Saxony
Saxon Switzerland
Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge

Rathen

Rathen is a spa town in , . It is close to the Bastei, the most famous rock formation and spectacular viewpoint in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains.
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  • Type: Village with 460 residents
  • Description: village in Saxony, Germany
  • Also known as: “Kurort Rathen”
  • Neighbors:
Photo: L. Beck, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bastei and Rathen Open Air Stage.

Peak
Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The 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 were formed by water erosion over one million years ago.

Theater building
Photo: Derbrauni, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 rocks and .

Peak
Photo: Alma, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a table hill in 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 Königstein and Hohnstein.

Photo: RitaMoll, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town of 2,100 people in the near in . It is home to the Königsstein Fortress, one of the largest mountain fortresses in Europe.

Town
Photo: Dirk Schmidt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town located in the district of , in eastern . As of 2020, its population numbered a total of 3,262.

Town
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is a town in the district, in , . It is situated on the western edge of , on the right bank of the , 6 km east of , and 23 km southeast of . is situated 3½ km west of Rathen.

Rathen

Latitude
50.9582° or 50° 57′ 30″ north
Longitude
14.0825° or 14° 4′ 57″ east
Population
460
Elevation
142 metres (466 feet)
Open location code
9F2PX35J+7X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240084401
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2882330
Wiki­data ID
Q8224
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Rathen” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “راتن”
  • Bashkir: “Ратен”
  • Basque: “Rathen”
  • Bulgarian: “Ратен”
  • Catalan: “Rathen”
  • Cebuano: “Rathen”
  • Chechen: “Ратен”
  • Chinese: “拉滕”
  • Czech: “Rathen”
  • Dutch: “Rathen”
  • Esperanto: “Rathen”
  • French: “Kurort Rathen”
  • French: “Rathen”
  • German: “Kurort Rathen”
  • German: “Rathen”
  • Hungarian: “Rathen”
  • Irish: “Rathen”
  • Italian: “Rathen”
  • Japanese: “ラーテン村”
  • Kazakh: “Ратен”
  • Kirghiz: “Ратен”
  • Ladin: “Rathen”
  • Macedonian: “Ратен”
  • Malay: “Rathen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rathen”
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  • Occitan (post 1500): “Rathen”
  • Persian: “راتن”
  • Polish: “Rathen”
  • Portuguese: “Rathen”
  • Romanian: “Rathen”
  • Russian: “Разен”
  • Russian: “Ратен”
  • Serbian: “Ратен”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Rathen”
  • Slovak: “Rathen”
  • Spanish: “Rathen”
  • Swedish: “Rathen”
  • Tatar: “Ратен”
  • Turkish: “Rathen”
  • Ukrainian: “Ратен”
  • Uzbek: “Rathen”
  • Vietnamese: “Rathen”
  • Volapük: “Rathen”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Rathen”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Rathen”. Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 3.0.