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Stadt Wehlen
Stadt Wehlen
Town
	Coat of arms
	Location of Stadt Wehlen within Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district
	Stadt Wehlen Stadt Wehlen
	Coordinates: 50°57′25″N 14°1′56″E / 50.95694°N 14.03222°E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
District	Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
Municipal assoc.	Lohmen/Stadt Wehlen
Subdivisions	4
Government
• Mayor (2022–29)	Thomas Mathe
Area
• Total	10.81 km2 (4.17 sq mi)
Elevation	220 m (720 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	1,549
• Density	140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	01829
Dialling codes	035024
Vehicle registration	PIR
Website	www.wehlen-online.de

Stadt Wehlen (also: Wehlen) is a town in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the western edge of Saxon Switzerland, on the right bank of the Elbe, 6 km east of Pirna, and 23 km southeast of Dresden (centre).

Municipality subdivisions

Wehlen includes the following subdivisions:

Panorama of Stadt Wehlen

Stadt Wehlen station, on the Dresden S-Bahn and the Dresden to Prague railway, is located on the south bank of the Elb and is connected to the town centre, on the north bank, by the frequent Stadt Wehlen passenger ferry. Also on the north bank, an infrequent bus service connects the town to Pirna. Both ferry and bus are operated by the Regionalverkehr Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge. Königstein is also a stop for the Sächsische Dampfschiffahrt ships, including historic paddle steamers, operating on the Elbe between Dresden and the Czech border.^[3] ^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

Stadt Wehlen is twinned with:

^ Gewählte Bürgermeisterinnen und Bürgermeister im Freistaat Sachsen, Stand: 17. Juli 2022, Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen.
^ "Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden als Excel-Arbeitsmappe" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 2024.
^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland [German railway atlas] (in German) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
^ "Piers". Sächsische Dampfschiffahrt. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
^ "Elbe ferries". Verkehrsverbund Oberelbe. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
^ "F8: Fährstelle Stadt Wehlen" (PDF). Regionalverkehr Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
^ "238: Pirna - Mockethal - Stadt Wehlen / Pirna - Lohmen - Stadt Wehlen" (PDF). Regionalverkehr Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge. Retrieved 22 July 2022.

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