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| Děčín | ||
| Region (kraj) | Ústecký kraj | |
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| Residents | 48.594 (2020) | |
| height | 138 m | |
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The town Děčín (Eng. Tetschen) is on the southern edge of the Bohemian Switzerland and on both sides of the Elbe. This closes south of the city Central Bohemian Uplands at.
background
Today's city is made up of the Tetschen district on the right of the Elbe and the Bodenbach on the left (Podmokly). Tetschen was built in the late Middle Ages around a castle that was located on a 40 meter high cliff (now Thun's Castle) and protected an Elbe crossing. Bodenbach only came into being with the Dresden-Prague railway, which runs on the left bank of the Elbe and overtook Tetschen in population at the end of the 19th century. The administrative unification of the two cities did not come about until the Nazi rule in 1942 and was not reversed by the communists a few years later; it still exists today. Although hardly destroyed in the war, the historical center of Tetschen was largely leveled in the 1950s and replaced by less attractive block developments. Bodenbach largely retained its Wilhelminian style.
Today, Tetschen is an industrial city and a traffic junction for various railway lines and a goods transfer point as one of the largest inland ports in the Czech Republic.
getting there
By plane
The nearest commercial airport is the Dresden Airport
(IATA: DRS), about 90 km). From there you can take the S-Bahn and Eurocity (change in Dresden-Neustadt) to Děčín in just over 1½ hours. The Prague airport(IATA: PRG)which is a little further away at approx. 120 km.
By train
The railway line Dresden–Prague is the most important rail link between Germany and the Czech Republic. The Eurocity stops here every second hour. The journey time from Dresden Hbf is about 45 minutes, from Berlin a good 2½ hours, from Hamburg 5 hours; from Prague just under 1½ hours.
In addition, regional trains run every two hours between Rumburk-Sebnitz-Bad Schandau and Děčín (journey time around half an hour from Bad Schandau). In these (unlike in the EC), the inexpensive cross-border "Elbe-Labe-Ticket" is valid.
In domestic Czech traffic, Děčín can be reached every two hours by express trains (R) from Prague (travel time 1:40 hours) or every two hours Rumburk via Böhmisch Kamnitz (Česká Kamenice) (1:20 hours). Between Děčín and the nearby one Ústí nad Labem there are several connections per hour of different types of train (EC, R or Os), the journey takes 15 to 25 minutes. The 1 Station Decin hl.n. (Central Station) is located to the left of the Elbe, southwest of the city center. On the route to Rumburk there is still the 2 Train station Děčín východ horní n. (Tetschen Nordbf.).
In the street
If you only want to drive from Germany to Děčín, buying the Czech motorway vignette (10 days: € 12) is hardly worthwhile. Instead, you can take the A17 Dresden – Prague at Pirna leave and take the B 172 through the beautiful Elbe valley via Bad Schandau and the Schmilka border crossing /Hřensko drive to Děčín. From Dresden this route is around 70 km and a 1:15 to 1½ hour drive
If you already have a vignette or want to drive further through the Czech Republic, you can take the A 17 (on the Czech side it is called D 8) to the exit Jílové stay and then drive via this town on the I / 13 to Děčín. This is a little further from the route, but is about 20 minutes faster. You can buy the vignette at the last rest area on the German side before crossing the border. The vignette sale is announced by a sign.
The I / 13 also connects Děčín with Liberec (70 km), the I / 62 with Ústí nad Labem (23 km).
By boat
Excursion steamer the Passenger shipping Upper Elbe (Elbeschiffahrt Frenzel) run on Wednesdays in the summer months from Pirna and several places in Saxon Switzerland (including Bad Schandau) to Děčín.
River cruise ships also land in Tetschen.
By bicycle
Děčín is on Elbe cycle path, which runs parallel to the European long-distance cycle route EuroVelo 7. Of Melnik You drive 95 km, from Ústí 26 km downstream. In the upstream direction one drives from Dresden 67 km, from Pirna 46 km, from Bad Schandau 22 km.
mobility
Tourist Attractions
Castle built in 1668 by Count Maximilian Thun in Renaissance and Baroque style on a 45 m high cliff with a beautiful park and a 292 m long entrance (Long trip).Below the castle the 4 Tyrš Bridge (Tyršův most), which was built in 1933 on the pillars of the Kaiserin-Elisabeth-Brücke.
On the opposite side of the Elbe then the 5 Shepherd wall (Pastýřská stěna), a 100 m high sandstone rock.
activities
shop
kitchen
On the left side of the Elbe
- 1 U Mostu, Labské nábřeží 304/45, 405 02 Děčín - IV Podmokly. Tel.: 420 412532261. Good bohemian cuisine. Near the Elbe bridge.
- 2 Pastýřská stěna, Zizkova 236/6, Decin 405 02. Restaurant on top of the Schäferwand massif in a Belle Epoque castle with a striking view. Service and food quality cannot always keep up.
In the district of Dolní Žleb (Lower ground) on the left side of the Elbe
- Dolní Grund restaurant. From the glass-roofed terrace with elegant deck chairs and chairs you have a wonderful view of the Elbe and the rock faces of Bohemian Switzerland and you can watch the ferry operation of the yaw ferry. The food is simple, but very good and half as expensive as in Germany. Recommendation: wild boar goulash with dumplings. There is a kiosk with double loungers right below on the Elbe Cycle Path. The place is 8.7 km from Děčín and 2.4 km from Schöna in Saxony.
nightlife
accommodation
trips
Beautiful parts of the lovely surroundings are the Schneeberg to the north-west (Děčínský Sněžník, 723 m), the highest point of the North Bohemian sandstone mountains, with a magnificent view, and Tyssa walls (Tiské Stěny), wildly rugged sandstone formations, then the one that begins north of the Elbe Saxon Switzerland. The next places worth seeing and visiting in the area are:
- Hřensko, German Herrenkrretschen (12 km north, trunk road 62) - directly on the German border on the right bank of the Elbe, a place for excursions and shopping in the Bohemian Switzerland. At 112.5 m, Hřensko is the deepest place in the whole of the Czech Republic. That is only a few kilometers Prebischtor away, the largest natural sandstone rock bridge in Europe.
- Labská Stráň, German Elbleiten (13 km north) - village in the middle of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains above the right bank of the Elbe; near the Belvedere viewpoint. You cannot get to Labská Stráň via the road on the banks of the Elbe, but via Ludvikovice and Arnolice (German Arnsdorf) further east.
- Jetřichovice, German Dittersbach (19 km northeast, trunk road 13 to Huntírov, turn left there) - village on the southern edge of the national park with traditional glass blowing.
- Ústí nad Labem, German Aussig (25 km to the south-west, trunk road 261 on the east bank of the Elbe or trunk road 62 on the west bank of the Elbe) - The industrial city of Ústí is by far the largest city and administrative seat in north-west Bohemia and is located upstream of the Elbe.
literature
Web links
- http://www.mmdecin.cz/ - Official website of Děčín
