Village

Niederau

Located in Landkreis Meißen, Saxony Coordinates: 51°11′36″ N 13°32′49″ E

X-Weinzar · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Population: 4,076; 4.1K
Elevation: 154 m; above sea level
Local time: UTC+01:00; Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
Places inside: 12; listed under Niederau
When to go: May–September; See the climate
Airports: DRS Dresden Airport17 km; LEJ Leipzig/Halle Airport95 km

About Niederau

Niederau is a village. Location: Landkreis Meißen, Saxony. Population: 4,076. Elevation: 154 m.

From Wikipedia

Niederau is a municipality in the district of Meißen, in Saxony, Germany. Niederau station is located on the Leipzig–Dresden railway, which also used to have Oberau Tunnel until 1933, which was located within today's municipality Niederau.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Area: 35.2 km²
Official website: niederau.info

Source: Wikidata

Photos of Niederau

Hegelsberg Radler59 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Burgberg Meißen Stephan Hoppe · CC BY-SA 3.0

Population of Niederau over time

Population of Niederau over time
2017		3,953
2019		4,007
2021		4,132
2022		4,135
2023		4,119
2024		4,076
2025		4,050

Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.

Climate of Niederau

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: May–September.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 7° · Night 2° · Rain 50 mm

Hottest month: July (day 24°)
Coldest month: January (night -3°)
Wettest month: July (74 mm)
Driest month: February (34 mm)

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19° 8°

22° 12°

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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

Climate of Niederau
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	2°	4°	8°	13°	19°	22°	24°	24°	19°	14°	7°	4°
Average low (°C)	-3°	-2°	1°	4°	8°	12°	13°	13°	10°	6°	2°	-1°
Precipitation (mm)	40	34	42	43	57	63	74	73	49	42	50	50

Other places to visit in this season: May June July August September

How to get to Niederau

The nearest airport is Dresden Airport (DRS), 17 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Dresden, 21 km to the southeast.

Airports

Dresden Airport (DRS) Dresden 17 kmsoutheast
Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ) Schkeuditz 95 kmwest
Karlovy Vary Airport (KLV) Karlovy Vary 119 kmsouth

Nearby large cities

Dresden Population: 564.9K 21 kmsoutheast
Chemnitz Population: 247.2K 59 kmsouthwest
Leipzig Population: 505K 84 kmwest
Gera Population: 104.7K 108 kmwest
Halle Population: 237.9K 114 kmwest

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Niederau

Within 100 km: 364 historic and cultural sites, 2,022 natural sites, 560 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km268 places

Vierteich Lake 13 kmNE
Toffelsteich Lake 23 kmN
Schäferteich Lake 17 kmNE
Röhricht-Teich Lake 15 kmNE

25–60 km1,110 places

Erzgebirge Mountain 38 kmSE
Pirna-Sonnenstein Mountain 39 kmSE
Wiesenteich Lake 56 kmNE
Weißiger Großteich Lake 43 kmE

60–100 km1,568 places

Hořidla Mountain 89 kmSE
Vosí vrch Mountain 69 kmSE
Stoličná Mountain 99 kmS
Sprotte River 84 kmW

Straight-line distances.

Places in Niederau

12 places

Bar: population relative to the most populous place in this list.

Cities & villages7

Am Bahnhof · Village
Buschhäuser · Village
Gröbern · Village
Großdobritz · Village
Jessen · Village
Oberau · Village
Ockrilla · Village

Mountains & nature3

Deponie Gröbern · Mountain
Hegelsberg · Mountain
Kirchberg · Mountain

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Hirschberg Mountain, Moritzburg
4.6 km E
Narrenköpfchen Mountain, Moritzburg
4.9 km E
Burgberg Meißen Mountain, Meissen
6.1 km SW
Römische Bosel Mountain, Coswig
5.7 km S
Spitzberg Mountain, Weinböhla
6.5 km SE
Laubenberg Mountain, Weinböhla
6.1 km SE