Saxon Elbeland

The Saxon Elbe is a arisen only recently name for the area along the Elbe between Dresden and Torgau. Major cities in this area are Dresden, Radebeul, Meissen, Riesa and Torgau.

The eponymous Tourism closes on its own representations, the city of Dresden perfect, the northern part of the district Saxon Switzerland & Eastern Ore Mountains with Freital and Tharandt, the district of Meißen with Nossen Lommatzsch, Coswig, Radebeul, Weinbohla, Moritzburg, Riesa, Great grove and Radeburg complete with Radeberg and Ottendorf- Okrilla the western part of the district of Bautzen, and a narrow strip of elbnahen Torgau, Strehla and Belgern one. In this roughly outlined area following smaller landscapes are to be localized: the Großenhainer care that Lommatzscher care, Linkselbische valleys between Dresden and Meissen, the Spaargebirge that Loessnitz, the Moritzburg lake area, Dresdner Heide, the Schönfeld highlands, the Tharandter forest and the Rabenauer reason.

In the wine industry, the landscape is dominated by one of the most north-eastern wine regions of Europe. On the southern slopes rechtselbischen at Dresden -Pillnitz and between Radebeul and Elbweindörfern to Diesbar- Seußlitz the Saxon wine is grown, which makes up less than 1 % of the total wine volume in Germany.

The Saxon Elbe also forms the northern part of regional planning region of the Upper Elbe Valley - Eastern Ore Mountains. Thus, the landscape is also an essential part of the EUR Region Elbe / Labe.

After the Saxon Elbe named is a philharmonic orchestra, the New Elbe Philharmonic.