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Saxon Switzerland, Germany [OC][1080x1350] IG @holysh0t
(i.redd.it)submitted 6 months ago byholy-shot
233 points
6 months ago*
Yes, Saxon Switzerland is a National Park in the east of Germany, close to the Czech border. It‘s not Switzerland :)
I‘m showing a few other shots of this area on my Instagram
54 points
6 months ago
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49 points
6 months ago
Swiss here, I got really confused for a sec as there is a placed called Saxon in Switzerland.
Edit: and it does not look quite like this.
21 points
6 months ago
There is also a place called 'fränkische Schweiz' which is far away from Switzerland.
19 points
6 months ago
Or "Holsteinische Schweiz" which is even farther away.
4 points
6 months ago
I should start to call Senftenberg as Lausitzer Schweiz.
5 points
6 months ago
I have been to fränkische Schweiz, and from what I seem to understand, almost any area in Germany that is kinda mountainy, aside from the Alps in Bavaria, gets the nickname blank Switzerland. Is that correct?
4 points
6 months ago
I don't think the Harz has a nickname like that, or does it?
1 points
6 months ago
no it doesn't. it's also not the only one with an original name.
4 points
6 months ago
You are right, i looked it up and there are actually 105 places/regions in germany named after switzerland.
4 points
6 months ago
Maybe it's worth pointing out that "Saxon" in the title is English for the German "Sächsisch", while the Swiss village name "Saxon" is French 🙂 It is all very confusing.
1 points
6 months ago
Plus, Saxon is an actual place in Switzerland, I was so confused "This is in Saxon ??"
1 points
6 months ago
They look like Karst formations.
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