Rathen
Sign in to savethumb|Rathen shortly after the 2006 flood thumb|left|district Oberrathen - view from Bastei
Key facts
- German location.image_photo
- SaxonBastei1.JPG
- German location.image_coa
- Wappen Rathen.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Rathen in PIR.svg
- German location.state
- Sachsen
- German location.district
- Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
- German location.Verwaltungsgemeinschaft
- Königstein/Sächs. Schweiz
- German location.elevation
- 112
- German location.area
- 3.56
- German location.postal_code
- 01824
- German location.area_code
- 035024
- German location.licence
- PIR
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 14628310
- German location.divisions
- 2
- German location.mayor
- Roman Rolof
- German location.leader_term
- 2022–29
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6 sectionsContents
- History
- Tourism
- Local places of interest
- Transport
- References
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thumb|Rathen shortly after the 2006 flood thumb|left|district Oberrathen - view from Bastei
Rathen () is a village in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains, in Saxony, Germany, about southeast of Dresden. The village occupies both banks of the river Elbe and, as of 2020, has 339 inhabitants. Rathen is a popular tourist destination, the main sights are the Bastei cliffs, the Amselsee (a lake), and the outdoor theater "Felsenbühne Rathen".