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Bischofswerda

Battle of Bischofswerda Monument (1813)

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Upper Lusatia

Bautzen

Bischofswerda

Battle of Bischofswerda Monument (1813)

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Location: Bischofswerda, Bautzen, Upper Lusatia, Saxony, Germany

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1. Rest Area at the Village Pond – Rest Area at Sommersteg loop from Bischofswerda

9.58km

02:33

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2. Dreisesselstein – Demitz-Thumitz Railway Viaduct loop from Bischofswerda

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360m

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3. Butterberg Playground – Baroque Palace Rammenau loop from Bischofswerda

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05:38

270m

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Peter W. Janakiew

February 22, 2021

Bischofswerda only had around 1,600 inhabitants in 1813, but the city was, among other things, at the center of hard fighting between the Napoleonic troops and the allied armies from May 11th to May 12th. In the evening of May 12th, the great city fire broke out, presumably through the negligence of French troops. Within the curtain wall, the fire spared only three houses on the city wall.

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Wurmi_TV_Nature

July 29, 2025

The Saxon Way of St. James, among other routes, passes through here.

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In May 1813, Bischofswerda was at the center of fierce fighting. On the evening of May 12, a major fire broke out, presumably caused by carelessness. In the city center, only three houses and the fortified fortress on the city wall were spared.

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maria

August 14, 2025

It's not a memorial, just an information plaque about the Battle of Bischofswerda in May 1813.

The obelisk is located a few meters to the right, toward Bischofswerda, in the front yard of a residential building.

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Location: Bischofswerda, Bautzen, Upper Lusatia, Saxony, Germany

Battle of Bischofswerda Monument (1813)

1. Rest Area at the Village Pond – Rest Area at Sommersteg loop from Bischofswerda

2. Dreisesselstein – Demitz-Thumitz Railway Viaduct loop from Bischofswerda

3. Butterberg Playground – Baroque Palace Rammenau loop from Bischofswerda

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