Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Pirna, Germany
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2.1 km
58 m
Experience Pirna in Germany in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Individual Sights in PirnaSight 1: Stadtbrücke Pirna
The Pirna City Bridge is a 295.45 m long Elbe bridge in Pirna from 1875. As a combined road and railway bridge, the stone arch bridge carries the state road 164 and the Kamenz–Pirna railway line and connects Pirna's western suburbs near the centre of Pirna with the northern district of Copitz at Elbe kilometre 34.34. To distinguish it from the Sachsenbrücke, which was completed in 1999, the bridge through the city of Pirna has been given the name "Stadtbrücke".
Sight 2: Klosterkirche St. Heinrich
The Pirna Abbey Church is the Gothic monastery church of the former Dominican monastery on the northwestern edge of the old town of Pirna in Saxony. It is used by the Catholic parish of St. Kunigunde Pirna, which belongs to the Diocese of Dresden-Meißen.
Sight 3: Rathaus
The Pirna Town Hall is a Renaissance building on the market square of the town of Pirna in Saxony, Germany. It is the headquarters of the city administration and shapes the cityscape of the old town of Pirna.
Sight 4: Stadtkirche St. Marien
Built at the beginning of the 16th century, St. Mary's Church in Pirna is Pirna's main Evangelical Lutheran church and one of the largest late Gothic hall churches in Saxony. The church, which is a listed building, is located at Kirchplatz 14 in the old town.
Sight 5: Schloss Sonnenstein
The Sonnenstein Castle is a castle in Pirna, near Dresden, Germany. It housed a mental hospital, which operated from 1811 to the end of World War II in 1945. During the War, it functioned as an extermination centre for the Nazi Aktion T4 program. It was shut down following the war, and reopened in 1970.
Sight 6: St. Kunigunde
The Roman Catholic Church of St. Kunigunde is a neo-Gothic church in Pirna, in the Mitte district of Pirna. It belongs to the parish of St. Heinrich and Kunigunde Pirna in the Dresden deanery of the Diocese of Dresden-Meißen.
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