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Saxon Switzerland-East Ore Mountains

Kuhstall Rock Arch

Saxon Switzerland-East Ore Mountains

Saxon Switzerland

Bad Schandau

Kuhstall Rock Arch

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Kuhstall Rock Arch

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Location: Bad Schandau, Saxon Switzerland, Saxon Switzerland-East Ore Mountains, Saxony, Germany

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Jana 🐾

September 18, 2021

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The cowshed is a 11 m high, 17 m wide and 24 m deep rock gate. From the Lichtenhain waterfall you need about 30 minutes on foot to the Felsentor Kuhstall. Right next to it is the Himmelsleiter (stairs in the rock), which is definitely recommended 😉.

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Ma Nu Ela 🇩🇪

January 23, 2022

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The Kuhstall is a rock gate 11 meters high, 17 meters wide and 24 meters deep. Its name probably came about during the Thirty Years' War, because the local residents …

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Sylvia

November 3, 2019

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Wonderful view of the rock world, especially if you climb the ladder to heaven! The name Kuhstall is attributed to two possible reasons: On the one hand, during the Thirty Years' War the population of the surrounding towns hid their cattle from marauding Swedish soldiers in the very wide rock gate. On the other hand, it is assumed that the inhabitants of the medieval castle, which had degenerated into a nest of robber barons, housed the cattle there that they looted during their raids.

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Elevation 290 m

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Location: Bad Schandau, Saxon Switzerland, Saxon Switzerland-East Ore Mountains, Saxony, Germany

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