalz Neuensalz is a municipality in the Vogtlandkreis district, in Saxony, Germany. References

Municipalities in Saxony Vogtlandkreis {{Vogtlandkreis-geo-stub ...

was inaugurated in 1937. During the

East German East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on 3 October 1990. Until 1989, it was generally vie ...

years, the road was known as the Fernverkehrsstraße 169 (long-distance route 169) (abbreviation: F 169). Building plan documents show that construction work was carried out in the early 1970s. On September 22, 2008, after almost five years of construction, the Senftenberg bypass was opened to traffic. The

bypass was approved on December 14, 2009.

Expansion

Saxony

The second section of the B 169 in the

area is currently being expanded. From the B 6 junction in Seerhausen to the completed four-lane section in Riesa, it was expanded as the B 169n and opened to traffic on September 24, 2012. The

European Regional Development Fund The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is one of the European Structural and Investment Funds allocated by the European Union. Its purpose is to transfer money from richer regions (not countries), and invest it in the infrastructure and se ...

contributed

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20 million to the

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. According to the Saxon state government, further expansion is to be carried out up to the A 14 Döbeln Nord junction. The project specifically aims to create an efficient road connection between the city of Riesa and the federal highway 14 north of Döbeln. In this area, it might reduce

traffic congestion Traffic congestion is a condition in transport that is characterized by slower speeds, longer trip times, and increased vehicular queueing. Traffic congestion on urban road networks has increased substantially since the 1950s, resulting in m ...

in the towns of Salbitz and Seerhausen. The implementation will eliminate the

noise pollution Noise pollution, or sound pollution, is the propagation of noise or sound with potential harmful effects on humans and animals. The source of outdoor noise worldwide is mainly caused by machines, transport and propagation systems.Senate Publi ...

and emissions pollution for residents and reduce the travel time by no longer having to drive through town. The expansion between Seerhausen and Döbeln still requires several approval processes and decisions from the neighboring communities about the route variants of the B 169. Since 2013, the “Göltzschtalumgehung” has been rerouted the B 169 between

and Siebenhitz. The work was originally scheduled to be completed in 2018, but the opening was postponed to 2021 due to contaminated sites being discovered.

Brandenburg

The partial three-lane expansion of the B 169 between the

and

Plessa Plessa (, ) is a municipality in the Elbe-Elster district, in Brandenburg, Germany. Following a redrawing of local boundaries which took effect on 31 December 2001, the municipality includes two additional settlements, and therefore now includes P ...

motorway junctions into a motorway was planned. According to the original plan, the 14.5 kilometer long new construction with several bridges was supposed to begin in two sections from 2017 to 2018, but was delayed indefinitely (as of November 2020). The B 169 between

and the

Elbe-Elster Elbe-Elster is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the southern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Teltow-Fläming, Dahme-Spreewald, Oberspreewald-Lausitz, Meißen, Nordsachsen and Wittenberg. The district has a partnership with the ...

district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

represents a nationally important east-west route and has a high proportion of traffic inland. The spatial planning procedure for the OU

in the area of the B 169 was opened on January 4, 2010. The estimated construction costs currently amount to €32.5 million.

Additional

The B 169 runs as a route through the entire

Lower Lusatia Lower Lusatia (; ; ; ; ) is a historical region in Central Europe, stretching from the southeast of the Germany, German state of Brandenburg to the southwest of Lubusz Voivodeship in Poland. Like adjacent Upper Lusatia in the south, Lower Lusa ...

. Of the 257 kilometers total length, around 30 kilometers have four lanes. Some of the federal highway 169 runs on the same route as other federal highways, such as the B 96. The

Erzgebirge The Ore Mountains (, or ; ) lie along the Czech–German border, separating the historical regions of Bohemia in the Czech Republic and Saxony in Germany. The highest peaks are the Klínovec in the Czech Republic (German: ''Keilberg'') at a ...

folk rock singer and songwriter Stefan Gerlach dedicated the song “De 169” (released in 1994) to the road that runs through his hometown

References

External links

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169 Year 169 (Roman numerals, CLXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Senecio and Apollinaris (or, less frequently, year 922 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denominat ...

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