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Saxon Switzerland-East Ore Mountains

Erlpeter Fountain

Saxon Switzerland-East Ore Mountains

Pirna

Erlpeter Fountain

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Erlpeter Fountain

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Location: Pirna, Saxon Switzerland-East Ore Mountains, Saxony, Germany

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🇺🇦Uwe 🏃‍♂️1098🏍

September 21, 2020

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The Erlpeter, or Erlenpeterbrunnen, is one of the oldest wells in Pirna and is still used today to fill water. Watch out women!

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Green Green Biker

April 7, 2022

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Beautiful fountain.

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Sachsen Onkel

June 19, 2020

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The fountain at the Obertor used to be at the foot of the Schlossberg from Sonnenstein Castle. When the spring dried up there, the spring was uncovered and piped to the city, and the fountain got its new location, with a fountain figure representing a boy holding a bottle from which the fountain water pours. The figure was destroyed in the Thirty Years' War and was not reconstructed until 1908. According to legend, it is reported that a cattle herder cured his rash by drinking from the well water and washing in it.

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Elevation 170 m

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Sunday 14 June

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44 %

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Max wind speed: 25.0 km/h

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Location: Pirna, Saxon Switzerland-East Ore Mountains, Saxony, Germany

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