Tharandt

Tharandt () is a municipality in Saxony, Germany, situated on the Weißeritz, southwest of Dresden.

Key facts

German location.type: Stadt
German location.image_photo: Tharandt Übersicht.JPG
German location.image_coa: Wappen tharandt.png
German location.image_plan: Tharandt in PIR.svg
German location.state: Sachsen
German location.district: Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
German location.Verwaltungsgemeinschaft: Tharandt
German location.elevation: 214
German location.area: 71.22
German location.postal_code: 01737
German location.area_code: 035203
German location.licence: PIR
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 14628400
German location.divisions: 7
German location.website: www.tharandt.de
German location.mayor: Silvio Ziesemer
German location.leader_term: 2020–27

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Population: 5467
Area: 71.22
Elevation: 214
Official website: www.tharandt.de
Image: Tharandt Übersicht.JPG
Dialing code: 035203

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Commons category: Tharandt
postal code: 01737
Commons gallery: Tharandt
hashtag: Tharandt
P8168: Gernot Erler

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Tharandt () is a municipality in Saxony, Germany, situated on the Weißeritz, southwest of Dresden.

It has a Protestant Church and the oldest academy of forestry in Germany, founded as the Royal Saxon Academy of Forestry by Heinrich Cotta in 1811, together with its arboretum, the Forstbotanischer Garten Tharandt. In 2002, a severe flood destroyed many of the academy buildings and the library, including some of its more-than-500-year old books. The academy was rebuilt and today has about 650 students and is famous for its long traditions of educating students from all over the world in (tropical) forestry, resource management and sustainable land use.