Birkenhain
District of Lotzen
in Saxony, Germany

Noteable things around
Location Summary
Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
51.069 and 13.487 (Lat./Lng.)
Coordinates by Time:
N 51° 4' 7" and E 13° 29' 11"
Currency and Currency Code:
Euro - EUR
Spoken languages:
German
Local electricity:
Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
Local Time: 07:39 PM (Friday)
Timezone: Europe/Berlin
UTC/GMT offset: 1 hours
Sunrise and Sunset:
5:33 am and 8:32 pm
Antipode Coordinates:
-44.033 and -176.367 (Lat./Lng.)
Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Ouwenga
References
This place on Geonames.org
Current travel safety evaluation for Germany in Western Europe

Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to Germany.

Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Germany. Last Update: 2024-05-03 08:06:06

Delve into Birkenhain

The district Birkenhain of Lotzen in Saxony is a district located in Germany about 101 mi south of Berlin, the country's capital town.

In need of a room? We compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.

Since you are here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Klipphausen, Meissen, Niederau, Weinbohla and Reinsberg. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.

Local weather forecast

Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 16°C / 61 °F

Morning Temperature 12°C / 54 °F
Evening Temperature 14°C / 57 °F
Night Temperature 11°C / 51 °F
Chance of rainfall 2%
Air Humidity 68%
Air Pressure 1010 hPa
Wind Speed Moderate breeze with 11 km/h (7 mph) from North-West
Cloud Conditions Broken clouds, covering 75% of sky
General Conditions Moderate rain

Saturday, 4th of May 2024

15°C (59 °F)
11°C (53 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.

Sunday, 5th of May 2024

18°C (64 °F)
10°C (50 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.

Monday, 6th of May 2024

18°C (64 °F)
13°C (56 °F)
Moderate rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.

Hotels and Places to Stay

Parkhotel Forsthaus

Address
6,6 mi
Am Kurplatz 13
01737 Hartha
Germany

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


Zur Ausspanne Gasthof und Landhotel

Address
1,0 mi
An der Silberstr. 2
01665 Klipphausen
Germany

Time Information

Checkout: 15:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: 7:00 - 22:00
Weekend: closed


Axxe Hotel

Address
2,6 mi
An der A4 Süd Chemnitz - Dresden
01723 Wilsdruff
Germany

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


Blaue Mühle

Address
5,2 mi
Hetzdorfer Str. 3
01723 Wilsdruff
Germany

Time Information

Checkout: 10:30 - Checkin: 15:00
Reception
Weekday: 8:00 - 20:00 (lunchbreak: 10:30 - 15:00)
Weekend: 8:00 - 20:00 (lunchbreak: 10:30 - 15:00)


Försters Stammlokal

Address
5,1 mi
Zaschendorfer Str. 15
01640 Coswig OT Sörnewitz
Germany

Time Information

Checkout: 12:00 - Checkin: 13:00
Reception
Weekday: 7:00 - 22:00
Weekend: 7:00 - 22:00


Kirchner

Address
6,6 mi
Talmühlenstr.14/16
01737 Tharandt
Germany

Time Information

Checkout: 10:30 - Checkin: 16:00
Reception
Weekday: 7:00 - 22:00 (lunchbreak: 10:00 - 16:00)
Weekend: 8:00 - 22:00 (lunchbreak: 10:00 - 16:00)


Casa Bohemica

Address
5,2 mi
Kötitzer Straße 30 a
01640 Coswig
Germany

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: 11:00 - 22:00 (lunchbreak: 14:00 - 18:00)
Weekend: closed


Kaufbach Landhotel

Address
3,8 mi
Oberstr. 26
01723 Wilsdruff
Germany

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 15:00
Reception
Weekday: 7:00 - 21:00 (lunchbreak: 10:00 - 17:00)
Weekend: 7:00 - 21:00 (lunchbreak: 10:00 - 17:00)


Gasthaus Boselblick

Address
4,9 mi
Dresdner Str. 313
01640 Coswig
Germany

Time Information

Checkout: 14:00 - Checkin: 12:00
Reception
Weekday: 17:00 - 20:00
Weekend: 11:00 - 20:00


Keils Gut Landhotel und Gasthof

Address
2,7 mi
Dresdner Str. 26
01723 Wilsdruff
Germany

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 15:00
Reception
Weekday: 6:30 - 19:00 (lunchbreak: 12:00 - 15:00)
Weekend: 6:30 - 15:00


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Attractions and noteworthy things

Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.

Meissen (district)

Meißen is a district in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the state of Brandenburg, the district of Bautzen, the urban district Dresden, the districts Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Mittelsachsen and Nordsachsen.

Located at 51.2167, 13.5167 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Meissen (district)

Wilsdruff transmitter

The transmitter Wilsdruff is a medium wave radio broadcasting facility near Wilsdruff, Germany. Until the nineties there was a transmitter for 1044 kHz with 250 kilowatts transmission power. This was a 153-metre guyed steel tube mast, insulated with respect to ground. Since the mid nineties transmission power is only 20 kilowatts. The new transmitter is in a circular building on which the mast stands. The old transmitter of the fifties is a technical monument.

Located at 51.0583, 13.5081 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Towers in Germany, Transmitter sites in Germany, Buildings and structures in Saxony

Albrechtsburg

The Albrechtsburg is a Late Gothic castle that dominates the town centre of Meissen in the German state of Saxony.

Located at 51.1661, 13.4708 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Castles in Saxony, Museums in Saxony, Meissen, Historic house museums in Germany

Meissen porcelain

Meissen porcelain or Meissen china is the first European hard-paste porcelain that was developed from 1708 by Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus. After his death that October, Johann Friedrich Böttger, continued his work and brought porcelain to the market. The production of porcelain at Meissen, near Dresden, started in 1710 and attracted artists and artisans to establish one of the most famous porcelain manufacturers, still in business today as Staatliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen GmbH.

Located at 51.1556, 13.4661 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Ceramics manufacturers of Germany, Germany–Soviet Union relations, Meissen, Volkseigene Betriebe, Porcelain, Culture of Saxony

Proschwitz

Proschwitz is a small village near Meißen in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. The nearby Proschwitz Castle is a winery. During World War II there was an ammunition factory there.

Located at 51.1795, 13.477 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Towns in Saxony

Halsbrücker Esse

Halsbrücker Esse is a smokestack to the north of Halsbrücke near Freiberg. It is also known as Hohe Esse or Halsbrück(e)ner Esse, Esse being an East Central German word for a smokestack. With a height of 140m it was the highest smokestack in the world at its completion and it remains the tallest brick building in Europe and is a technical and industrial historical monument.

Located at 50.9611, 13.3542 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Towers completed in 1889, Chimneys in Germany, Mining in the Ore Mountains, Freiberg

Federal School of Saxony–Saint Afra

. Federal School of Saxony - Saint Afra Federal School of Saxony - Saint Afra {{#invoke:InfoboxImage|InfoboxImage|image=|size=|sizedefault=frameless|alt=}}Motto Sapere AudeEstablished 1543, 2001Rector Ulrike OstermaierAdmin. staff 65 Students 284 Location Meissen, GermanyWebsite http://www. sankt-afra. de The Federal School of Saxony - Saint Afra (German: Sächsisches Landesgymnasium Sankt Afra) is a boarding school for highly gifted students in the German city of Meissen, Saxony.

Located at 51.1639, 13.4681 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
1543 establishments, Educational institutions established in the 1540s, Education in Saxony, Gifted education, Boarding schools in Germany, Meissen

Red Weißeritz

The Red Weißeritz is a river in Saxony that drains the eastern Ore Mountains. It is a right tributary of the Weißeritz and is 36.5 km long. The source of the river is near Altenberg at a height of about 787 metres. The river drops through a height of 606 metres as it heads north-west, running through Schmiedeberg, the district town of Dippoldiswalde and ending in Freital where it forms the Weißeritz together with the longer tributary of the Wild Weißeritz.

Located at 50.9833, 13.6167 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Weißeritz basin, Rivers of Saxony, Rivers of the Ore Mountains

Wild Weißeritz

The Wild Weißeritz is a river in the Czech Republic and in the German state of Saxony which drains the eastern Ore Mountains. It is the longest tributary of the Weißeritz. The valley of the Wild Weißeritz is almost free of settlements. The Wild Weißeritz runs through Tharandt just some kilometres before it forms the Weißeritz together with the tributary Red Weißeritz in Freital. The river feeds two water reservoirs for drinking water abstraction.

Located at 50.9817, 13.6294 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Weißeritz basin, Rivers of Saxony, Rivers of the Ústí nad Labem Region, International rivers of Europe, Rivers of the Ore Mountains

Wurgwitz

Wurgwitz is a district of the Saxon city Freital in Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district.

Located at 51.0253, 13.6281 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Freital, Villages in Saxony

Forstbotanischer Garten Tharandt

The Forstbotanischer Garten Tharandt (tr. Forest Botanical Garden of Tharandt; 33.4 hectares), also known as the Sächsisches Landesarboretum (tr. Saxony State Arboretum), is an arboretum maintained by the Dresden University of Technology. It is among the oldest arboreta in the world, and is located at Am Forstgarten 1, Tharandt, Saxony, Germany, and open daily except Friday in the warmer months.

Located at 50.9844, 13.5782 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Dresden University of Technology, Botanical gardens in Germany, Gardens in Saxony, Tharandt, Forestry in Germany, History of forestry education, Culture of Saxony

Weißig (Freital)

Weißig is a municipal subdivision of Freital in Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district. It consists of two other villages, Oberweißig and Unterweißig.

Located at 51.0028, 13.6156 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Freital, Villages in Saxony

Deuben (Freital)

Deuben is a municipal subdivision of Freital in Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district. It consists of two other villages, Niederhäslich and Schweinsdorf.

Located at 50.9997, 13.6467 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Freital, Villages in Saxony, Weißeritz

Somsdorf

Somsdorf is a municipal subdivision of Freital in Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district. It lies in the west of Freital, between the Rote Weißeritz and the Wilde Weißeritz.

Located at 50.9833, 13.6 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Freital, Villages in Saxony

Baeyerhöhe

Baeyerhöhe is a mountain of Saxony, southeastern Germany.

Located at 51.0833, 13.4667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Mountains of Saxony

Tharandt Forest

The Tharandt Forest is a landscape in the centre of the German Free State of Saxony and lies southwest of the forest town of Tharandt, south of the town of Wilsdruff, roughly between the cities of Freiberg and Dresden. Administratively it is fully part of the borough of Tharandt today and bears a legally-protected strapline with the text: Tharandter Wald – schönster Wald Sachsens ("Tharandt Forest - Saxony's most beautiful forest"), which goes back to the tourist advertisements of the 1920s.

Located at 50.9589, 13.4972 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Protected landscapes in Germany, Forests and woodlands of Saxony, Tharandt

Bobritzsch (river)

Bobritzsch is a river of Saxony, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Freiberger Mulde.

Located at 51.0206, 13.3394 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Rivers of Saxony, Rivers of the Ore Mountains

Colmnitzbach

Colmnitzbach is a river of Saxony, Germany.

Located at 50.9333, 13.4333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Rivers of Saxony

Jahnabach

Jahnabach is a river of Saxony, Germany.

Located at 51.1858, 13.445 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Rivers of Saxony

Ketzerbach

Ketzerbach is a river of Saxony, Germany.

Located at 51.2022, 13.4075 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Rivers of Saxony

Triebisch

Triebisch is a river of Saxony, Germany.

Located at 51.1667, 13.4833 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Rivers of Saxony

Zschonergrundbach

Zschonergrundbach is a river of Saxony, Germany.

Located at 51.0586, 13.6411 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Rivers of Saxony

KNOX (candles)

KNOX is the trade mark of the oldest incense manufacturers in Germany. It is based in the little village of Mohorn-Grund in the borough of Wilsdruff and run by the firm of Hermann Zwetz, Chemist's. In 1865 the chemist, whose name the firm now bears, sold the incense candles, known as Räucherkerzchen as a remedy for whooping cough and asthma. Only later were the little candles used for Christmas festivities.

Located at 50.9947, 13.4713 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
German brands, Companies based in Saxony, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Chemical companies of Germany

Ockrilla

Ockrilla, Niederau, is a municipality in the district of Meissen. With 633 inhabitants, it is the largest village in the municipality of Niederau.

Located at 51.1944, 13.5069 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Meissen (district)

Holy Way

The Holy Way came about as a result of the canonization of Bishop Benno of Meissen. It led from Bohemia to Meissen and ran between Grillenburg and Wilsdruff in the present-day district of Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge in the opposite direction and parallel with the Saxon St. James' Way (Sächsischen Jakobsweg). Original sections of the route have survived, for example in the Tharandt Forest between Grillenburg and Spechtshausen.

Located at 50.979, 13.5278 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Pilgrimage routes, Tharandt


This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Limbach-Birkenhain, Birkenhain