The conservation area in keywords

- By train or bus:
Via Dresden or D?cín to Bad Schandau, Sebnitz or Neustadt (EuroCity service Berlin-Prague and suburban train S-Bahn S1); or by bus from Pirna (route 241)

- By car:
Motorway A 17 from Dresden to Pirna, federal highway B 172 to Bad Schandau

2. Accommodation:

TOURBU - information and booking office for the Saxon Switzerland tourism office(Tourismusverband Sächsische Schweiz e.V.
Bahnhofstr. 21/22
01796 Pirna
Phone:
+49 (3501) 47 01 -47
Fax: -48
info@sax-ch.de
www.saechsische-schweiz.de

3. National Park Information:

National Park Authority Saxon Switzerland
An der Elbe 4
01814 Bad Schandau
Phone:
+49 (3 50 22) 900-600
Fax: -666

National Park House Saxon Switzerland

4. Guided hikes:

5. Rambler's map:

Topographische Karte Sächsisch-Böhmische Schweiz 1:25.000 mit naturkundlichem und touristischem Begleitheft,
(Topographical map of Saxon-Bohemian Switzerland 1:25.000 with natural history and tourist accompanying booklet)
ISBN: 3-89679-361-6

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General

Year of establishment: 1990
Area: 93.5 km², consisting of two parts
Forest share: 92% of conservation area
Quiescent area (without human intervention): at present 40% - objective within the next 30 years: >75% (in accordance with IUCN category II)
Inhabitants: approx. 100
Hiking trails: 400 km

Remarkable features

Unique forest and rocky landscape
The national park (NLP) is embedded in the area of outstanding natural beauty (LSG) Saxon Switzerland: NLP + LSG form as a whole the "Saxon Switzerland National Park Region".
In the south-east it borders on the Bohemian Switzerland National Park in the Czech Republic which is also surrounded by an area of outstanding natural beauty.
These four areas protect a cross-border natural region of
710 km² - the Elbe Sandstone Mountains.

Natural region Elbe Sandstone Mountains

Cretaceous period landscape formed by erosion (came into being approx. 90 million years ago) made up of quader sandstone in three strata, often overlaid with sediments from the Ice Age, in the boundary areas granite and individual eruptions of basalt
Altitude: between 110 m (Elbe by Pirna) up to 723 m above sea level (Snĕžník, Czech Republic)
Annual mean temperature: 7 to 8 °C
Annual mean precipitation: 700 - 900 mm