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In the classification of natural regions by Emil Meynen, Saxon Switzerland was a major unit (430) within the Saxon-Bohemian Chalk Sandstone Region (main unit group 43), whose only other major unit on German soil was the Zittau Mountains.
Saxon Switzerland (German: Sächsische Schweiz) is the largest and one of the best-known rock climbing regions in Germany, located in the Free State of Saxony. The region is largely coterminous with the natural region of the same name, Saxon Switzerland , but extends well beyond the territory of the National Park within it.
Saxon Switzerland National Park (German: Nationalpark Sächsische Schweiz), is a national park in the German Free State of Saxony, near the Saxon capital Dresden.It covers two areas of 93.5 km 2 (36.1 mi 2) in the heart of the German part of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains, which is often called (the) Saxon Switzerland (German: Sächsische Schweiz).
View of the Bastei The Schweizerhaus of the Bastei Hotel on the Bastei The mountain hotel. The Bastei is one of the most prominent lookout points in Saxon Switzerland. In 1819 August von Goethe extolled the views: "Here, from where you see right down to the Elbe from the most rugged rocks, where a short distance away the crags of the Lilienstein, Königstein and Pffafenstein stand scenically ...
English: Little Saxon Switzerland is a park in Dorf Wehlen (Stadt Wehlen, Saxony, Germany) ... Camera model: E3200: Exposure time: 1/345 sec (0.0028985507246377)
The Saxon Switzerland National Park lies near Dresden in Saxony and is Germany’s only rock national park. The landscape of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains, has been eroded to create amazing, rugged ...
There were 780 or 23.6% who were born in the same canton, while 332 or 10.0% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 716 or 21.6% were born outside of Switzerland. [ 8 ] As of 2000 [update] , children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 23.4% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 60.2% and seniors (over 64 years ...
Lilienstein is a highly distinctive mountain in Saxon Switzerland, in Saxony, southeastern Germany, and was once the site of a Bohemian castle. It is one of the few table mountains on the east of the river Elbe and constitutes the symbol of the Saxon Switzerland National Park.