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The Top 14 Gorges around Dresden

Gorges are incredibly beautiful places, and you’ve got 14

to choose from around Dresden. Just browse our list of the best gorges below and see photos, tips and extra info to help you visit one of these beautiful places on your next adventure around Dresden.

Last updated: October 1, 2025

Prießnitzgrund

The name Prießnitz stands for Breza, from the Slavic and means birch. In addition to the eponymous birch, you can also discover marigolds, sundews and marsh irises in the Prießnitzgrund. …

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Friedrichsgrund Valley and Stone Bridges

A nice corner for hiking and biking in every season.

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Große Röder River in Seifersdorfer Tal

Hiking is almost too banal, walking is more accurate here. I hadn't expected this on our second stage on the Lausitzer Schlange.

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Zschonergrundbach

The Zschonerbach rises on the northern edge of the Kesselsdorf industrial park and flows into the Elbe after eight kilometers. He has left a difference in altitude of 171 meters …

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Fiedlergrund

Lovely for walking, hiking and cycling

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Lehrpfad Zschonergrund

Good for hiking or walking. The bike also feels good here, but not on weekends, because it gets too crowded. By bike you take the trail on the opposite side of the stream. Then it's definitely fun.

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Friedrichsgrund Trail

Narrow valley. The path leads along the Friedrichsgrund brook down to Pillnitz. Again and again you cross small old stone bridges.

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Plauenscher Grund

Until the 19th century, the Plauensche Grund was an almost untouched, wild, romantic valley with fascinating geological formations and diverse flora and fauna. The romantics Friedrich, Heinrich von Kleist and …

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Tännichtgrund Valley

The Tännichtgrund extends to Oberwarthaer and Niederwarthaer Flur and at the same time forms the western city limits of Dresden. The valley is formed by the Tännichtgrundbach, which rises about …

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Keppbach Gorge

Keppgrund - valley on the right side of the Elbe that stretches from Hosterwitz to Schönfeld in the highlands - nice to walk

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The Top 14 Gorges around Dresden

Prießnitzgrund

Friedrichsgrund Valley and Stone Bridges

Große Röder River in Seifersdorfer Tal

Zschonergrundbach

Fiedlergrund

Lehrpfad Zschonergrund

Friedrichsgrund Trail

Plauenscher Grund

Tännichtgrund Valley

Keppbach Gorge

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