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Town in Saxony, Germany

Tharandt
Town
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Location of Tharandt within Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district
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Coordinates: 50°59′0″N 13°34′51″E / 50.98333°N 13.58083°E / 50.98333; 13.58083
Country Germany
State Saxony
District Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
Municipal assoc. Tharandt
Subdivisions 7
Government
Mayor (2020–27) Silvio Ziesemer[1]
Area
• Total 71.22 km2 (27.50 sq mi)
Elevation 214 m (702 ft)
Population (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total 5,198
• Density 72.99/km2 (189.0/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes 01737
Dialling codes 035203
Vehicle registration PIR
Website www.tharandt.de

Tharandt (German: [ˈtaʁant] ) is a municipality in Saxony, Germany, situated on the Weißeritz, 13 km (8.1 mi) southwest of Dresden.

It has a Protestant Church and the oldest academy of forestry in Germany, founded as the Royal Saxon Academy of Forestry by Heinrich Cotta in 1811,[3] together with its arboretum, the Forstbotanischer Garten Tharandt. In 2002, a severe flood destroyed many of the academy buildings and the library, including some of its more-than-500-year old books. The academy was rebuilt and today has about 650 students and is famous for its long traditions of educating students from all over the world in (tropical) forestry, resource management and sustainable land use.

In the early 20th century, Tharandt was a favorite summer resort of the people of Dresden, one of its principal charms being the magnificent beech woods which surround it.[3]

Personalities connected to the town

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Heinrich Cotta (1833)

The Dresden–Werdau railway passes through the town. The Tharandt station sees regular service on the S3 Line of the Dresden S-Bahn to both Dresden and Freiberg (Sachs) station as well as regional express services to various local and long distance destinations.

  1. ^ Wahlergebnisse 2020, Freistaat Sachsen, accessed 10 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Sachsens am 31. Dezember 2023 - Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 15. Mai 2022 (Gebietsstand 01.01.2023)" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen.
  3. ^ a b One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Tharandt". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 726.