13May
13May
Königstein Fortress
Königstein Fortress towers majestically over the Elbe River, just 13 km from the Czech-Saxon border. In the early Middle Ages, this massive table mountain even belonged to the Kingdom of Bohemia. Spanning an area of 9.5 hectares, Königstein Fortress is one of the most popular...
22Aug
The Old Mill – Ebersbach
Alte Mangel: The Historic Half-Timbered "House of the Factors" The "Alte Mangel" (Old Mandl) factory house is one of the most valuable half-timbered buildings in Upper Lusatia, built between 1767 and 1770. It originally served as a residential and farm building. In 1782, it was completed...
06Aug
Kottmar – Eibau
Okolo z dálky viditelného 583 m vysokého vršku je seskupeno sedm částí střediskové obce, jejichž vzezření je dáno pro Horní Lužici typickými podstávkovými a faktorskými domy, mnohé z nich s prvky venkovského baroka. The present-day town of Kottmar was founded on January 1. 01. In 2013,...
17May
Marienstern Monastery (Mary’s Star)
Marienstern Monastery (Upper Sorbian Marijina Hwězda) is a female Cistercian monastery in Panschwitz-Kuckau in Upper Lusatia. The monastery was founded in 1248 by the lords of Kamenc. In a charter dated 13 October 1248, the monastery was given the income from the rectory and hospital in...
09May
Kräutervitalbad Herbal Baths in Sebnitz
We invite you to visit the unique herbal spa in the Saxon town of Sebnitz, which is only 800 m from the border crossing in Dolní Poustevně. The spa was built in the mid-1990s and represents an important wellness destination in Bohemian-Saxon Switzerland. ...
03May
Carolafelsen (Carola’s Rock)
One of the beautiful rock lookouts in the Saxon Switzerland National Park, in the middle of the Affensteine rock group. The lookout is easily accessible by turning off the blue-marked summit path. The lookout resembles a rock maze. There are many jagged rock formations on...
02May
Großschönau and the Damascus Museum
Großschönau is a municipality in the district of Görlitz (German: Görlitz, Polish: Zgorzelec), in the easternmost part of the federal state of Saxony (Germany). The municipality is located on the Mandawa River in Upper Lusatia, right on the border with the Czech Republic, in close...
02May
Lynx stone
In the past, wild animals such as wolves and lynxes lived in Bohemian-Saxon Switzerland. However, for centuries they were systematically persecuted and practically exterminated in this area. On the Bohemian-Saxon border in Velké Kozí důl, you can visit a place on your journey where a...
02May