Mittelndorf

Mittelndorf
Country:	Germany
State:	Saxony
Regierungsbezirk:	Dresden
District:	Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
Collective municipality:	Sebnitz
Municipality:	Kirnitzschtal
Population:	500 (2007)
Coordinates:	50°56′14.4″N 14°12′16.8″E / 50.937333°N 14.204667°E / 50.937333; 14.204667Coordinates: 50°56′14.4″N 14°12′16.8″E / 50.937333°N 14.204667°E / 50.937333; 14.204667
Elevation:	320 amsl
Postal code:	01855
Dialing code:	([phone] - 035022
Gentilic:	mittelndorfer
Website	Municipal site

Mittelndorf is a village in Saxony, Germany, situated in the district of Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge. It is one of the villages who compose the municipaity of Kirnitzschtal.

History

The oldest structure of the village is the mill (Mittelndorfer Mühle) ^[1], built in 1518.

Geography

Mittelndorf is located in the mountain range of Saxon Switzerland, not too far from the river Kirnitzsch. It lies on the road S 154, between the villages of Altendorf and Lichtenhain (both part of Kirnitzschtal). It lies 8 km from Sebnitz (in north) and Bad Schandau (south), 25 from Pirna, 27 from Děčín (in the Czechia) and circa 50 from Dresden.

Transport

Mittelndorf has got a rail stop on the DB line Pirna/Bautzen-Neustadt in Sachsen-Sebnitz-Bad Schandau ("Sebnitztalbahn"), situated in the forest close to the village. This stop has a rare peculiarity for a train station situated on a normal ^[2] national rail line: it has not a road to reach it but a simple forest trial. A similar thing in Europe could be found, for example, at the station Pertosa, a municipality of southern Italy.

The village is also served by the suburban tramway line "Kirnitzschtalbahn" Bad Schandau-Lichtenhainer Wasserfall ^[3], with the stops of Mittelndorfer Mühle (at the mill) and Forsthaus, not too far from Mittelndorf.

References

1. ^ (German) Pictures and infos about the mill of Mittelndorf
2. ^ Not touristic or mountain rack railways
3. ^ Close to the waterfalls of Lichtenhain

External links

Media related to Mittelndorf at Wikimedia Commons