- Bad Schandau
Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Art = Stadt
image_photo = Bad schandau.jpg
Wappen = Wappen bad schandau.png
lon_deg = 14 |lon_min = 9
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Sachsen
Regierungsbezirk = Dresden
Landkreis = Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft = Bad Schandau
Höhe = 146
Fläche = 35.84
Einwohner = 2999
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 01812–01814
Vorwahl = 035022
Kfz = PIR
Gemeindeschlüssel = 14 2 87 020
Gliederung = 4
Adresse = Dresdner Straße 3
01814 Bad Schandau
Adresse-Verband = Dresdner Str. 3
Website = [http://www.bad-schandau.de/ www.bad-schandau.de]
Bürgermeister = Andreas EggertBad Schandau (IPA2|ˌbaːt ˈʃandaʊ̯) is a spa town in
Germany , in the southernFree State of Saxony , districtSächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge . It is situated on the right bank of theElbe , at the mouth of the little valley of the Kirnitzsch.It is ca. 6 kilometers from the Czech frontier (Czech name is Žandov), 33 km southeast of
Dresden on the railway toDěčín .Bad Schandau has an Evangelical parish church, a
hydropathic establishment and a school of river navigation. The position of Bad Schandau in the heart of the romanticSaxon Switzerland has made it a place of importance, and thousands of tourists make it their headquarters in summer. For their accommodation numerous hotels and villas have been erected. The chief manufactures of the town are artificial flowers and furniture. The prefix "Bad" was added in 1920 to designate the spa status of the town (the German "Bad" means "spa" in English).Main sights
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Bad Schandau Elevator
*Kirnitzsch Valley Railway (Kirnitzschtalbahn, a narrow gauge tram)References
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