Pillnitz
Located in Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt Dresden Coordinates: 51°00′26″ N 13°52′32″ E
- Population
- 3,392
- 3.4K
- Elevation
- 116 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
- Airports
- DRS Dresden Airport16 km
- PRG Václav Havel Airport Prague104 km
About Pillnitz
Pillnitz is a neighbourhood. Location: Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt Dresden. Population: 3,392.
Pillnitz (German pronunciation: [ˈpɪlnɪts]) is a quarter in the east of Dresden, Germany. It can be reached by bus, ship, walking along the river or by bicycle. Pillnitz is most famous for its Baroque palace and park, the Pillnitz Castle. Pillnitz Palace consists of the Riverside Palace (Wasserpalais) at the river, the parallel Upper Palace (Bergpalais) towards the hills and the linking building New Palace (Neues Palais). The first two were designed by Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann.
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At a glance
- Area
- 9.1 km²
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Photos of Pillnitz
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Climate of Pillnitz
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: May–September.
This month · November
A cold month
Day 7° · Night 2° · Rain 56 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 24°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -2°)
- Wettest month
- July (85 mm)
- Driest month
- February (42 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | 3° | 4° | 9° | 13° | 19° | 22° | 24° | 24° | 19° | 14° | 7° | 4° |
| Average low (°C) | -2° | -1° | 2° | 4° | 9° | 12° | 14° | 14° | 11° | 7° | 2° | 0° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 47 | 42 | 51 | 42 | 61 | 73 | 85 | 82 | 56 | 49 | 56 | 55 |
Other places to visit in this season: May June July August September
How to get to Pillnitz
The nearest airport is Dresden Airport (DRS), 16 km to the northwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Dresden, 11 km to the northwest.
Airports
- Dresden Airport (DRS) Dresden 16 kmnorthwest
- Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) Prague 104 kmsouth
- Karlovy Vary Airport (KLV) Karlovy Vary 112 kmsouthwest
Nearby large cities
- Dresden Population: 564.9K 11 kmnorthwest
- Chemnitz Population: 247.2K 69 kmwest
- Prague Population: 1.2M 109 kmsouth
- Leipzig Population: 505K 112 kmwest
- Gera Population: 104.7K 127 kmwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Pillnitz
Within 100 km: 279 historic and cultural sites, 1,857 natural sites, 446 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km373 places
- Erzgebirge Mountain 13 kmS
- Pirna-Sonnenstein Mountain 8 kmSE
- Rückhaltebecken Reinhardtsgrimma Lake 19 kmSW
- Rückhaltebecken Mordgrundbach Lake 22 kmS
25–60 km1,006 places
- Hořidla Mountain 59 kmSE
- Vosí vrch Mountain 39 kmE
- Wiesenteich Lake 59 kmN
- Weißiger Großteich Lake 40 kmNE
60–100 km1,203 places
- Lysá Mountain 83 kmSE
- Stoličná Mountain 92 kmSW
- Svatý Prokop Landmark 97 kmSW
- Buschteich Lake 61 kmNE
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Schloß Pillnitz Historic site, Dresden0.4 km NW
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Künstliche Ruine Historic site, Dresden0.7 km N
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Borsberg Mountain, Dresden2 km E -
Friedrichsgrund Natural site, Saxony0.9 km NE
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Zschachwitz Concentration Camp Historic site, Dresden2.9 km SW
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Triebenberg Mountain, Dresden4 km NE
Other cities and towns in Dresden
Sources & licences
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