- Population
- 1,539
- 1.5K
- Elevation
- 307 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
- Airports
- DRS Dresden Airport73 km
- PRG Václav Havel Airport Prague105 km
About Großhennersdorf
Großhennersdorf is a village. Location: Herrnhut, Landkreis Görlitz. Population: 1,539. Elevation: 307 m.
Großhennersdorf (Upper Sorbian: Wjelikohennersdorf) is a village and a former municipality in Görlitz district, Saxony, Germany. Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town Herrnhut. The Bundesstraße 178 connects Großhennersdorf with Löbau and Zittau. The town was founded in 1296. The town is best known perhaps as the home of Henriette Catharina von Gersdorff m.n. von Friesen, the widow of the Governor of Upper Lusatia, Nicolaus Baron von Gersdorf. The Katharinenhof school is named for her.
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At a glance
- Area
- 21.9 km²
Source: Wikidata
Photos of Großhennersdorf
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Spitzberg Moritz Wickendorf · CC BY-SA 3.0 -
Knorrberg Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 de -
Hengstberg J.-H. Janßen · CC BY-SA 4.0 -
Großer Berg Moritz Wickendorf · CC BY-SA 3.0 -
Schönbrunner Berg Moritz Wickendorf · CC BY-SA 3.0
Climate of Großhennersdorf
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A cold month
Day 6° · Night 1° · Rain 52 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 23°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -3°)
- Wettest month
- July (104 mm)
- Driest month
- February (40 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) | 1° | 3° | 7° | 12° | 18° | 21° | 22° | 23° | 18° | 12° | 6° | 3° |
| Average low (°C) | -3° | -3° | 0° | 3° | 7° | 11° | 12° | 12° | 9° | 5° | 1° | -2° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 46 | 40 | 48 | 41 | 83 | 77 | 104 | 100 | 57 | 51 | 52 | 52 |
How to get to Großhennersdorf
The nearest airport is Dresden Airport (DRS), 73 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Dresden, 74 km to the west.
Airports
- Dresden Airport (DRS) Dresden 73 kmwest
- Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) Prague 105 kmsouth
- Pardubice Airport (PED) Pardubice 127 kmsoutheast
Nearby large cities
- Dresden Population: 564.9K 74 kmwest
- Prague Population: 1.2M 103 kmsouth
- Chemnitz Population: 247.2K 132 kmwest
- Leipzig Population: 505K 174 kmwest
- Gera Population: 104.7K 191 kmwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Großhennersdorf
Within 100 km: 178 historic and cultural sites, 1,280 natural sites, 217 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km209 places
- Malena Lake 23 kmNW
- Zigeunerberg Mountain 16 kmS
- Ziegelberg Mountain 23 kmNW
- Weißberg Mountain 9 kmNE
25–60 km516 places
- Pirna-Sonnenstein Mountain 59 kmW
- Lysá Mountain 49 kmS
- Tvarožník Mountain 56 kmSE
- Vosí vrch Mountain 29 kmW
60–100 km950 places
- Erzgebirge Mountain 69 kmW
- Hořidla Mountain 62 kmSW
- Bielec Mountain 82 kmE
- Wiesenteich Lake 71 kmNW
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Eisberg Mountain, Herrnhut0.7 km NW
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Großer Berg Mountain, Herrnhut1.3 km SE
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Langer Berg Mountain, Herrnhut0.9 km W
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Schönbrunner Berg Mountain, Herrnhut2.2 km SE
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Hengstberg Mountain, Herrnhut4 km NW
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Sonnenhübel Mountain, Oderwitz2.4 km SW
Sources & licences
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