Weißig

Weißig is a village in Struppen, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony and has about 127 residents. Weißig is situated nearby to the suburb Strand, as well as near the locality Rauenstein.

Type: Village with 127 residents
Description: human settlement in Struppen, Germany
Address: Struppen

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nonne and Bastei.

Nonne

Peak

Photo: Unukorno, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Nonne is a roughly 18-metre-high, isolated, standing sandstone rock and climbing peak in Saxon Switzerland in Germany. The rock is located southeast of Rathen, east of the rock chain of Rauenstein.

Bastei

Peak

Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Bastei is a rock formation rising 194 metres above the Elbe River in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains of Germany. Reaching a height of 305 metres above sea level, the jagged rocks of the Bastei were formed by water erosion over one million years ago.

Rauenstein

Peak

Photo: Alma, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Rauenstein is a table hill in Saxon Switzerland in Germany. It rises west of the Elbe inside the Elbe loop near Rathen. It has a height of 304 metres and drops steeply to the north into the Elbe valley.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rathen and Thürmsdorf.

Rathen

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Rathen is a spa town in Saxon Switzerland, Germany. It is close to the Bastei, the most famous rock formation and spectacular viewpoint in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains.