Schirgiswalde (in Sorbian Šěrachów) is a town and a former municipality in the district of Bautzen in Saxony in Germany. Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town Schirgiswalde-Kirschau. It is located on the river Spree, 15 km south of Bautzen. The small town is an official place of relaxation (staatlich anerkannter Erholungsort). Together with the villages of Crostau and Kirschau it is representing the administrative community of Schirgiswalde.
Population: 3,009
Latitude: 51° 04' 35.08" N
Longitude: 14° 25' 42.02" 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 …
Saxon Switzerland National Park (German: Nationalpark Sächsische Schweiz), is a National Park in the German Free State of Saxony near the capital city of Dresden.
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 …
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…
The Lichtenhain Waterfall is a waterfall formed by the Lichtenhainer village brook and is situated in the Kirnitzsch Valley in the Saxon Switzerland of Germany.
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.
Bubenik is a mountain of Saxony, southeastern 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…
Velký Šenov (German: Groß Schönau) is a town in Děčín District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic.
Strohmberg 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…
Nostitz (Upper Sorbian: Nosaćicy) is a suburb of Weißenberg in the federal state of Saxony in Germany.
Kottmar is a mountain of Saxony, southeastern Germany. It is part of the Lusatian Highlands (Lausitzer Bergland).
Klunst is a mountain of Saxony, southeastern Germany.
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.
Hohwald was a municipality in the Sächsische Schweiz district, in Saxony, Germany.
Götzinger Höhe is a mountain of Saxony, southeastern Germany.