Schandau

Bad Schandau, a town of Germany, in the kingdom of Saxony, situated on the right bank of the Elbe, at the mouth of the little valley of the Kirnitsch.

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It is 4 miles from the Bohemian frontier, 20 miles southeast of Dresden on the railway to Bodenbach, and has a branch to Niederneukinch, which is carried from the railway station lying on the night bank across the Elbe by an iron bridge. Pop. (1905) 3373.

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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 romantic Saxon Switzenland 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 the 19th century to designate the spa status of the town ("bad" meaning "bath" in German).

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See Schafer, F?hrer durch Schandau und seine Umgebung (Dresden, 1907).

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Elbe: The Elbe River (Czech Labe , Sorbian/Lusatian ?objo, Polish ?aba, German Elbe, Hungarian Elba) is one of the major waterways of central Europe. It originates in the North West Czech Republic before traversing much of Germany and finally flowing into the North Sea. Its total length is 1165 km....

Bohemia: :For the place in the USA, see Bohemia, New York....

Dresden: is the capital city of the German federal state of Saxony, is situated in a valley on the river Elbe. The city?s population stood at 480,347 in December 2004 and the total population in its agglomeration was approximately 800,000. Dresden is part of a metropolitan area called Saxon triangle with a p...