This article is about the region in Germany. For the district in Saxony, see Sächsische Schweiz (district). For the village in Switzerland, see Saxon, Switzerland.
Saxon Switzerland
View of the Lilienstein in Saxon Switzerland
View of the Lilienstein in Saxon Switzerland
Native name
Sächsische Schweiz
Natural region
Elbe Sandstone Mountains
Natural region characteristics
Landscape type
Landscape
Highest point
Großer Zschirnstein (562 m)
Settlements
Pirna, Bad Schandau, Sebnitz, Rathen
County/District
Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
State(s)
Saxony
Country
Germany
Bastei bridge in Saxon SwitzerlandSunset in Saxon Switzerland from the top of the Papststein. The three large hills are Gohrisch (l), the Königstein Fortress (c) and the Lilienstein (r).The Barbarine at PfaffensteinPhysical map of Saxon SwitzerlandThe Lilienstein at dusk
Saxon Switzerland (German: Sächsische Schweiz) is a hilly climbing area and national park in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains. It is located around the Elbe valley south-east of Dresden in Saxony, Germany, adjoining Bohemian Switzerland in the Czech Republic. Together with the Czech part, the region is known as Saxon-Bohemian Switzerland.
The administrative district for the area is Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge. The fortress of Königstein is a well-known landmark.
SaxonSwitzerland (German: Sächsische Schweiz) is a hilly climbing area and national park in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains. It is located around the Elbe...
SaxonSwitzerland National Park (German: Nationalpark Sächsische Schweiz), is a national park in the German Free State of Saxony, near the Saxon capital...
adjacent to the SaxonSwitzerland National Park in Germany. Together with SaxonSwitzerland, the region is known as Saxon-Bohemian Switzerland. The concept...
steep and narrow valley. The SaxonSwitzerland and Bohemian Switzerland national parks, known also as Saxon-Bohemian Switzerland, are located within the territory...
SaxonSwitzerland (German: Sächsische Schweiz) is the largest and one of the best-known rock climbing regions in Germany, located in the Free State of...
the SaxonSwitzerland National Park. They are also part of a climbing and hiking area that extends over the borders into the Bohemian Switzerland (Czech...
quarter of the 19th-century, and in four European locations: the SaxonSwitzerland climbing region in Germany, the Lake District and Peak District in...
Upper Saxon (German: Obersächsisch, pronounced [ˈoːbɐˌzɛksɪʃ]; Upper Saxon: [ɵːb̥oˤˈsɛɡ̊sʃ]) is an East Central German dialect spoken in much of the modern...
The painting was stored, with other works of art, in a tunnel in SaxonSwitzerland; when the Red Army encountered them, it took them. The painting was...
Krietzschwitz is a village in the municipality of Pirna, in Saxony, Germany. It was incorporated into Pirna in 1974. The place was mentioned for the first...
Christmas market in the world. Nearby sights include the National Park of SaxonSwitzerland, the Ore Mountains and the countryside around Elbe Valley, Moritzburg...
close to natural landscapes (along the Middle Rhine valley and in SaxonSwitzerland for example) many health spas, hotels and recreational facilities...
condensation that will form inside the bag. In the German region of SaxonSwitzerland in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains, climbers refer to overnighting in...
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