Bad Schandau Elevator
The Bad Schandau Elevator is a passenger truss-tower elevator built in 1904 at Bad Schandau, a spa town in Saxony, Germany. The height of the elevator is 52.6 metres, in an art nouveau-style steel framework tower, which has a diameter of 5.2 metres at the ground and at the door such of 2.5 metres.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: L. Beck, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: architectural structure
- Also known as: “Historic passenger elevator” and “historischer Personenaufzug Bad Schandau”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sendigbrunnen and St. John’s Church.
Sendigbrunnen
Fountain
Photo: L. Beck, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sendigbrunnen is a fountain, which is situated 560 metres west of Bad Schandau Elevator.
St. John’s Church
Church
Photo: Reise-Line, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. John’s Church is situated 480 metres west of Bad Schandau Elevator.
Krippen station
Railway stop
Photo: Rolf-Dresden, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Krippen is a railway station in the village of Krippen in the municipality of Bad Schandau, Saxony, Germany. The station was opened with the Königstein–Krippen section of the Děčín–Dresden-Neustadt railway as Schandau station on 9 June 1850. Krippen station is situated 400 metres south of Bad Schandau Elevator.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Postelwitz and Ostrau.
Bad Schandau Elevator
- Categories: elevator, tower, building, tourism, historic site, and technical monument
- Location: Bad Schandau, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxon Switzerland, Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.9167° or 50° 55′ 0″ northLongitude
14.16126° or 14° 9′ 41″ eastOpen location code
9F2PW586+MGOpenStreetMap ID
way 97549065OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=technical_monumentOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q876219
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Japanese—“Bad Schandau Elevator” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Výtah v Bad Schandau”
- Dutch: “Aufzug Bad Schandau”
- German: “Aufzug Bad Schandau”
- German: “Historischer Personenaufzug”
- German: “Personenaufzug Bad Schandau”
- Japanese: “バート・シャンダウ・エレベーター”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ostrauer Aufzug and St. Maria, Mittlerin aller Gnaden.
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