Bad Gottleuba

Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel
Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel
Location of Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel within Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district
Coordinates: 50°51′30″N 13°57′0″E / 50.85833°N 13.95000°E / 50.85833; 13.95000Coordinates: 50°51′30″N 13°57′0″E / 50.85833°N 13.95000°E / 50.85833; 13.95000
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
District	Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
Municipal assoc.	Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel
Government
• Mayor	Thomas Mutze
Area
• Total	88.75 km2 (34.27 sq mi)
Elevation	211-644 m (−1,902 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	5,676
• Density	64/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	01816, 01819, 01825
Dialling codes	035023, 035025, 035032, 035054
Vehicle registration	PIR
Website	www.stadt-badgottleuba-berggiesshuebel.de

Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel is a spa town in the district Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. The municipality borders the Czech Republic in the south. The municipality was formed on 1 January 1999 by the merger of the former municipalities Bad Gottleuba, Berggießhübel, Langenhennersdorf and Bahratal. Surrounded by forests and near a water dam Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel has several facilities, including a spa health park, a plant garden and a heated open air pool.

The following villages are part of the municipality: Oelsen in the southeast, Markersbach and Hellendorf in the southeast, Hartmannsbach, Breitenau, Börnersdorf and Hennersbach in the southwest, Bad Gottleuba and Berggießhübel in the central part and Zwiesel, Bahra and Langenhennersdorf in the north. The municipality extends up to the foothills of the eastern Ore Mountains and into the Saxon Switzerland. The united spa town is located between the rivers Gottleuba and Bahra. The main settlements Bad Gottleuba and Berggießhübel are on the river Gottleuba.

Distances from Berggießhübel which is more or less in the centre of the combined spa town:

Since 2005 the town has been easily accessible via the A17 express motorway Dresden - Prague.

In 1459, the boundaries were fixed between Bohemia and Saxony by a contract between the Bohemian king and Frederick II and Duke William III of Saxony, and the area of the current municipality came to Saxony. In 1813, during the Napoleonic Wars, the area suffered damages from battles between the Russians and the French. In 1880 a railway line from Pirna to Berggießhübel was opened. It was extended to Gottleuba in 1905, and closed in 1976. The Gottleuba Dam in the Gottleuba river was built between 1965 and 1974.