{"id":11338,"date":"2018-03-02T10:30:32","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T08:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fromplacetoplace.travel\/?p=11338"},"modified":"2022-02-07T18:48:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T16:48:16","slug":"bastion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fromplacetoplace.travel\/germany\/saxony\/elbe-sandstone-highlands\/bastion\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit to the bastion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
In Saxon Switzerland on the banks of the Elbe, there is a bastion. Numerous tourists enjoy the wonderful view over the Elbe valley and the Elbe Sandstone Highlands from here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The bastion was part of the contravallation of the castle Neurathen. Very early on the castle and the rock it was built on became a tourist attraction and as early as 1798 it even got mentioned in tourist guidebooks. Food and service were offered to visitors for the first time in 1812. Visitors came to the bastion via the Malerweg ( Painter\u2019s Path) from Wehen and Lohmen, amongst them artists like Caspar David Friedrich who created the first paintings of the surroundings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
487 stairs led up the cliff starting in Rathen. The first ever accommodation for visitors was built in 1826 and offered the option of making the trip an overnight stay. Around the same time, a bridge was built to connect the two cliffs \u201cSteinschleuder\u201d (slingshot) and \u201cNeurather Felsentor\u201d (Neurather Cliff Gate). It was made out of wood and bridged the cleft that is the \u201cMardertelle\u201d.
With the increasing numbers of visitors, the old wooden bridge was replaced with a sandstone bridge with 7 arches. This bridge is still in use today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n