What is Pirna?
{{Infobox German location |type = Stadt |image_photo = Human rights memorial Castle-Fortress Sonnenstein 117956973.jpg |image_flag = Bandera decorativa de Pirna.svg |image_coa = Escudo de armas de Pirna simple.svg |coordinates = {{coord|50|57|44|N|13|56|25|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Pirna in PIR.svg |state = Sachsen |district = Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge |Verwaltungsgemeinschaft = Pirna |elevation = 109-340 |area = 53.02 |population = 37645 |Stand = 2006-12-31 |postal_code = 01781–01796 |area_code = 03501 |licence = PIR |Gemeindeschlüssel = 14628270 |divisions = 16 |website = {{url|https://www.pirna.de/}} |mayor = Klaus Peter Hanke |party = none }} '''Pirna''' is a ''[[Große Kreisstadt]]'' in the rural district of [[Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge Rural District|Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge]] in the Free State of [[Saxony]], [[Germany]]. ==Geography== Pirna is located at the beginning of the [[Elbtalkessel]], where the [[Wesenitz]] and the [[Gottleuba]] flow in the [[Elbe]]. In the south of Pirna is the ''[[Osterzgebirge]]''. Pirna is named ''Tor zur [[Sächsische Schweiz (tourism)|Sächsischen Schweiz]]'' (door to the Sächsische Schweiz). ===Nearby towns=== Direct in the north of Pirna is the capital of Saxony, [[Dresden]]. Nearby towns are [[Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel]], [[Bahretal]], [[Dohma]], [[Dohna]], [[Dürrröhrsdorf-Dittersbach]], [[Heidenau]], [[Lohmen]], [[Stadt Wehlen]] and [[Struppen]]. All these towns are in the rural districts of Sächsische and Schweiz-Osterzgebirge. ==History== ===Stone Age=== The first relics of human settlers are from the last [[ice age]]. In the [[neolithic]] age, [[farmer]]s lived in this region. In the 6th century the [[Sorbs]] settled in Pirna. ===Middle Ages===