The Dolní Žleb Ferry is a cable ferry across the Elbe river at Dolní Žleb in the Děčín District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. Technically, the ferry is a reaction ferry, which is propelled by the current of the water. The ferry is attached to a floating cable which is anchored firmly in the riverbed upstream of the ferry.
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The Belvedér is the oldest viewing point in Bohemian Switzerland in the Czech Republic. It is located near Labská Stráň high above the Elbe valley.
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Labská Stráň is a municipality and village in Děčín District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants.
Labská Stráň lies approximately 10 kilometres north of Děčín, 26 km north-east of Ústí nad Labem, and 86 km north of Prague.
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Bohemian Switzerland, also known as Czech Switzerland, is a nature region in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains in the northwestern Czech Republic, protected as a national park.
It has been a protected area since 1972. The region along the right side of the Elbe became a national park in 2000 and is adjacent to Saxon Switzerland National Park in Germany. Together with Saxon Switzerland, the region is known as Saxon-Bohemian Switzerland.
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Arnoltice is a municipality and village in Děčín District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.
Arnoltice lies approximately 10 kilometres north-east of Děčín, 26 km north-east of Ústí nad Labem, and 84 km north of Prague.
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The Großer Zschirnstein) is the highest hill in the Saxon and German part of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains.
To operate the ferry, it is angled into the current, causing the force of the current to swing the ferry across the river on the cable.