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The “Lichtenhainer” waterfall

Our house was built in 1852/53 next to the waterfall of the creek “Lichtenhain”. Decades before, Goetzinger, the chronicler of the Saxonian Switzerland already mentioned this waterfall, in his 1812 published work “Schandau and its surroundings”. It was probably not enormous enough for the travelers, so the creek became dammed in the 1830s with a wind-up weir. A Lichtenhainer citizen got the function of the Waterfall executor, who had a small bar in a bark hut. He opened the dam a few minutes for the “strangers” which gave him a tip for that.

After the guest house was built, it has been best used with the waterfall. The innkeeper felt (and still feels today) responsible for the functioning of the waterfall, which is a proved magnet for visitors and attracted many guests. The Lichtenhainer Waterfall became an important hub on the “Fremdenweg” to the barn, “Winterberg” and “Prebischtor”. Here you could hire guides, pack animals or vehicles.

Even more people came, as on 27th of May in 1898 the “Kirnitzschtalbahn” was opened. The first wagons derailed several times on their way to the waterfall, but finally they brought the participants of the inaugural run to the cold buffet at the Lichtenhainer waterfall.
Hundreds of thousands of tourists should follow.

The historic dam was restored in 1994 and since then every half an hour it gets opened to shoot down a mighty torrent of water to delight the tourists.

To get an impression of our region, you can watch the trailer for the documentary film “A fairy tale in stone”. here