Leipzig to Munich, including southern CR

April 4th: That's going to be a big and time consuming detour. I'd rather go from Leizig via Plauen into NW CR and visit Cheb (lovely), Karlovy Vary and Mariánske Lazne. From Cheb return into Bavaria (Bayreuth).

a little farther west

Like 550 km and 7 hours drive from Berchtesgaden to Neuenburg am Rhein, and that is using the Autobahn, not the Deutsche Alpenstrasse. It seems to me to be a 2 or 3 day detour.

Nuremburg (April 4th) to do the walking tour & are considering crossing into CR to see a couple of towns in the south (April 5th).

What towns in the CR south? Have you used viamichelin to to see what the driving times are to all these places? Be sure to pick a Czech vignette, and an Austrian one if you venture there on the way to Berchtesgaden.

Ceske Budejovice & Cesky Krumlov

Because we do have a few days, we thought going on the AH would be 'do-able'. . . . it really doesn't leave us time to explore.

With about a week available, my husband and I will be departing
Leipzig early by rental car on April 2nd, would like to see Colditz,
Coburg, and Bayreuth, then head down to stay in Bamburg (April 3rd).

On the same day? Let's see: the Colditz tours will start after 9am, and you will probably leave the town after 12am. It takes 2 hours to Bayreuth, and you will need at least three hours to see the town. You will leave Bayreuth well after 5pm and arrive one hour later in Coburg. The castle and all other sights will already be closed.
It's also a bit strange that you want to see Bayreuth, the town of Wagner, but not Leipzig, the city were Bach lived.

Nuremburg (April 4th) to do the walking tour & are considering
crossing into CR to see a couple of towns in the south (April 5th).

This is a huge detour. IF you want to visit the CR it makes much more sense to see the Spa Triange in the northwest of the country. Karlovy Vary and Marianske Lazne are very beautiful spa towns, and Cheb and Loket two interesting historic towns. Loket is very picturesque btw..

Hi,

On getting to Colditz: Outside of Leipzig Hbf is the bus depot, on the left as you step out of the train station. One of those buses goes to Colditz. .

We would have spent 2 days in Leipzig with a friend.... I picked up our journey midway...Will be doing lots of sightseeing there also.

We would have spent 2 days in Leipzig with a friend.... I picked up our journey midway...Will be doing lots of sightseeing there also.

Thank you for the information on the bus to Colditz. We will have a rental car so will be able to drive.