List of natural monuments in Pirna

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This list contains all natural monuments in Pirna (as of October 22, 2012). Names and numbers correspond to the official designations.

Natural monuments

ND No.	designation	Protected goods (selection)	District (location)
SSZ 001	Erlpeterquelle	Source area in a mined water tunnel with a length of 60 to 80 m	Old town
SSZ 002	Our Lady Source	Source shaft closed with an iron plate in the cut area of the gray clay marl of the draftsman's castle lean-to clay bank	Posta
SSZ 003	Large ripples	Surface section of the medium-turon sandstone exposed by loess loam construction in the former Uhlmann brickworks (Magerrasen)	Zehista
SSZ 004	Swirl holes at the Mädelgraben	Several large swirl holes on the southern upper edge of the Elbe valley - 20 m east of the Cunnersdorfer Mädelgraben (kettle-shaped depressions), which today are exposed in their cross-section due to weathering	Cunnersdorf
SSZ 015	Lohmgrund sandstone quarry	Abandoned sandstone quarry with wood succession	Cotta
SSZ 017	Strudel holes on the Forellensteig	Sandstone blocks on the western bank of the Gottleuba river bed with distinctive erosion	Small cotta
SSZ 025	Brick pond	Water-filled gouge (still water) surrounded by dense wood and reed fringes with diverse bird life	Hinterjessen
SSZ 026	Hallstein cliffs	Outcrop of the Purpurberg Quartzite, which drops here as a rock barrier with steep cliffs to the Bahretal; moss and lichen-rich slopes and rocky cliffs exposed to the southwest; transition to species-rich alluvial forest communities at the foot of the slope	Dohma
SSZ 027	Field wood with oak mistletoe	The only known location of the oak mistletoe (European belt flower - Loranths europaeus), which has been documented since 1886 - structurally rich field wood with oak trees	Dohma
SSZ 029	Birkwitzer Graben	Supraregional important wetland with local importance in the biotope network; also called Häntzschelteich, 700 m long, narrow water and swamp area; lined with dense trees, reeds and sedge zones; represents the remainder of an earlier run of the Wesenitz in an advanced silting stage; in the southern part there is a shallow residual water (Birkwitzer See)	Birkwitz ( Location ) 50.981960833333 13.897539
SSZ 034	Cottaer Spitzberg (summit)	Basalt chimney cut by gravel mining, which forms the summit of the Cottaer Spitzberg	Cotta
SSZ 035	Cottaer Spitzberg (north slope)	Pedunculate oak-hornbeam forest as near-natural forest cover	Cotta
SSZ 036	Forest on the Oberpostaer Elbe slope	Oak-hornbeam forest rich in winter linden as near-natural forest cover	Posta
SSZ 038	Wesenitzaue Pirna-Jessen	Valuable, alluvial-typical biotope mosaic made of tall herbaceous vegetation, ledges swamps, reed areas, mesophilic and wet grassland	Hinterjessen
SSZ 040	Elbe laugh	Nationally important silting area on the right bank of the Elbe below Pirnas; Standing backwater approx. 80–100 m wide with embedded islands and peninsulas behind the dam of the Elbe current regulation	Pratzschwitz
SSZ 043	Spawning waters near Pirna-Copitz	Two flat ponds rich in structure and vegetation - lined with willow bushes and black alder; the surrounding area is swampy	Copitz
SSZ 047	Birkwitz meadow	Rare pipe grass meadow with a highly endangered orchid species	Birkwitz
SSZ 049	Forest meadow	Small forest meadow in the area of the seepage water outlet; Location of a protected orchid species	Small cotta
SSZ 054	Neundorf slope	Smooth oat meadow with species of the semi-dry species and a considerable population of giant horsetail	Neundorf
SSZ 071	Pirna-Mockethal lug pond	Small bodies of water with a narrow belt of reed beds and muddy shallow water zones	Mockethal
SSZ 151	Slope on the railroad	Lean lawn in a south-facing location with islets and fruit trees; protected plants and grasshoppers	Dohma
SSZ 152	Pine mistletoe south of Marktweg near Graupa	Occurrence of the pine mistletoe (Viscum laxum) in a dwarf shrub pine forest rich in tree hollows on the southwest border of the distribution area of the pine mistletoe (cf. SSZ 153)	Graupa
SSZ 153	Pine mistletoe northeast of Marktweg near Graupa	Occurrence of the pine mistletoe (Viscum laxum) in a dwarf shrub pine forest rich in tree hollows on the southwest border of the distribution area of the pine mistletoe (cf. SSZ 152)	Graupa
SSZ 022	Avenue of lime trees	Trees on the street called Lindenallee in the eastern part of the village; Current condition: The population is limited to a few old trees and extensive replacement plantings with winter linden	Graupa
SSZ 035	Pedunculate oak on the castle arm	Renovated old tree with an eaves area that is only partially paved with water	Copitz
SSZ 099	Black poplar at the Copitzer Elbhafen		Copitz
SSZ 106	Oak in the castle park	Old oak with an age of 450 years and a girth at chest height of 7.30 m. The branches that reach down to the ground are unique in Germany.	Graupa ( Location ) 50.999119833333 13.922658
SSZ 107	Luther oak at the waterworks in Pirna
SSZ 108	White elm on the Seidewitz near Zehista		Zehista
SSZ 109	Mulberry tree at Gut Mannewitz		Mannewitz , Krietzschwitzer Str. 30 ( Location ) 50.951588 13.947701833333