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Natural Monument Natural Monument · Saxon Switzerland · 380 m

Barbarine

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    Viewing platform at the Barbarine
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Eine der bekanntesten freistehenden Felsennadeln des Elbsandsteingebirges und zugleich ein Wahrzeichen der Sächsischen Schweiz. An der Barbarine genießt man einen herrlichen Ausblick über die Wälder der Sächsischen Schweiz und die Felslandschaft.

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50.896835, 14.081426
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50°53'48.6"N 14°04'53.1"E
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33U 435401 5638754
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