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Contacts for emergencies Anyone who needs help urgently is directed to the right contact person quickly, whatever their circumstances. If you are forwarded to a German-language page, please use your browser’s automatic translation function. Utilities Accidents, emergency calls and emergencies relating to electricity, gas, district heating, drinking water or wastewater +49 3501 764444 Information…

Pirna cultural & tourism company The Pirna cultural & tourism company was founded with the purpose of privatizing the city's cultural sector and merging it with tourism promotion in one company. This resulted in a significant improvement in the interaction of the different cultural areas in the city of Pirna and improved use of synergy effects. The aim of the company is the development and…

An investment that pays off Pirna offers the best conditions for ambitious corporate goals: attractive commercial space, modern infrastructure and a top location in the immediate vicinity of Dresden, in the center of the most important economic region in the new federal states. Around 1.2 million people live and work here. Internationally important sectors such as microelectronics, electrical…

Binational boarding school of the Friedrich Schiller Grammar School The building complex at Schloßstraße 9–13 and Schmiedestraße 50–54 comprises five interconnected buildings stretching from Schloßstraße to Schmiedestraße. Most of these are former residential buildings from the 16th/17th century, which were in poor structural condition after the end of the GDR in 1990 and were largely vacant. The…

Camping, Caravaning & Hostels If you don't like hotels and guesthouses or break the tight holiday budget too quickly, you can fall back on cheap alternatives in Pirna. For nature lovers, Camping Pirna offers the ideal place to stay. Caravan and motorhome pitches are also available here. Motorhome owners who use Pirna as a transit destination also have a public car park with parking spaces directly…

Mills in the Gottleuba Valley and the Pirna fulling mill Numerous water mills have existed along the Gottleuba, which flows from the ridge of the Eastern Ore Mountains to the Elbe, since the Middle Ages. They were mainly used to process grain, vegetable oils and wood. There were also hammer mills and ironworks in the vicinity of the mining town of Berggießhübel. From the 19th century onwards, the…

The Gottlaubatal railway: prehistory, railway construction to Berggießhübel and first years of operation In the course of industrialisation, a dense railway network developed in Saxony between the larger cities and in the direction of neighbouring states following the construction of the first German long-distance railway between Dresden and Leipzig (1839). Pirna gained access to the railway as…