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Dürrröhrsdorf-Dittersbach
Dürrröhrsdorf-Dittersbach () is a municipality in the district of Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. It is located on the river Wesenitz, 6 km west of Stolpen, 9 km northeast of Pirna and 18 km east of Dresden. Subdivisions *Dittersbach *Dobra *Dürrröhrsdorf *Elbersdorf *Porschendorf *Stürza *Wilschdorf *Wünschendorf Main sights *The Belvedere on the Schöne Höhe hill, a tower decorated with frescoes by painter Carl Gottlieb Peschel after works of Johann Wolfgang Goethe. Founded by Johann Gottlob von Quandt (1787–1859), it includes a local history exhibition. *''Dittersbacher Jahrmarkt'' References External links Schöne Höhe Quandt-Verein SV-Wesenitztal e.V. {{SächsischeSchweizOsterzgebirge-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elbersdorf
Elbersdorf is a village in the municipality Dürrröhrsdorf-Dittersbach, in the landkreis Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, in Saxony, Germany. The village is near the river Wesenitz and is known for the Belvedere Schöne Höhe: a castle on the top of the hill of the village. Formerly an independent municipality, it was absorbed into Porschendorf in 1969, and with Porschendorf into Dürrröhrsdorf-Dittersbach in 1994. References Former municipalities in Saxony Populated places in Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge {{SächsischeSchweizOsterzgebirge-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains (, ) is a district ('' Kreis'') in Saxony, Germany. It is named after the mountain ranges Saxon Switzerland and Eastern Ore Mountains. History The district was established by merging the former districts of Sächsische Schweiz and Weißeritzkreis as part of the district reform of August 2008. Geography The district is located between Dresden and the Czech Republic. In the southwestern part of the district the Eastern Ore Mountains, easternmost part of the Ore Mountains (″Erzgebirge") is found, the southeastern part of the district is named Saxon Switzerland, which is part of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains. The main river of the district is the Elbe. The district borders (from the west and clockwise) the districts of Mittelsachsen and Meißen (district), Meißen, the List of German urban districts, urban district Dresden, the district of Bautzen (district), Bautzen, and the Czech Republic. Towns and municipalities Transport Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wesenitz
The Wesenitz (; ) is a river in Saxony, Germany, a 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 derived from the Sorbian language ''wjaz'' (Elm). Geography The Wesenitz originates near Neukirch/Lausitz and flows southwest through Bischofswerda, passes Großdrebnitz, and flows through Stolpen and Dürrröhrsdorf-Dittersbach. The Wesenitz joins the Elbe near Pirna. Touristic attractions The Stolpen Castle is officially documented for the first time in 1222, when it was a property of the Bishop of Dresden-Meissen. In 1559 it was handed over to Augustus, Elector of Saxony. The castle's fame originates from the period 1716 until 1765 when Augustus II the Strong imprisoned there his mistress Countess of Cosel. The '' Liebethaler Grund'', the "Gateway to Saxon Switzerland", is a picturesque ravine. Near a former hydropower station the world's biggest memorial to Rich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pirna
Pirna (; , ) 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 a ''Große Kreisstadt''. Geography Geographical location Pirna is located in the vicinity of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains, Sandstone Mountains in the upper Elbe valley, where two nearby tributaries, Wesenitz from the north and Gottleuba from the south, flow into the Elbe. It is also called the "gate to the Saxon Switzerland" (German language, Ger: ''Tor zur Sächsischen Schweiz''). The Saxony (wine region), Saxon wine region (German language, Ger: ''Sächsische Weinstraße''), which was established in 1992, stretches from Pirna via Pillnitz, Dresden, and Meissen to Diesbar-Seußlitz. Neighboring municipalities Pirna is located southeast of Dresden. Neighboring municipalities are Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel (town), Bahretal, Dohma, Dohna ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Gottlob Von Quandt
Johann Gottlob von Quandt (9 April 1787 – 19 June 1859) was a German artist, art scholar, and collector. Biography Von Quandt was born in Leipzig. He had met and corresponded with Goethe. Some of his own works are exhibited in the Tower of Fresken at the town of Dürrröhrsdorf-Dittersbach, near Dresden. He died in Dresden. Gottlob von Quandt never received any formal education. He did, however, study under people like Johann Friedrich Rochlitz, C. de Renty, and Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld. Gottlob von Quandt once rescued eleven pictures of Leipzig's Nicolai Church, some of which were the creations of Lucas Cranach the Elder. This notable act earned him the respect of Goethe. The rescue work also served as the stepping stone for him into a career of art historian and collector of old German paintings. He earned a high standing in the art world of his time, and his home in Rome was a meeting place for artists such as Johann Friedrich Overbeck, Julius Schnorr von Carolsf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saxony
Saxony, officially the Free State of Saxony, is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, and Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic. Its capital is Dresden, and its largest city is Leipzig. Saxony is the List of German states by area, tenth largest of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of , and the List of German states by population, sixth most populous, with more than 4 million inhabitants. The term Saxony (other), Saxony has been in use for more than a millennium. It was used for the medieval Duchy of Saxony, the Electorate of Saxony of the Holy Roman Empire, the Kingdom of Saxony, and twice for a republic. The first Free State of Saxony was established in 1918 as a constituent state of the Weimar Republic. After World War II, it was under Soviet occupation before it became part of communist East Germany and was abolished by the government in 1952. Following German reunificat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stolpen
Stolpen (, ) is a town in the district of Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, in Saxony, Germany. It is a historical town, that grew at the foot of the ''Schloßberg'' with the castle ''Burg Stolpen''. Burg Stolpen Burg Stolpen is a castle built on top of the Schloßberg. The first defensive works were built about 1100 and it was first documented in 1222. Owned by the Bishop of Meißen for nearly 350 years, it passed to the Electorate of Saxony and was expanded in Renaissance style. In 1675 it was further expanded as a fortress. Anna Constantia von Brockdorff, Countess of Cosel, was imprisoned in the castle from 1716 until her death in 1765. The castle fell into disrepair towards the end of the 18th century. It became a museum in 1875, and has been partly restored since then. Schloßberg Schloßberg is a hill just to the south of the town formed of prominent basalt columns. It is the formation referred to by Georgius Agricola when he coined the term ''basalt#Etymology, basal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dresden
Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth largest by area (after Berlin, Hamburg, and Cologne), and the third-most populous city in the area of former East Germany, after Berlin and Leipzig. Dresden's urban area comprises the towns of Freital, Pirna, Radebeul, Meissen, Coswig, Saxony, Coswig, Radeberg, and Heidenau and has around 790,000 inhabitants. The Dresden metropolitan area has approximately 1.34 million inhabitants. Dresden is the second largest city on the River Elbe after Hamburg. Most of the city's population lives in the Dresden Basin, Elbe Valley, but a large, albeit very sparsely populated, area of the city east of the Elbe lies in the West Lusatian Hill Country and Uplands (the westernmost part of the Sudetes) and thus in Lusatia. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schöne Höhe
Schöne is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Albrecht Schöne (1925–2025), German Germanist *Alfons Schöne, German Olympic fencer *Barbara Schöne (born 1947), German actress *Georg Schöne (1875–1960), German physician * Irene H. Schöne (born 1942), German economist and politician *Lasse Schöne (born 1986), Danish footballer *Lotte Schöne (1891–1977), Austrian soprano *Maja Schöne (born 1976), German actress *Max Schöne (1880–1961), German swimmer *Reiner Schöne (born 1942), German actor *Richard Schöne (1840–1922), German archaeologist and philologist * Sabine Schöne (born 1974), German squash player * Wolfgang Schöne (born 1940), German bass-baritone See also *Die schöne Müllerin a German song cycle *Schöne Bescherung "Schöne Bescherung" (roughly ''Happy holidays''; lit. ''Nice gift-giving'', also ''Nice mess'') is a single by Die Toten Hosen. In concept, the song is a Christmas greeting. Another version of the song is availab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Gottlieb Peschel
Carl Gottlieb Peschel (31 March 1798, Dresden – 3 July 1879, Dresden) was a German painter. He was a member of the Nazarene movement. Biography Beginning in 1812, he became a student at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. When Carl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein was commissioned to paint the ceilings at the Schloss Pillnitz, Peschel worked as his assistant. He inherited part of his father's military pension and used the money to finance a study trip to Rome with his friend Adolf Zimmermann in 1825-1826. When he returned home, he supported himself by giving drawing lessons and painting snuff cans. After the Saxon Art Association bought his painting ''Eliezer and Rebecca at the Well'', he was able to give full attention to his work. He was commissioned to complete the frescoes at the Härtel House in Leipzig after Bonaventura Genelli had gotten into several quarrels and walked off the job. From 1836 to 1838, he was engaged by Johann Gottlob von Quandt to paint frescoes, depi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Johann Wolfgang (von) Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German polymath who is widely regarded as the most influential writer in the German language. His work has had a wide-ranging influence on literary, political, and philosophical thought in the Western world from the late 18th century to the present.. A poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre-director, and critic, his works include plays, poetry and aesthetic criticism, as well as treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour. Goethe took up residence in Weimar in 1775 following the success of his first novel, '' The Sorrows of Young Werther'' (1774), and joined a thriving intellectual and cultural environment under the patronage of Duchess Anna Amalia that formed the basis of Weimar Classicism. He was ennobled by Karl August, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, in 1782. Goethe was an early participant in the ''Sturm und Drang'' literary movement. During his first ten years in Weimar, Goethe became a membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
