Neustadt in Sachsen is a town in the

Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains (, ) is a district ('' Kreis'') in Saxony, Germany. It is named after the mountain ranges Saxon Switzerland and Eastern Ore Mountains. History The district was established by merging the former districts ...

district, in

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. It is situated near the border with the

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, 35 km east of

Dresden Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most p ...

(centre), and 23 km southwest of

Bautzen Bautzen () or Budyšin (), until 1868 ''Budissin'' in German, is a town in eastern Saxony, Germany, and the administrative centre of the Bautzen (district), district of Bautzen. It is located on the Spree (river), Spree river, is the eighth most ...

. At Neustadt, there is an

Observation Tower at Goetzinger's Height The Observation Tower at Goetzinger's Height is a observation tower on Goetzinger's Height (Götzingerhöhe), a small mountain near Neustadt in Sachsen, Germany, named after Wilhelm Leberecht Götzinger. The Observation Tower at Goetzinger's H ...

, one of the oldest

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s in the world. On August 1, 2007 the villages Berthelsdorf, Langburkersdorf, Niederottendorf, Oberottendorf, Rückersdorf and Rugiswalde of the former municipality

Hohwald Hohwald was a municipality in the Sächsische Schweiz district, in Saxony, Germany. It consisted of Berthelsdorf, Langburkersdorf, Niederottendorf, Oberottendorf, Rückersdorf and Rugiswalde. History The municipality was created on 1 January 199 ...

were integrated into the town.

Buildings of Interest

*Town hall (c.1700)Neustadthalle in Sachsen
/ref> *Vicarage (1616) *St Jacob's Church (rebuilt 1884)

References

External links

* {{SächsischeSchweizOsterzgebirge-geo-stub