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Mittelndorf


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  Germany
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State
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 Kingdom of Saxony Saxony
Saxony
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Regierungsbezirk
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Dresden
Dresden (region)
Dresden is one of the three Direktionsbezirke of the Free State of Saxony, Germany, located in the east of the state. It coincides with the Planungsregionen Oberlausitz-Niederschlesien and Oberes Elbtal/Osterzgebirge.-History:...

District
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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 :...

Collective municipality: Sebnitz
Municipality
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Kirnitzschtal
Kirnitzschtal
Kirnitzschtal is a municipality in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, in Saxony, Germany.-Geography:The town is divided into 5 parishes and has its administrative seat in Lichtenhain:*Altendorf*Mittelndorf*Lichtenhain...

Population
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500 (2007)
Coordinates
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50°56′14.4"N 14°12′16.8"E
Elevation
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320 amsl
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Postal code
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01855
Dialing code
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(+49) 035971 - 035022
Gentilic
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mittelndorfer
Website
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Municipal site

Mittelndorf is a village in Saxony
Saxony
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, Germany
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, situated in the district of 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 :...

. It is one of the villages who compose the municipaity of Kirnitzschtal
Kirnitzschtal
Kirnitzschtal is a municipality in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, in Saxony, Germany.-Geography:The town is divided into 5 parishes and has its administrative seat in Lichtenhain:*Altendorf*Mittelndorf*Lichtenhain...

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History

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

Geography

Mittelndorf is located in the mountain range of Saxon Switzerland
Saxon Switzerland
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, not too far from the river Kirnitzsch
Kirnitzsch
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. It lies on the road S 154, between the villages of Altendorf and Lichtenhain (both part of Kirnitzschtal). It lies 8 km from Sebnitz
Sebnitz
Sebnitz is a town in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany.- Geography :The town of Sebnitz lies in the valley of the River Sebnitz and its side valleys between 250 and 460 m above sea level between the mountains of Saxon Switzerland and the Lusatian...

 (in north) and Bad Schandau
Bad Schandau
Bad Schandau is a spa town in Germany, in the south of the Free State of Saxony and the district of Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge. It is situated on the right bank of the Elbe, at the mouth of the little valley of the Kirnitzsch.-Geography:...

 (south), 25 from 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...

, 27 from Děčín
Decín
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 (in the Czechia
Czech Republic
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) and circa 50 from Dresden
Dresden
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Transport

Mittelndorf has got a rail stop on the DB
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 line Pirna/Bautzen
Bautzen
Bautzen is a hill-top town in eastern Saxony, Germany, and administrative centre of the eponymous district. It is located on the Spree River. As of 2008, its population is 41,161...

-Neustadt in Sachsen
Neustadt in Sachsen
Neustadt in Sachsen is a town in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the border with the Czech Republic, 35 km east of Dresden , and 23 km southwest of Bautzen...

-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 national rail line: it has not a road to reach it but a simple forest trial
Trial
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. A similar thing in Europe
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 could be found, for example, at the station Pertosa
Pertosa
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, a municipality of southern Italy
Italy
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The village is also served by the suburban tramway line "Kirnitzschtalbahn" Bad Schandau-Lichtenhainer Wasserfall
Lichtenhain Waterfall
The Lichtenhain Waterfall is a waterfall formed by the Lichtenhainer village brook and is situated in the Kirnitzsch Valley in the Saxon Switzerland of Germany.-Overview:...

 , with the stops of Mittelndorfer Mühle (at the mill) and Forsthaus, not too far from Mittelndorf.
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