Schweinitz
The Schweinitz is a stream in the Czech Republic and Germany. It is a left tributary of the Flöha, which it joins near Olbernhau. Almost the entire course of the stream forms the Czech-German border.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Norbert Kaiser, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river
- Also known as: “Schweinitz Bach”, “Schweinitz River”, and “Svidnice”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kgl.-sächs. Postmeilenstein Hirschberg and Olbernhau-Grünthal railway station.
Kgl.-sächs. Postmeilenstein Hirschberg
Historic site
Photo: Oxensepp, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kgl.-sächs. Postmeilenstein Hirschberg is a historic site.
Olbernhau-Grünthal railway station
Railway station
Photo: Aagnverglaser, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Olbernhau-Grünthal railway station is situated 2½ km west of Schweinitz.
Ore Mountain Toy Museum, Seiffen
Museum
Photo: Norbert Kaiser, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Ore Mountain Toy Museum in Seiffen is an internationally known museum of Ore Mountain folk art and toys. It was opened in 1953 in Seiffen, Germany. Ore Mountain Toy Museum, Seiffen is situated 3½ km east of Schweinitz.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zelený Důl and Brandov.
Brandov
Village
Photo: Hadonos, Public domain.
Brandov is a municipality and village in Most District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants. Brandov lies approximately 23 kilometres north-west of Most, 47 km west of Ústí nad Labem, and 96 km north-west of Prague.
Seiffen
Village
Photo: Norbert Kaiser, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Seiffen is a town in the district of Erzgebirgskreis in the central south of Saxony in Germany. Seiffen nestles in the heart of the Ore Mountains, which are famous for many Christmas traditions. Seiffen is situated 3½ km east of Schweinitz.
Schweinitz
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Czech Republic, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Swedish—“Schweinitz” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Schweinitz”
- Catalan: “Schweinitz”
- Cebuano: “Schweinitz”
- Chinese: “施韋尼茨河”
- Czech: “Svídnice”
- Dutch: “Schweinitz”
- Egyptian Arabic: “شوينيتز”
- French: “Schweinitz”
- German: “Schweinitz”
- Irish: “Schweinitz”
- Swedish: “Schweinitz”
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