Type: | Ortsteil |
Town: | Bad Schandau |
Image Coa: | none |
Coordinates: | 50.9333°N 22°W |
State: | Sachsen |
District: | Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge |
Elevation: | 225 |
Area: | 10.93 |
Population: | 426 |
Pop Ref: | [1] |
Stand: | 2009 |
Postal Code: | 01814 |
Area Code: | 035022 |
Licence: | PIR |
Year Of First Mention: | 1443 |
Porschdorf is a former municipality in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, in Saxony, in eastern Germany. With effect from 1 January 2012, it has been incorporated into the town of Bad Schandau.[2]
During World War II, in February 1945, a subcamp of the Flossenbürg concentration camp was established, in which some 250 men, mostly Italian, were subjected to forced labour.[3] In April 1945, surviving prisoners were sent on a death march towards the Ore Mountains.[3]