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Early Camp Hohnstein

Located in Hohnstein, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge Coordinates: 50°58′44″ N 14°06′45″ E

Early Camp Hohnstein
Hedwig Storch · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Nearest town
Hohnstein
0.2 km NE
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
Elevation
299 m
above sea level
When to go
June–August
See the climate
Airports
DRS Dresden Airport30 km
PRG Václav Havel Airport Prague98 km

About Early Camp Hohnstein

Early Camp Hohnstein is a historic site. Location: Hohnstein, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge.

From Wikipedia

Oflag IV-A was a World War II German POW camp for officers located in the 15th-century Burg Hohnstein, in Hohnstein, Saxony.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Climate of Early Camp Hohnstein

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 6° · Night 1° · Rain 59 mm

Hottest month
August (day 23°)
Coldest month
January (night -3°)
Wettest month
July (90 mm)
Driest month
April (38 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).

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Climate of Early Camp Hohnstein
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)2°3°7°12°18°21°22°23°18°12°6°3°
Average low (°C)-3°-3°1°3°8°11°13°13°9°6°1°-1°
Precipitation (mm)494553386580908861535954

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Early Camp Hohnstein

The nearest airport is Dresden Airport (DRS), 30 km to the northwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Dresden, 27 km to the west.

Airports

  • Dresden Airport (DRS) Dresden 30 kmnorthwest
  • Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) Prague 98 kmsouth
  • Karlovy Vary Airport (KLV) Karlovy Vary 121 kmsouthwest

Nearby large cities

  • Dresden Population: 564.9K 27 kmwest
  • Chemnitz Population: 247.2K 85 kmwest
  • Prague Population: 1.2M 101 kmsouth
  • Leipzig Population: 505K 128 kmwest
  • Gera Population: 104.7K 143 kmwest

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

Day trips from Early Camp Hohnstein

Within 100 km: 249 historic and cultural sites, 1,653 natural sites, 379 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km328 places

  • Erzgebirge Mountain 23 kmSW
  • Pirna-Sonnenstein Mountain 12 kmW
  • Vosí vrch Mountain 23 kmSE
  • Taubenteich Lake 16 kmS

25–60 km989 places

  • Hořidla Mountain 50 kmS
  • Buschteich Lake 54 kmNE
  • Obersee Lake 56 kmNE
  • Winkelteich Lake 53 kmNE

60–100 km964 places

  • Lysá Mountain 69 kmSE
  • Jastrzębiec Mountain 98 kmE
  • Wergteich Lake 78 kmN
  • Unterteich Lake 97 kmN

Straight-line distances.

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