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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…

Equalisation and renaturation measures - section between Dresdner Straße and Walkmühlenweg After the tracks of the Gottleuba Valley railway were dismantled in 2002, nature developed largely undisturbed in the area of the railway embankment. Flower-rich ruderal vegetation* as well as hedges, bushes and individual trees such as bramble, field maple and alder established themselves. The area serves…

Floods in the Gottleuba Valley - The tied arch bridge on Walkmühlenweg Floods in the Gottleuba Valley The Gottleuba rises in the ridge area of the Bohemian Eastern Ore Mountains at an altitude of approx. 719 metres and flows into the Elbe in Pirna after almost 34 kilometres at an altitude of approx. 111 metres. The source area of the river is one of the classic flood areas. Heavy rainfall and…

Remscheid Remscheid is one of the largest towns in the Bergisches Land and is also well-known as the “Seestadt auf dem Berge” (the maritime city of the mountains) with a view to the importance of trade and industry. The town started to be called by this name towards the end of the decade before last, as the Remscheid metal and tooling industry traded and still trades with many companies overseas…

High-quality geographic information on Pirna Geo data provide information on objects, terrain and infrastructure to which a certain geographic location on the earth’s surface can be assigned. They describe individual items of a territory and can be linked together using spatial references. Over recent years, it has become increasingly important for high-quality digital geographic information to be…

Active in sports in Pirna's club life Angeln, Cheerleading, Fliegen, Fußball, Handball, Karate, Radfahren, Reiten, Tauchen, Tennis, Tanzen – diese Liste der Sportarten, die in Pirna im Verein organisiert sind, ist vielfältig und mit dieser Aufzählung noch lange nicht vollständig. Viele Preise und Ehrungen konnten schon errungen werden, aber das wichtigste ist und bleibt der Spaß an der Sache. List…

Working for social associations Pirna has a number of associations that help those in need and which seek to take action for social welfare. These include support centres for children, for people in debt, for people with disabilities, for people with addictions, for the sick or the elderly - essentially for anyone going through difficult times, with the focus always being on the individual. List…