Natural feature
Dresden Heath
Vast city forest of sandy pine woods, old hunting grounds and paths marked by centuries-old red signs.
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Location
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Dresden Heath, the great forest on Dresden's northern edge, follows the red symbols painted on its tree trunks, a wayfinding system that probably reaches back to the Middle Ages. You'll meet the forest sign cutters who carved them, the Radeberg man who expanded their network in the eighteenth century, and the shapes that gave old paths their names. Best heard beside any trunk carrying one of those red marks.
This audio guide was created using AI.