Saxon Switzerland-East Ore Mountains

Wettinplatz Memorial Site

Saxon Switzerland-East Ore Mountains

Tharandt

Wettinplatz Memorial Site

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Wettinplatz Memorial Site

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Location: Tharandt, Saxon Switzerland-East Ore Mountains, Saxony, Germany

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October 25, 2021

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Created for the 800 year celebration of the Saxon dynasty Wettin.

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On the occasion of the 800th anniversary of the House of Wettin, memorials were erected in the Tharandt Forest in 1889. The Wettinplatz in Tharandt was originally shaped like a "W" made of spruce trees, but was reconstructed with yew hedges in 2001.

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Location: Tharandt, Saxon Switzerland-East Ore Mountains, Saxony, Germany

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