Saxon Switzerland National Park | |
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Nationalpark Sächsische Schweiz | |
Location | Saxony, Germany |
Nearest city | Dresden |
Coordinates | 50°54′51″N 14°16′42″E / 50.91417°N 14.27833°E |
Area | 93.5 km² |
Established | 1990 |
Saxon Switzerland National Park (German: Nationalpark Sächsische Schweiz), is a national park in the German Free State of Saxony, near the Saxon capital Dresden. It covers two areas of 93.5 km2 (36.1 mi2) in the heart of the German part of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains, which is often called (the) Saxon Switzerland (German: Sächsische Schweiz).
The national park adjoins Bohemian Switzerland National Park (Czech: České Švýcarsko) in the Czech Republic.