- Tharandt
Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Art = Stadt
image_photo = Tharandt (1) 2006-05-11.jpg
Wappen = Wappen tharandt.png
lat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 59 |lat_sec = 0
lon_deg = 13 |lon_min = 34 |lon_sec = 51
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Sachsen
Regierungsbezirk = Dresden
Landkreis = Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft = Tharandt
Höhe = 214
Fläche = 71.22
Einwohner = 5601
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 01737
PLZ-alt = 8223
Vorwahl = 035203
Kfz = DW
Gemeindeschlüssel = 14 2 90 440
Gliederung = 7
Straße = Schillerstraße 5
Adresse-Verband = Schillerstr. 5
Website = [http://www.tharandt.de/ www.tharandt.de]
Bürgermeister = Silvio ZiesemerTharandt is a municipality in
Saxony ,Germany , situated on theWeißeritz , 9 miles southwest ofDresden , on the Dresden-Reichenbach railway .It has a
Protestant Church , a hydropathic establishment, and the oldest academy offorestry in Germany, founded byHeinrich Cotta in1811 . In 2002 a severe flood destroyed much of the academy buildings and the library with some of its more than 500 years old books. The academy was rebuilt and today has about 650 students and is famous for its long traditions of educating students from all over the world in (tropical) forestry, resource management and sustainable land use. Tharandt is a favorite summerresort of the people of Dresden, one of its principal charms being the magnificentbeech woods which surround it.References
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