Barbarine
The Barbarine is the best-known free-standing rock formation in the German part of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains. It is a rock pinnacle, 42.7 metres high, and is the symbol of Saxon Switzerland. It was first climbed on 19 September 1905.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Huhu19, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Königstein Fortress and Hunger stone.
Königstein Fortress
Königstein Fortress, the "Saxon Bastille", is a hilltop fortress near Dresden, in Saxon Switzerland, Germany, above the town of Königstein on the left bank of the River Elbe.
Hunger stone
Stone
Photo: Sastognuti, Public domain.
A hunger stone is a type of hydrological landmark common in Central Europe. Hunger stones serve as famine memorials and warnings and were erected in Germany and in ethnic German settlements throughout Europe in the 15th through 19th centuries.
Pfaffenstein
Peak
Photo: Zp, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Pfaffenstein, formerly called the Jungfernstein, is a table hill, 434.6 m above sea level, in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains in Saxony. It lies west of the River Elbe near Königstein and is also referred to as "Saxon Switzerland in miniature" on account of its diverse structure.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bad Schandau and Gohrisch.
Bad Schandau
Bad Schandau is a spa town in Germany, in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district of Saxony. It is situated on the right bank of the Elbe, at the mouth of the valley of the Kirnitzsch and in the area often described as Saxon Switzerland.
Rathmannsdorf
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
Rathmannsdorf is a township in the Saxon district of Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge. Rathmannsdorf is 2 km down the Elbe from Bad Schandau.
Barbarine
- Type: Peak
- Description: free-standing Rock Formation
- Categories: rock formation, natural monument in Germany, tourism, tourist attraction, and landform
- Location: Königstein, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxon Switzerland, Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.8965° or 50° 53′ 48″ northLongitude
14.0819° or 14° 4′ 55″ eastOpen location code
9F2PV3WJ+JQOpenStreetMap ID
node 251874449OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q807750
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Russian—“Barbarine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Barbarine”
- Czech: “Barbarine”
- Dutch: “Barbarine”
- German: “Barbarine”
- Russian: “Барбарина”
- “Barbarine”
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