Saxon Switzerland, East Germany

Saxon Switzerland, East Germany

Little #Switzerland of #Saxony in East #Germany

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If you want to cross the river, you need to take this little boat because there are no bridges around here. It’s really neat, isn’t it? Small boat.

It’s called a ferry. Yes.

These are the sandstone rocks which is characteristic for the Saxon Switzerland. the Switzerland of Saxony in Germany.

Yeah, the sandstones again.

The Switzerland of Saxony refers to the East German part of the Elbe sand stone mountains in Saxony.

And look at these unique mountains. Isn’t that very remarkable here at the Elbe River?

Amazing. Really amazing.

This is such a magical landscape.

really hidden at the eastern corner in Saxony in East Germany near the border to Poland and Czech Republic. And look at the shape of the rocks. They stick out like fingers pointing to the sky. Very unique sandstone rock. formations.

So there are many higher mountains in this area like the one in front of us. And because there are so many mountains, this area is called the Switzerland of Saxony.

And it’s very popular among tourists.

Especially interesting for its hiking trails.

There are stairs down there. So, looks like a trail, hiking trail.

So, this restaurant in the hotel has its own herb garden.

And with these herbs, they cook their organic food. So you have peppermint and rosemary and all kinds of different herbs. And here on the left side, you see they grow their own tomatoes. So delicious.

And here we can see a historic elevator

that’s probably 100 years

or older than 100 years. And yeah, it elevates the tourists up to the mountain where you have a great view of the Elbe River Valley.

This is a Baumstriezel. And here this is for love letters.

A small ferry crossing the Elbe River. Very picturesque.

The painter Caspar David Friedrich

painted famous paintings in this area.

The painter Caspar David Friedrich who lived from 1774 until 1840 and is one of the most famous painters of the romantic period. He drew a lot of inspiration from the Switzerland of Saxony and some of his most well-known famous paintings who are inspired by this area and if you Google Caspar David Friedrich you will see them and mostly you see absolutely stunning awesome scenery natural scenery mostly around many woods and you can really feel the awe and the beauty of nature and it’s very, you know, inspiring to look at them.

This is the national park of

Saxony Switzerland.

Wow, look at these roots here.

Not very easy to

walk here.

Wow, this is incredible.

It almost looks like on being on a different planet or some kind of fantasy land.

These are very abstract formations, almost surreal,

very breathtaking.

The name Saxone Switzerland originated in the 18th century.

The two Swiss artist Adrian Zingg and Anton Graff were appointed the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts in 1766. From their new adopted home, they saw a mountain range to the east about a day’s march away. It presented a remarkably flat, flattened panorama without any real peaks. The landscape reminded them of their homeland, the Swiss Jura.

It’s very central located within the Saxony Switzerland.

This is really breathtaking. Unbelievable.

Completely surreal.

The Elbe river. Wow. Look at this. This is so panoramic.

Have you ever seen something like that? No. It’s Breathtaking.

Wow.

This is unbelievable. It’s a world of wonder. It’s Saxon Switzerland.

Vertigo provoking height.

Can’t have any words for this.

It all starts here on the left hand side with a small rock being covered by the trees and then if you look to the right there’s a really amazing scenery. I’ve never seen anything like this. And down here there are stairs so you can climb in between and go up the mountain.

Oh, this is the Bastai Bridge over there. Very famous Bastai Bridge.

The most iconic part of the Switzerland of Saxony.