 View from the Carolafelsen The Saxon Switzerland National Park is a National Park in the german Free State of Saxony next to the capital city of Dresden. It covers two areas of 93,5 km² in the hearth of the german part of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains which is literally called the Saxon Switzerland. Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales, UK A national park is a reserve of land, usually declared and owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution. ...
The Free State of Saxony (German: Freistaat Sachsen; Sorbian: Swobodny Stat Sakska) is the easternmost federal state of Germany. ...
For other uses, see Dresden (disambiguation). ...
Rocks at Elbe Sandstone Mountains The Elbe Sandstone Mountains (German Elbsandsteingebirge, Czech Labské pÃskovce) is a mountain range. ...
Bastei bridge The Saxon Switzerland is a mountainous climbing area and national park near the cultural and technological center of Dresden in the state of Saxony, Germany. ...
Location The National Park is the centre of a natural area of almost 710 km². This region is called the Saxon Switzerland National Park Region and is cultivated by humans at many places. Some smaller towns and villages like Bad Schandau or Königstein in the district of Sächsische Schweiz are part of this region. Bad Schandau, is a town of Germany, in the state of Saxony. ...
Königstein is a town in the Bundesland Saxony in Germany. ...
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The core area of the National Park has a quiescent area of 40% and is covered almost completely by forest. The National Park which grants highest natural protection in Germany was established in 1990.
Landscape The Saxon Switzerland is an intensive fissured and rocky canyon landscape. The highest peak of the National Park is at 556 metre above sea level but only in short distance to the valley of the Elbe river at 110 to 120 metre. It offers a couple of different habitats and microclimate zones due to its strong vertical division. The National Park still hosts some forms of forrest without human intervention which is a exception in central europe. The special forms of mountain forest and gorge forest are endangered in Europe generelly. Because of the saboulus soil and the fissures many places in that area are dryer than normally in the temperate zone and are offering rough condition. Grand Canyon, Arizona A canyon or gorge is a deep valley between cliffs often carved from the Earth by a river. ...
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Tourism and sports The National Parks is in some case in conflict with tourism and sports. One objective is to rise the inviolate area to 75% which means to limit the areas of hiking and climbing. Today there are some 400 km hiking paths, 49,9 km biking paths, and 755 climbing location with around 12.600 possibilities of climbing routes.
External links - Nationalpark Sächsische Schweiz
- Short information in English language
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