Round trip around Dresden, Freital and the Saxon Switzerland

Dresden

Dresden has always enchanted its visitors with a fascinating and exciting mixture of tradition and modernity.. On a walk through the Baroque city center with the former residence of the Saxon electors and kings and a view of the beautiful river landscape of the Elbe, you can feel the unique charm of Elbflorenz..

Even if none of the seven wonders of the ancient world is in the capital of Saxony, one building has been built next to the next over the centuries.. Frauenkirche, Residenzschloss, Zwinger, Semperoper, Elbschlösser, the Hellerauer Gartenstadt or the award-winning buildings of modern architecture - the Dresden attractions are known all over the world..

Elector Augustus the Strong and those who followed him with skill, artistry and perseverance have created through their passion for collecting unique museums such as the ´Green Vault´ and the ´Turkish Cemetery´, which repeatedly unsettle tourists and locals Impress new ones and turn Dresden into a world-class arts and culture city..

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Freital

Freital is a young boy City.. Romantics once admired the region for its abundance of beauty.. And later it was a prime example of nineteenth-century industrial production.. Coal deposits and the proximity to Dresden led to the development of small settlements on the Weißeritz to a city with today nearly 40 000 inhabitants.. By growing together from many villages you will miss a city center with a historic market and buildings.. Only in a few districts of Freital the old center and the former settlement structure is recognizable.. What does not mean Freital has nothing to offer.. The history and the varied landscape offer a wealth of interesting and interesting facts..

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Saxon Switzerland

Saxon Switzerland is the east of the Elbe located part of the Elbsandsteingebirge.. which is built mainly of chalk sandstone.. The partly bizarre world of forms of the mountain range is limited by the steeply cut valley of the Elbe and cut through gorge-like side valleys «reasons».. The well-known randlichen rock bastions are bastion and Schrammsteine.. Everything is towered over by island-like table mountains, such as Königstein, Pfaffenstein, Lilienstein.. The permeable sandstone soil is poor in water and carries pine forest.. This landscape was given the name Saxon Switzerland by the Swiss painter..

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debrequ, 2012-02-21