Wehlen - View from the banks of the Elbe to Rathen
Located directly on the Elbe and easily accessible, this view of the Elbe was not only intended to impress artists such as Caspar David Friedrich.
"One's gaze is eagerly fixed on the Elbe flowing past and on the wooded hills that rise gently from the opposite bank. Everything is now more beautiful, more open, more lovely," wrote Caspar David Friedrich's contemporary and explorer of Saxon Switzerland, Wilhelm Leberecht Götzinger, in 1804 about the Wilkeaussicht just before the town of Wehlen.
Friedrich was also fascinated by this view. Whether he actually drew from the Wilkeaussicht or from the castle hill above the town on June 14, 1812 is disputed. A second drawing was made on the banks of the Elbe, on the path below the "Weiße Brüche" to Rathen.
"One's gaze is eagerly fixed on the Elbe flowing past and on the wooded hills that rise gently from the opposite bank. Everything is now more beautiful, more open, more lovely," wrote Caspar David Friedrich's contemporary and explorer of Saxon Switzerland, Wilhelm Leberecht Götzinger, in 1804 about the Wilkeaussicht just before the town of Wehlen.
Friedrich was also fascinated by this view. Whether he actually drew from the Wilkeaussicht or from the castle hill above the town on June 14, 1812 is disputed. A second drawing was made on the banks of the Elbe, on the path below the "Weiße Brüche" to Rathen.
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General information
Parking Available
Bus stop available
Payment methods
Entrance Free
Accessibility
Saxony Barrier-Free
Information on accessibility
- Parking lot at the Elbe parking lot Stadt Wehlen
- Disabled WC on (Lohmener Straße, not far from the market square and the Elbe parking lot); approx. 800 m away from the viewpoint; Photos of the WC can be found here
- is located directly on the wheelchair tour "Spazieren zwischen Wehlen und Rathen", which is described in detail here
Parking
indicated disabled parking space available
Entrance to the facility / paths within the facility
Door width min. 90 cm
Stepless access (max. 3 cm) or ramp
Directions & Parking facilities
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION:
S-Bahn S1, stop: Stadt Wehlen | Bahnhof
Then take the ferry F 8 to the other side of the Elbe
Bus 238, Bus 239 | Stop: Stadt Wehlen | Karl-Marx-Platz
Timetable information: www.vvo-online.de
Parking lot: on the banks of the Elbe in Stadt Wehlen
S-Bahn S1, stop: Stadt Wehlen | Bahnhof
Then take the ferry F 8 to the other side of the Elbe
Bus 238, Bus 239 | Stop: Stadt Wehlen | Karl-Marx-Platz
Timetable information: www.vvo-online.de
Parking lot: on the banks of the Elbe in Stadt Wehlen
Contact person
Tourismusverband Sächsische Schweiz e.V.
Nicole Hesse
Bahnhofstraße 21
01796
01796 Pirna
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