Klingenberg

Klingenberg, a district of the municipality of Pretzschendorf, has about 1,500 inhabitants. The place consists of the original village, the part of Neuklingenberg, the houses around the railway station and some single houses near the dam.
The village was first mentioned documentary in 1351. The name “Klingenberg” probably comes from the Old High German word “chlinga” what means “the ringing, roaring mountain stream”.

Klingenberg is situated in the Tharandt forest and close to the river “Wilde Weißeritz”. The place is known in the area around because of its drinking water dam which was built from 1911 to 1914. For getting building material to the building site, a small railway line was built from the railway station. It runs over the so-called “Streichholzbrücke” (match bridge). This bridge spans the 18 metres deep “Long Bottom” in the middle of the forest, just before the dam.
The dam has a length of 4 kilometres and takes on about 16.38 millions cubic metres of water. The concrete dam has an height of 46 metres and a length of 312 metres. Although it isn't allowed to swim and do sports in the reservoir because it is a supplier of drinking water, the dam represents an admirable recreation area.
The “Lindenhof” and the “Waldschänke” provide meals and drinks near the dam. Further restaurants in Klingenberg are the hotel “Zur Neuklingenberger Höhe” in Neuklingenberg and the “Sachsenhof” near the railway station.

Apart from the dam, the fallow deer park is a worthwhile hiking destination. It was created in 1988 and covers an area of 12 hectares. Here live about 200 magnificent exemplars of fallow deers. With a bit of luck you can watch a pride close to you.
The recreation area “Tharandt forest” also provides a lot of possibilities for hikers and cyclists: The centre of Saxony in the Tännicht Bottom can be reached from Klingenberg, also the “Lips Tullian Rock” which reminds one of the legendary robber-chief, and furthermore the nature adventure farm “Weidegut” in Colmnitz.

The church of Klingenberg was built from 1740 to 42 as replacement of the smaller village church that had been errected in 1581.