The Liebethaler Grund is a narrow, deeply incised valley of the

Wesenitz The Wesenitz (''Wjazońca'' in Upper Sorbian language) is a river in Saxony, Germany, right tributary of the Elbe. Its total length is . The Wesenitz runs through the tourist regions of the Lusatian Highlands and Saxon Switzerland. Its name is d ...

river in the vicinity of Liebethal near

Pirna Pirna (; hsb, Pěrno; ) is a town in Saxony, Germany and capital of the administrative district Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge. The town's population is over 37,000. Pirna is located near Dresden and is an important district town as well as ...

. The valley is a popular walking trail, the Poet-Musician-Artist Way ('' Dichter-Musiker-Maler-Weg'') and is describedas the "Gateway to

Saxon Switzerland Saxon Switzerland (german: Sächsische Schweiz) is a hilly climbing area and national park around the Elbe valley south-east of Dresden in Saxony, Germany. Together with the Bohemian Switzerland in the Czech Republic it forms the Elbe Sand ...

“ (on the classic route). In the vicinity of an old hydropower station is the largest Wagner memorial in the world.

Gallery

File:Liebethaler-grund wesenitz-3.jpg, The Wesenitz in the Liebethaler Grund File:Liebethaler-grund wesenitz-1.jpg, Ruined building of the hydropower station (''Copitzer Elektrizitätswerk'') File:Liebethaler-grund wesenitz-2.jpg, File:Liebethaler-Grund Tafel.jpg, Tablet carved into the rock near the Richard Wagner Memorial

External links

The Artists Way on the website of the Saxon Switzerland National Park

Rock information by the German Alpine Club
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