Rathen

Rathen is a spa town in the Saxon Switzerland & Eastern Ore Mountains in Saxony. It is located about 35 km southeast of Dresden on the rocky scenery of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains Saxon Switzerland. The place belongs to the administrative community Königstein / Saxony Switzerland. Rathen is the inhabitants and area smallest municipality in Saxony.

Local structure

Rathen consists of two districts, which are separated by the Elbe. Oberrathen is linkselbisch on a slip face and can be reached by car or S-Bahn. The traffic district Niederrathen is on the right side of the river and is connected to Oberrathen by a historical greed rope ferry, which is a listed building. There are a total of over 400 inhabitants in both districts.

Oberrathen

Niederrathen

The ferry that connects the two districts

Greed ferry on the Elbe between Nier and Oberrathen

Tourism

From state-recognized health resort Rathen, the starting point for tours to the western part of the Saxon Switzerland, you get to the Bastion. By Amselgrund leads zumvon Talwächter and locomotive towered over Amselsee and Rathen. In addition to the Old Mill 1567, which is after the flood of the century, shortly before the demolition, were a number of other half-timbered houses get. To the east of the town rises the Gamrig.

Due to the proximity to the city Wehlen the saying evolved towards visitors: " You can choose Rathen, I would also advise you to Wehlen. "

See also: rock climbing in the Saxon Switzerland.

History

Rathens origin is shrouded in legend. The place was probably the same with the castles and Altrathen Neurathen. 1261 there is evidence of a de Theodericus rates. Altrathen castle, first mentioned in 1289 as a stone castle, situated on a rocky promontory above the Elbe valley and the present settlement Niederrathen. Both castles were razed as a robber baron castles 1469. Originally deserved the inhabitants with the navigation on the river, forest work and the brick breaking their livelihood.

In the Saxon Rathen Community Diakonissenhaus "Zion " was founded. In 1924 it moved out of the premises had become too small and took headquartered in Aue. It is part of the community movement. In Rathen a Bible and setup time home remained that since 1937 the name "Peace Castle " bears (instead of Zion ).

During the period of National Socialism existed in Rathen a satellite camp of Flossenbiirg goes by the alias Schwalbe II A project for the production of gasoline BRABAG Magdeburg began in sandstone. Schwalbe II was left unfinished; were built 8 m wide spaces and 14 mine shafts. The plan was a floor area of ​​80,000 m². The mouth hole is kept with a strong drywall.

The community became known as " health resort " award, which has since been performed as part of the name of the municipality in 1935.

Today, tourism is the main industry.

Development of the population

Attractions

• Bastion with Swiss House, Basteibrücke and Basteiausssicht
• Rathen in Wehlgrund
• Rhododendron Park Little Bastion
• Rauenstein
• Amselgrund and Amselfall
• Saxon Switzerland National Park
• Castles Neurathen and Altrathen
• Railway worlds in Rathen
• Sweden holes

Film productions

Rathen was often film location. Especially the Basteibrücke, the Gamrig and the rock stage served as a backdrop. So in place in 1981 and 1984, several scenes for Police -110 series were filmed.

Traffic

The spa town of Rathen railway station is on the railway line Decin Dresden -Neustadt and is served by the S -Bahn line 1 of the S -Bahn Dresden.