Caption

The Freital-Hainsberg-Kurort Kipsdorf narrow-gauge railway, also known as the Weißeritz Valley Railway, is a Saxon narrow-gauge railway in the Eastern Ore Mountains. It branches off from the Dresden-Werdau railway line at Freital-Hainsberg station and runs along the valley of the Rote Weißeritz via Dippoldiswalde and Schmiedeberg to Kipsdorf. Today, the line is the longest-serving publicly operated narrow-gauge railway in Germany, Rabenau, Saxony, Germany

Date

Jul 19, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Sylvio Dittrich

Reference

BRK26I03_049

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No

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Rights managed

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68.7Mb (22.9Mb) / 20.0in x 13.3in / 6000 x 4000 (300dpi)

Keywords

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