The
Elbe Sandstone Mountains,
also called the
Elbe sandstone highlands is a mountain range straddling the border between the state of Saxony in southeastern Germany and the North Bohemian region of the Czech Republic, with about three-quarters of the area lying on the German side. The mountains are also referred to as Saxon Switzerland and Bohemian Switzerland in both German and Czech (
Sächsische Schweiz and
Böhmische Schweiz in German,
Saské Švýcarsko and
České Švýcarsko in Czech) or simply combined as Saxon-Bohemian Switzerland.
In both countries, the mountain range has been declared a national park. The name derives from the sandstone which was carved by erosion. The river Elbe breaks through the mountain range in a steep and narrow valley.
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