Pirna
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
Administrative region	Dresden
District	Sächsische Schweiz
Population	40,198 (2005)
Area	53.01 km²
Population density	758 /km²
Elevation	109-340 m
Coordinates	50°58′N 13°56′E / 50.967, 13.933Coordinates: 50°58′N 13°56′E / 50.967, 13.933
Postal code	01781-01796
Area code	03501
Licence plate code	PIR
Mayor	Markus Ulbig (CDU)
Website	pirna.de

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Pirna is a city in the Free State of Saxony, Germany in the administrative district of the Sächsische Schweiz. The city's population is 40,380 (2004). Pirna is located near Dresden and is an important district town as well as a Große Kreisstadt. It is also known for the gassing of about 15,000 disabled people in Schloss Sonnenstein between June 1940 and August 1941, killings which ceased after pressure was exerted on the authorities by the local population. Today, a small plaque at the base of Sonnenstein Castle remembers the dead. The Free State of Saxony (German: Freistaat Sachsen; Sorbian: Swobodny Stat Sakska) has a land area of 18,413 km² and a population of 4. ... This article is about the district. ... Dresden (Sorbian: Drježdźany; etymologically from Old Sorbian Drežďany, meaning people of the riverside forest, Czech: ) is the capital city of the German Federal Free State of Saxony. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Schloss Sonnenstein, also know as Sonnenstein der Pirna, is a mountain with a former fortress located near Pirna, Saxony, Germany. ...

Geography

Geographical location

Pirna is located near the Elbsandsteingebirge in the Elbe valley, where the nearby rivers Wesenitz, in the north, and Gottleuba to the south, flow into the Elbe. Pirna is also called Tor zur Sächsischen Schweiz (gate to the Sächsische Schweiz). The Sächsische Weinstraße, which goes from Pirna over Pillnitz, Dresden, and Meißen to Diesbar-Seußlitz, was dedicated in 1992. In August of 2002, the city suffered great damage in the widespread flooding in Europe at the time. This article or section should be merged with Sächsische Schweiz This article is about the landscape. ... The Elbe valley of Dresden, Germany The Elbe valley is most often used as a term for the valley in which most quarters of Dresden are located. ... The Wesenitz is a river in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, tributary of the Elbe. ... The Gottleuba is a small river in the Czech Republic and Germany. ... This article is about a river in Central Europe. ... This article is about the district. ... Pillnitz Pillnitz is a city quarter of Dresden, Germany. ... Dresden (Sorbian: Drježdźany; etymologically from Old Sorbian Drežďany, meaning people of the riverside forest, Czech: ) is the capital city of the German Federal Free State of Saxony. ... Meißen, internationally most known for porcelain, is a town of approximately 35,000 near Dresden on the river Elbe in the State of Saxony in the southern part of eastern Germany. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Floods in Dresden In August of 2002 a 100-year flood caused by over a week of continuous heavy rains ravaged Europe, killing dozens, dispossessing thousands, and causing damage of billions of euros in the Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania and Croatia. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ...

Neighbouring municipalities

Pirna is located southeast of Dresden. Neighbouring municipalities are Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel (city), Bahretal, Dohma, Dohna (city), Dürrröhrsdorf-Dittersbach, Heidenau (city), Königstein (city), Lohmen, Stadt Wehlen (city), and Struppen. Dresden (Sorbian: Drježdźany; etymologically from Old Sorbian Drežďany, meaning people of the riverside forest, Czech: ) is the capital city of the German Federal Free State of Saxony. ... Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel is a place in the district, Sächsische Schweiz, Germany. ... Bahretal is a place in the Sächsische Schweiz district, Saxony, Germany. ... Dohma is a municipality in the Sächsische Schweiz district, in Saxony, Germany. ... Dohna is a place in the Sächsische Schweiz district, Saxony, Germany. ... Dürrröhrsdorf-Dittersbach is a Saxon (Germany) municipality in the district of Sächsische Schweiz. ... Heidenau is a town in the Sächsische Schweiz district, in Saxony, Germany. ... The term Königstein can refer to several places in Germany: Königstein im Taunus, town in Hesse Königstein (Sächsische Schweiz), town in Saxony Festung Königstein, castle near Königstein (Sächsische Schweiz) Königstein, Bavaria, municipality in Bavaria Königstein, Namibia, highest Mountain in Namibia This... For Lohmen in the district of Güstrow, see Lohmen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. ... Stadt Wehlen (also: Wehlen) is a town in the Sächsische Schweiz district, in Saxony, Germany. ... Struppen is a municipality in the Sächsische Schweiz district, in Saxony, Germany. ...

History

Stone Age

Tools made of flint from the late Paleolithic (about 12,000-8,000 BC), at the end of the last ice age, are evidence for the earliest human settlement in the area. Later on, people belonging to the Linear Pottery culture, who farmed grain and cattle, lived here during the Neolithic (5,500-4,000 BC) because of a good climate and Loess. Around 600 A.D. a Slavic group called the Sorbs, who were fishermen and farmers, succeeded the Germanic tribes in the Elbe Valley, who had lived in the area for a couple of centuries from the 4th century BC on. The name Pirna derives from the Sorbian phrase, na pernem, meaning on the hard (stone). The representation of a pear tree in the coat of arms was a later, fanciful, German-language notion about the town's name ("pear" is Birne in German, which sounds rather like "Pirna"). This article is about the sedimentary rock. ... // The Paleolithic is a prehistoric era distinguished by the development of stone tools. ... Variations in CO2, temperature and dust from the Vostok ice core over the last 400 000 years For the animated movie, see Ice Age (movie). ... // Linear pottery. ... An array of Neolithic artifacts, including bracelets, axe heads, chisels, and polishing tools. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The population of the Earth rises to about 208 million people. ... Distribution of Slavic people by language The Slavic peoples are a linguistic and ethnic branch of Indo-European peoples, living mainly in Europe, where they constitute roughly a third of the population. ... The Sorbs are a Slavic minority indigenous to the region known as Lusatia in the current German states of Saxony and Brandenburg (in former GDR territory). ... The 4th century BC started the first day of 400 BC and ended the last day of 301 BC. It is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. ... This article or section should be merged with List of Sorbian languages The Sorbian languages are members of the West Slavic branch of languages spoken in eastern Germany. ...

Pirna and Schloss Sonnenstein, by Bernardo Bellotto (Canaletto)

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Middle Ages

With the conquest of the Slavic communities and the founding of the Mark by the Germans (Heinrich I founded the castle of Meißen in 929), settlement in the Pirna area is again verifiable. The castle in Pirna, which was mentioned for the first time in 1269, probably already existed in the 11th century. In the context of the second Eastern German colonization the city was founded by Markgraf Heinrich der Erlauchte von Meißen). Meißen, internationally most known for porcelain, is a town of approximately 35,000 near Dresden on the river Elbe in the State of Saxony in the southern part of eastern Germany. ... Events Emir Abd-ar-rahman III of Cordoba declares himself caliph. ... Events Births Deaths Monarchs/Presidents Aragon - James I King of Aragon and count of Barcelona (reigned from 1213 to 1276) Categories: 1269 ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 11th century was that century which lasted from 1001 to 1100. ... Henry III, Margrave of Meissen in the Codex Manesse Henry III, der Erlauchte or Henry the Illustrious (ca. ...

The streets are aligned from east to west and from north to south forming a chessboardlike system. Only the streets east of the church are not in this shape because of the nearby Burgberg. In 1233, Pirna was mentioned for the first time in a document. In 1293 the king of Bohemia bought the city and the castle from the Bishop of Meißen. Thus Pirna belonged to Bohemia until 1405. Elburg gets its city-rights. ... Events May 20 - King Sancho IV of Castile creates the Study of General Schools of Alcala The Minoresses (Franciscan nuns) are first introduced into England Births Deaths Categories: 1293 ... Flag of Bohemia Bohemia (Czech: ; German: ) is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western and middle thirds of the Czech Republic. ... Events May 29 - Ralph Neville, Earl of Westmoreland, meets Archbishop Richard Scrope of York and Earl of Norfolk Thomas Mowbray in Shipton Moor, tricks them to send their rebellious army home and then imprisons them June 8 - Archbishop Richard Scrope of York and Thomas Mowbray, Earl of Norfolk, executed in...

Modern times

In 1502 the construction of the new church was begun under Meister Peter Ulrich von Pirna. With the introduction of the Reformation into Saxony in 1539, Anton Lauterbach, a friend of Martin Luther's, became pastor and superintendent. In 1544 the strategically important castle was upgraded to a fortress by Moritz von Sachsen. Three years later it withstood the siege by elector Johann Friedrich von Sachsen in the Schmalkaldic War. 1502 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Protestant Reformation was a movement which began in the 16th century as a series of attempts to reform the Roman Catholic Church, but ended in division and the establishment of new institutions, most importantly Lutheranism, Reformed churches, and Anabaptists. ... Events May 30 - In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal to find gold. ... Martin Luther (November 10, 1483 – February 18, 1546) was a German monk,[1] priest, professor, theologian, and church reformer. ... Events April 11 - Battle of Ceresole - French forces under the Comte dEnghien defeat Imperial forces under the Marques Del Vasto near Turin. ... Maurice of Saxony, born March 21, 1521, Freiberg, Saxony, died July 9, 1553, Sievershausen, Saxony Moritz von Sachsen Duke (1541–53) and later elector (1547–53) of Saxony, whose clever manipulation of alliances and disputes gained the Albertine branch of the Wettin dynasty extensive lands and the electoral dignity. ... Portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1531 Johann Friedrich I, Elector of Saxony (30 June 1503 - 3 March 1554), called John the Magnanimous, was head of the Protestant Confederation of Germany (the Schmalkaldic League), Champion of the Reformation. He was the son of John the Steadfast of Saxony and born... Political situation during the Schmalkaldic War, 1547 The Schmalkaldic War (German: ) refers to the short period of violence from 1546 until 1547 between the forces of Charles V and the Schmalkaldic League within the domains of the Holy Roman Empire. ...

On April 23, 1639, the city was invaded by Swedish troops under the commander in chief of the Swedish army Johan Banér. During the futile five-month siege of the fortress the city was greatly devastated. About 600 people were murdered (Pirnarisches Elend, lit. Misery of Pirna). In around 1670, the Festung Sonnenstein (fortress) was built with modern military insights. Only the powerful stonework still exists today. In 1707, Pirna had debts that related to the Great Northern War of more than 100,000 Thalern. is the 113th day of the year (114th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events January 14 - Connecticuts first constitution, the Fundamental Orders, is adopted. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Johan Banér (June 23, 1596 - May 10, 1641) was a Swedish soldier in the Thirty Years War. ... 1670 was a common year beginning on a Saturday in countries using the Julian calendar and a Wednesday in countries using the Gregorian calendar. ... Events January 1 - John V is crowned King of Portugal March 26 - The Acts of Union becomes law, making the separate Kingdoms of England and Scotland into one country, the Kingdom of Great Britain. ... Combatants Sweden Ottoman Empire (1710–1714) Ukrainian Cossacks Russia Denmark-Norway Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Saxony after 1718 Prussia Hanover Commanders Charles XII of Sweden Ahmed III Ivan Mazepa Peter the Great Frederick IV of Denmark Augustus II the Strong Strength 77,000 in the beginning of the war. ... Examples of German and Austrian Thalers compared to a US quarter piece (bottom center) The Thaler (or Taler) was a silver coin used throughout Europe for almost four hundred years. ...

Prussian Pirna

On August 29, 1756, the small Saxon army fled before the Prussians, who had invaded without declaring war, to the levels between Festung Königstein and Schloss Sonnenstein and capitulated there on October 16, two days after Schloss Sonnenstein surrendered. In 1758, Austrian troops and the Imperial Army besieged the fortress. is the 241st day of the year (242nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1756 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Anthem Preußenlied, Heil dir im Siegerkranz (both unofficial) The Kingdom of Prussia at its greatest extent, at the time of the formation of the German Empire, 1871 Capital Berlin Government Monarchy King  - 1701 — 1713 Frederick I (first)  - 1888 — 1918 William II (last) Prime minister  - 1848 Adolf Heinrich von Arnim... View from the river Elbe to the fortress View from Festung Königstein, looking down onto the Elbe and the town of Königstein Festung Königstein is a famously impregnable fortress near Dresden, in Saxon Switzerland, Germany, near the town of Königstein. ... Schloss Sonnenstein, also know as Sonnenstein der Pirna, is a mountain with a former fortress located near Pirna, Saxony, Germany. ... Balian of Ibelin surrendering the city of Jerusalem to Saladin, from Les Passages faits Outremer par les Français contre les Turcs et autres Sarrasins et Maures outremarins, ca. ... Year 1758 (MDCCLVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ...

Napoleonic Pirna

Manufacturing plants opened in 1774 in Pirna. In 1811 in Sonnenstein, the physician Ernst Gottlob Pienitz opened a mental hospital. But on September 14, 1813, French troops occupied Sonnenstein, forcing the evacuation of 275 patients, seizing supplies and tearing the roof trusses out to remove the threat of fire. In September of 1813, emperor Napoleon temporarily lived at the Marienhaus at the market. Until Dresden's surrender on November 11 the French defended the fortress. Only in February did the hospital for the mentally ill open again. Chesma Column in Tsarskoe Selo, commemorating the end of the Russo-Turkish War. ... 1811 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... is the 257th day of the year (258th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1813 (MDCCCXIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... Sonnenstein is southern a mountain, of Fulpmes in Stubaital, Tyrol, Austria. ... Year 1813 (MDCCCXIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... Bonaparte as general Napoléon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a general of the French Revolution and was the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic from November 11, 1799 to May 18, 1804, then as Emperor of the French (Empereur... Dresden (Sorbian: Drježdźany; etymologically from Old Sorbian Drežďany, meaning people of the riverside forest, Czech: ) is the capital city of the German Federal Free State of Saxony. ... is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also: Schloss Sonnenstein, Margraviate of Meißen, Kings of Saxony, History of Bohemia, History of Saxony, History of Germany Schloss Sonnenstein, also know as Sonnenstein der Pirna, is a mountain with a former fortress located near Pirna, Saxony, Germany. ... Meißen, with the Albrechtsburg and the Cathedral of Sts. ... Bohemia became a part of the Habsburg Lands (later - after 1810 - unofficially known as the Austrian Empire) in 1526 ( when the young Bohemian king, Ludvik, died in the well-known Battle of Mohacs against Turks), when Bohemian Parliament voted for Ferdinand of Habsburg as the king of Bohemia. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... The History of Germany begins with the establishment of the nation from Ancient Roman times to the 8th century, and then continues into the Holy Roman Empire dating from the 9th century until 1806 . ...

Industrial revolution, Imperial Germany and the Weimar Republic

In 1837, steamship travel began on the upper Elbe. A few years later, a railway line connecting Dresden and Pirna opened. Pirna became an industrial city in 1862 with the building of factories. Mechanical engineering, glass, cellulose and rayon production also expanded. In 1875, the sandstone Elbbrücke (bridge on the Elbe) was completed. During the First World War Pirna became a garrison and the engineer battalions 12 and 5 of the Royal Saxon field artillery regiment No. 64 were billeted on Rottwerndorfer Straße. In 1922/23 the city absorbed several municipalities including Posta, Niedervogelgesang, Obervogelgesang, Copitz, Hinterjessen, Neundorf, Zuschendorf, Rottwerndorf and Zehista. The population then totalled 30,000 inhabitants. Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837 - 1901) 1837 (MDCCCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... For other uses, see Steamboat (disambiguation). ... This article is about 1862 . ... 1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Posta, situated on the right bank of the river Elbe, has since 1922 formed part of the town of Pirna in the Sächsische Schweiz (Saxon Switzerland) district of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. ... Niedervogelgesang is part of the city of Pirna since 1922. ... Copitz is a subdivision of Pirna. ... There are multiple communes and places in Germany that have the name Neundorf: Neundorf (Anhalt), in the Aschersleben-Staßfurt district, Saxony-Anhalt Neundorf (bei Lobenstein) , in the Saale-Orla-Kreis district, Thuringia Neundorf (bei Schleiz) , in the Saalt-Orla-Kreis district, Thuringia Neundorf (Pirna), a locality of Pirna in... Categories: Rough translations | Pirna | Germany geography stubs ... Rottwerndorf is part of Pirna since 1922 is a subdivision in Sächsische Schweiz in Saxony-Anhalt. ... Zehista is a subdivision of the German municipality of Pirna. ...

Holocaust

World War II

From early 1940, until end of June 1942 a part of Sonnenstein castle in Pirna was converted into a euthanasia killing centre. A gas chamber and crematorium were installed in the cellar of the former men's sanitary (building C 16). A high brick-wall on two sides of the complex shielded it from outside while a high hoarding was erected on the other sides. Four buildings were located inside the shielding. They were used for offices, living rooms for the personnel etc. Sleeping quarters for the "burners" (men who burned the bodies) were provided for in the attic of building C 16. It is possible that other sections of the buildings were also used by T4. This poster reads: 60,000 Reichsmarks is what this person suffering from hereditary defects costs the community during his lifetime. ...

From end of June 1940 until September 1942 approximately 15,000 persons were killed in the scope of the euthanasia programme and the Sonderbehandlung 14f13. The staff consisted of about 100 persons. One third of them were ordered to the extermination camps in occupied Poland, because of their experiences in deception, killing, gassing and burning innocent people.

There were trained the killing groups who mounted the killing machinery in the later camps like Treblinka from TishBeAv 1942 and the others. This was kept unrecognised until 1989 in Germany, but after that there was created a Stiftung in order to have a remembrance of that catastrophe being built which was erected on June 2000. [1]

During August / September 1942 the Sonnenstein killing centre was liquidated and incriminating installations such as gas chamber installations and crematorium ovens dismantled. From October 1942 the buildings were used as a military hospital.

Amalgamations

The cities that were amalgamated with Pirna are:

• 1850: Hausberggemeinde
• 1922/23: Posta, Niedervogelgesang, Zuschendorf, Neundorf, Rottwerndorf, Hinter-Jessen und Copitz
• 1930: Zehista
• 1950: Cunnersdorf, Mockethal, Zatzschkepp
• 1971: Liebethal
• 1974: Krietzschwitz, Obervogelgesang
• 1998: Birkwitz-Pratzschwitz, Graupa

Posta, situated on the right bank of the river Elbe, has since 1922 formed part of the town of Pirna in the Sächsische Schweiz (Saxon Switzerland) district of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. ... Niedervogelgesang is part of the city of Pirna since 1922. ... Categories: Rough translations | Pirna | Germany geography stubs ... Neundorf is a subdivision of Pirna, Germany. ... Rottwerndorf is part of Pirna since 1922 is a subdivision in Sächsische Schweiz in Saxony-Anhalt. ... Copitz is a subdivision of Pirna. ... Zehista is a subdivision of the German municipality of Pirna. ... Krietzschwitz is a subdivision of Pirna, in Saxony, Germany. ...

Population

Change of Population (from 1960, all figures for December 31): is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Dialect

The main dialect spoken in Pirna is the Saxon dialect group called : Südostmeißnische, which is one of the five Meißenisch group of dialects. A dialect (from the Greek word διάλεκτος) is a variant, or variety, of a language spoken in a certain geographical area. ...

City partnership

• - Varkaus, Finland - since 1961
• - Děčín, the Czech Republic - since 1975
• - Longuyon, France - since 1980
• - Bolesławiec, Poland - since 1980
• - Remscheid (North Rhine-Westphalia) - seit 1990.

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Culture and sites of interest

Museums

• Pirna museum = Stadtmuseum Pirna, located at 2 Klosterhof
• Botanical collections and Landschloss Pirna - Zuschendorf
• DDR Museum - museum devoted to East Germany memoribilia
• Richard Wagner Museum Graupa

Music

• Neue Elbland Philharmonie with 60 musicians and about 160 concerts every year.
• Pirnaer Jazznacht, which in 2004 took place for the fifth time.

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Persons

• Johann Tetzel (1465 - 1519)
• Ioannes Sommerus (1542 - 1574) - Transylvanian theologian and chronicler
• Theophilus Jacobäer (1591 - 1659) - pharmacist, "rescuer" in the Thirty Years' War
• Johann Siegmund von Liebenau (1607 - 1671) - captain and Commander-in-Chief of fortresses in Saxony
• William Adolph Haußner (1819 - 1849) - physician and city delegate, revolutionist from 1848-49
• Anna Marie Geibelt (1838 - 1923)
• Friedrich August Greif - founder of the Greif endowment
• Dr. Ernst Gottlob Pienitz (1777 - 1853) - Psychatric reformer
• Carl William Häcker - pioneer of photography
• Oskar Speck – Founder of the city scientific historiography in Pirna
• Hugo Küttner (1880 - 1945) - entrepreneur
• Siegfried Rädel (1893 - 1943) - city delegate
• Eva Schulze-Knabe (1907 - 1976) - painter
• Gertrud Eysoldt (1870 - 1955) - actress and director

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See also

• Geibeltbad Pirna

The Geibeltbad Pirna is a lido with attached swimming pool in Pirna. ...

External links

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General map City map of Pirna

• Pirna's city archives
• Kuratorium Altstadt e.V.
• Erlpeter, with articles of history
• Contributions to Pirna's history (by Hugo Jensch)
• Sonnenstein Memorial
• Pirnaer City Portal
• Pirna-Portal
• Program of its festivities