{"id":7120,"date":"2016-03-29T07:30:21","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T07:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=7120"},"modified":"2017-11-30T15:12:09","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T15:12:09","slug":"german-nationalparks-part-7-sachsische-schweiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/german-nationalparks-part-7-sachsische-schweiz\/","title":{"rendered":"German Nationalparks \u2013 Part 7: S\u00e4chsische Schweiz"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is part 7 of the series here on the German Blog, the German\u00a0Nationalparks<\/em>, a series on the 16 National Parks of Germany. Last week, I wanted to make a post as well, but I was in Rome for a week and just couldn’t find the time.<\/p>\n

In the previous weeks, we went to the\u00a0Bayerischer Wald<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0Harz<\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0Eifel<\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0M\u00fcritz<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0Berchtesgaden<\/a>, <\/em>and the\u00a0Schwarzwald<\/a><\/em>.\u00a0Today, it is time for the\u00a0S\u00e4chsische Schweiz<\/em>!<\/p>\n

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The National Parks in Germany (Image by Lencer at Commons.wikimedia.org under license CC BY SA 3.0)<\/p><\/div>\n

Der Nationalpark S\u00e4chsische Schweiz<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Similar to the Nationalpark\u00a0Harz<\/a><\/em>, the\u00a0S\u00e4chsische Schweiz\u00a0<\/em>(Saxon Switzerland)\u00a0was established on October 1, 1990 as part of the\u00a0Nationalpark\u00a0<\/em>program of the former\u00a0German Democratic Republic (GDR) or\u00a0DDR (Deutsche Demokratische Republik<\/em>).\u00a0<\/em>It is part of the\u00a0Elbsandsteingebirge\u00a0<\/em>(Elbe sandstone mountains), which crosses the border into the Czech Republic, which is also protected. There, it is called the\u00a0B\u00f6hmische Schweiz\u00a0<\/em>(Bohemian Switzerland).<\/p>\n

But what about its name? Before, it was called “Mei\u00dfner Hochland”. Why is it called\u00a0S\u00e4chsische Schweiz<\/em>\u00a0today?\u00a0<\/em>Sure, it is in\u00a0Bundesland Sachsen\u00a0<\/em>(Federal State Saxony), but\u00a0the\u00a0Schweiz\u00a0<\/em>(Switzerland) is far, far away. Well, the story goes that at the end of the 18th century, two artists from Switzerland who studied in Dresden looked out over this landscape, and were reminded of their home country. The term was popularized from there.<\/p>\n

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What is special about the\u00a0Nationalpark S\u00e4chsische Schweiz?<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n
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The typical view you will find in the S\u00e4chsische Schweiz (Image by Prazak at Commons.wikimedia.org under license CC BY 2.5)<\/p><\/div>\n

Very clearly, the special feature of this park are the\u00a0Felsen\u00a0<\/em>(rocks) everywhere. The\u00a0S\u00e4chsische Schweiz\u00a0<\/em>is the only park in Germany that hosts such\u00a0Elbsandsteingebirge.\u00a0<\/em>And they are stunning!<\/p>\n