Elstra (Sorbian: Halštrow) is a town in the district of Bautzen, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany.
Population: 3,176
Latitude: 51° 13' 18.19" N
Longitude: 14° 07' 55.24" E
In the Battle of Bautzen (20–21 May 1813) a combined Russian/Prussian army was pushed back by Napoleon, but escaped destruction, some sources claim, because Michel Ney failed to block their retreat. The Prussians under Count Gebhard von Blücher and …
Upper Lusatia (German: Oberlausitz, Upper Sorbian: Hornja Łužica, Lower Sorbian: Górna Łužyca, Czech: Horní Lužice, Polish: Górne Łużyce or Milsko) is a historical region in Germany and Poland. Along with Lower Lusatia to the north, it makes up the …
Radeberger started in 1872 when the brewery was founded as Zum Bergkeller, in Radeberg, a town in the vicinity of Dresden. Radeberger ranks number 9 among Germany's best selling breweries.
The district of Bautzen (German: Landkreis Bautzen, Upper Sorbian: Wokrjes Budyšin) is a district in the state of Saxony in Germany. Its largest towns are Bautzen, Bischofswerda, Kamenz, Hoyerswerda and Radeberg.
The Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) is a German research laboratory in Dresden and member of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres. Research is conducted in three of the Helmholtz Association's research areas: matter, heal…
Dresden is one of the three former Direktionsbezirke of the Free State of Saxony, Germany, located in the east of the state.
The Lusatian Highlands or Lusatian Hills (German: Lausitzer Bergland, Czech: Šluknovská pahorkatina, Upper Sorbian: Łužiske hory) form a hilly region in Germany and the Czech Republic. A western extension of the Sudetes range, it is located on the b…
This is a list of the extreme points of the Czech Republic: the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.
The Dresden Heath (German: Dresdner Heide) is a large forest in the city of Dresden. The heath is the most important recreation area in the city and is also actively forested. Approximately 6,133 hectares of the Dresden Heath are designated as a nat…
The State Museum of Zoology (German: Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde) in Dresden is a natural history museum that houses 10,000–50,000 specimens, including skeletons and large insect collections. Many are types. The collection suffered war damage a…
Graureihersee is a lake in Saxony, Germany.
Wehrsdorf is a small village in a valley of the "Lausitzer Bergland" in the region of Upper Lusatia (Oberlausitz) in Saxony, Germany. It has about 1,776 inhabitants and belongs to an administrative community of three different villages, with Sohland…
Schwedenstein is a mountain of Saxony, southeastern Germany.
Observation Tower Height of Goetzingen is a 25 metres tall observation tower on Height of Goetzingen near Neustadt in Sachsen. Observation Tower Height of Goetzingen was built in 1883 together with an inn in its proximity. Therefore it is older than…
Augustusbad is a watering-place of Germany, in the Free State of Saxony, 10 miles (16 km) east from Dresden, close to Radeberg, in a pleasant valley. It has five saline chalybeate springs, used both for drinking and bathing, and specific in feminine…
Knappensee was a municipality in the northeastern part of Saxony, Germany, east of Hoyerswerda. It was formed in 1995 by the merger of the 3 municipalities Groß Särchen, Koblenz and Wartha, and was named after the lake Knappensee. In 2004 it was dis…
Flugplatz Klix is a recreational aerodrome in Germany's far East (Saxonia), close to the Czech border.
Kleinwelka (Sorbian: Mały Wjelkow) is a subdivision of the city of Bautzen, Germany.