Tharandt Forest

#1999 among destinations in Germany

Nature, Natural attraction, Forest

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The Tharandt Forest is a landscape in the centre of the German Free State of Saxony and lies southwest of the forest town of Tharandt, south of the town of Wilsdruff, roughly between the cities of Freiberg and Dresden. Administratively it is fully part of the borough of Tharandt today and bears a legally-protected strapline with the text: Tharandter Wald – schönster Wald Sachsens, which goes back to the tourist advertisements of the 1920s. ()

Local name: Tharandter Wald Coordinates: 50°57'32"N, 13°29'50"E

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SaxonyGermany

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Tharandt Forest – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Forstbotanischer Garten Tharandt, Burg Tharandt, Kesselsdorf, Alte Röder Nature Reserve.

3.9 miNE
Botanical garden
Forstbotanischer Garten Tharandt
101 min walk • The Forstbotanischer Garten Tharandt, also known as the Sächsisches Landesarboretum, is an arboretum maintained by the Dresden University of Technology.
4 miNE
Forts and castles
Burg Tharandt
102 min walk • Tharandt Castle-a castle located in Tharandt near Freital in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osherzgebirge poviat, currently in a state of ruins. Its history dates back to the beginning of the 13th century. The first owner of the castle was Dytryk and depressed, the margrave of Miles. The building was modeled on the Tarantsberg Tyrolean castle.
6.8 miNE
Village
Kesselsdorf
174 min walk • Kesselsdorf is a village in Saxony, Germany, part of the town of Wilsdruff. It is located close to the Saxon capital city of Dresden.
4 miNW
National park
Alte Röder Nature Reserve
103 min walk • The Alte Röder Nature Reserve lies on the left bank of the Black Elster river between the village of Prieschka in the municipality of Bad Liebenwerda and the village of Würdenhain which belongs to Röderland. It is located within the Lower Lusatian Heath Nature Park, which covers an area of 484 km².
6.1 miSW
Bridge
Hammerbrücke, Freiberg
155 min walk • The historic Hammer Bridge, designated as a cultural monument and passable only on foot and by bicycle, spans the Freiberg Mulde River 2 km east of the city center of Freiberg. It was built in 1576 as a road bridge on the Chemnitz-Freiberg-Dresden...
5.5 miE
50°57'48"N • 13°37'28"E
Weisse Bank, Rabenau
142 min walk • View point
5.5 miE
50°57'38"N • 13°37'21"E
Vogelstellige, Rabenau
140 min walk • View point