Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

SCHANDAU

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 313 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

SCHANDAU , a See also:

town of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Saxony, situated on the right See also:bank of the See also:Elbe, at the mouth of the little valley of the Kirnitsch. It is 4 M. from the Bohemian frontier, 20 M. S.E. of See also:Dresden on the railway to See also:Bodenbach, and has a See also:branch to Niederneukirch, which is carried from the railway station lying on the right bank across the Elbe by an See also:iron See also:bridge. Pop. (1905) 3373. Schandau has an Evangelical See also:parish See also:church, a hydropathic See also:establishment and a school of See also:river See also:navigation. The position of Schandau in the See also:heart of the romantic " Saxon See also:Switzerland " has made it a See also:place of importance, and thousands of tourists make it their headquarters in summer. For their See also:accommodation numerous hotels and villas have been der Franzosen See also:im Revolutionskrieg, is his best-known See also:work. Shortly after this he was promoted See also:major and employed on erected. The See also:chief manufactures of the town are artificial See also:flowers and See also:furniture. See Schafer, Fi hrer durch Schandau and See also:seine Umgebung (Dresden, 1907).

End of Article: SCHANDAU

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
SCHALL, JOHANN ADAM VON (1591-1666) 		[next]
SCHANDORPH [or SKAMDRUP], SOPHUS CHRISTIAN FREDERIC...

Site © 2006 - Net Industries