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Bastei

The Bastei is a rock formation rising 194 metres above the Elbe River in the of . 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.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 305 metres
  • Description: rock formation in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains
  • Also known as: “Bastei-Aussicht”
  • Wheelchair access: yes
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Steinschleuder and Rathen Open Air Stage.

Peak
Photo: J.-H. Janßen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a peak.

Theater building
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The is a natural stage in in East Germany. It is located in a hollow at the upper end of the Wehlgrund valley between the rocks of Kleine Gans and Großer Wehrturm below the famous Bastei rocks and .

Ruins
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, which was first mentioned by this name in 1755, is located near the famous Bastei rocks near in in the German state of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rathen and Pötzscha.

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

Village
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is a village.

Village
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is a village.

Bastei

Latitude
50.96175° or 50° 57′ 42″ north
Longitude
14.07196° or 14° 4′ 19″ east
Elevation
305 metres (1,001 feet)
Open location code
9F2PX36C+MQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 30114719
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
2952248
Wiki­data ID
Q671486
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Bastei” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Bastei”
  • Belarusian: “Баштай”
  • Bhojpuri: “बस्तेई”
  • Bulgarian: “Бастай”
  • Catalan: “Bastei”
  • Cebuano: “Bastei (punta sa Alemanya)”
  • Cebuano: “Bastei”
  • Chinese: “巴斯泰”
  • Czech: “Bastei”
  • Dutch: “Bastei”
  • Esperanto: “Bastei”
  • Esperanto: “Elba Grejsmontaro:Bastei”
  • French: “Bastei”
  • German: “Bastei”
  • German: “Basteifelsen”
  • Hebrew: “בסטאי”
  • Italian: “Bastei”
  • Japanese: “バスタイ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bastei”
  • Norwegian: “Bastei”
  • Polish: “Bastei”
  • Portuguese: “Bastei”
  • Russian: “Бастай”
  • Spanish: “Bastei”
  • Swedish: “Bastei”
  • Ukrainian: “Бастай”
  • Western Panjabi: “باستے”
  • “Bastei”
  • “बस्तेई”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bastei”. Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 3.0.