Bad Schandau

town in Saxon Switzerland, Germany

Porschdorf is a former municipality in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, in Saxony, in eastern Germany. With effect from 1 January 2012, it has been incorporated into the town of Bad Schandau.

The Kirnitzsch (German), in Bohemia also called the Kirnischt, , is a right tributary of the River Elbe, which passes through the Czech Republic and the German state of Saxony.

rural tramway in Saxony, Germany

thumb|The Schrammsteine thumb|The High and Middle Torstein - part of the Schrammsteine. Background: the Falkenstein (Saxon Switzerland)|Falkenstein near [[Bad Schandau]] The Schrammsteine are a long, strung-out, very jagged group of rocks in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains located east of Bad Schandau in Saxon Switzerland in eastern Germany. To the north they are bordered by the Kirnitzsch valley, to the south by the Elbe valley and to the east by the Affensteine rocks. The high point of the chain lies at over . The viewing point on the Schrammsteine lies at a height of .

thumb|The Affensteine thumb|View looking west from the Carolafelsen

mountain of Saxon Switzerland, Germany

architectural structure

railway station in Bad Schandau, Germany