Bahretal is a place in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge

Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge

Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge is a district in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is named after the mountain ranges Saxon Switzerland and Erzgebirge.- History :...

 district in the Free State of Saxony, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. It is not to be confused with Bahratal which is in Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel

Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel

Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel is a spa town in the district Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. The municipality borders the Czech Republic in the south....

 which is located SW of Pirna

Pirna

Pirna is a town in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, capital of the administrative district Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge. The town's population is over 40,000. Pirna is located near Dresden and is an important district town as well as a Große Kreisstadt...

. It is located between the rivers Gottleuba

Gottleuba

The Gottleuba is a small river in the Czech Republic and Germany, left tributary of the Elbe. It source is in the eastern part of the Ore Mountains, north of Ústí nad Labem. After a few km it crosses the Czech-German border, and flows the rest of its 34 km in Saxony. It passes the Gottleuba Dam and...

 and Dohna

Dohna

Dohna is a town in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, Saxony, Germany. It is located south of Heidenau. It is located in the Müglitz valley and lies west of the Eastern Ore Mountains. It was known as Donin in 1107, 1160 and until 1206. Donyn in from 1288 to 1408. Doneyn unwil 1454...

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Bahretal is shaped with a hilly and a mountainous landscape. It is situated in the Bahre and Seidewitz

Seidewitz

Seidewitz is a river of Saxony, Germany.-See also:*List of rivers of Saxony...

 valleys as well as on heights of some hills near Bahretal including Herbstberg (442 m), Roter Berg (428 m), Mühlberg

Mühlberg

There are communes and places that have the name Mühlberg in Germany:*Mühlberg, Brandenburg, a town in the Elbe-Elster district, Brandenburg*Mühlberg, Thuringia, a municipality in the Gotha district, Thuringia...

 (339 m) and Bahreberg (295 m).

The Bahre is located 1.5 km north of Breitenau in Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel at 505 m. The brooks includes the Gersdorfer Bach, the Wingendorfer Bach and the Bornaer Bach). Between Borna-Gersdorf and Friedrichswalde Ottendorf localities in 1970, a basin was finished and was planned to prevent flooding of the rivers Gottleuba, Bahre, Seidewitz ands Müglitz.

Municipality subdivisions

• Borna
• Friedrichswalde
• Gersdorf
• Göppersdorf
• Nentmannsdorf
• Niederseidewitz
• Ottendorf
• Wingendorf

Borna

Borna first belonged to the castle of Dohna

Dohna

Dohna is a town in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, Saxony, Germany. It is located south of Heidenau. It is located in the Müglitz valley and lies west of the Eastern Ore Mountains. It was known as Donin in 1107, 1160 and until 1206. Donyn in from 1288 to 1408. Doneyn unwil 1454...

. In 1455, it was a part of the Buenau. Afterwards, it changed owners. It belonged to the owners of Bernstein, Buenau, Reichenbach, Meczsch, Wolffersdorff, Leyser and Carlowitz of the surrounding fortresses in Liebstadt, Wessenstein, the manors in Gersdorf, Ottendorf, Krebs and Giesenstein in the subsequent years. In 1731, Borna was in the possession of the count Moritz of Saxony. It was probably independent adter 1388. Later in 1495, it belonged to Pirna

Pirna

Pirna is a town in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, capital of the administrative district Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge. The town's population is over 40,000. Pirna is located near Dresden and is an important district town as well as a Große Kreisstadt...

. In 1894, Borna built its own office.

Friedrichswalde

Friedrichswalde was a part of the Wessenstein fortress. In 149,5 like Borna, it was a part of Pirna, Parts of Niedersiedewitz were part of Friedrichswalde.

Gersdorf

Gersdorf was divided into Obergersdorf oder Gabel Niedergersdorf in the 17th century. Niedergersdorf was first mentioned as in valla Gabele infra Ottendorf et Gerhardisdorf sita. At the beginning of the 14th century, it was ruled by Count Frederick of Dresden. In 1578, Gersdorf was ruled by the Bünau family of Liebstady. In 1639, Gersdorf belonged to Obersten Ludwig von Kahlen. In 1657, Gersdorf belonged to Bernhard Adolph von Meczsh. In 1734, it was ruled by Count Moritz of Saxony. It reverted to the Leyser family in 1753. In 1784 after Klara Auguste von Ponikau, Lieutenant General Leyser removed the manor and was in ruins. It was rebuilt in 1840.

External links

• Pictures of Borna Pictures of the Photothecque of the Sächsischen Landes- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden
• Pictures of Bahretal
• Migratory pictures by Bahretal