23 August 2020, Saxony, K?nigsstein/Ot Pfaffendorf: The Barbarine, which is about 42 metres high above the Elbe, is one of the well-known rocks of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains and belongs to the Pfaffensteine massif. Climbers first climbed the rock in 1905, and in 1978 the Barbarine was declared a natural monument. The low mountain range of Saxon Switzerland, consisting mainly of sandstone, extends over about 700 square kilometres on the upper reaches of the Elbe. The German part is called Saxon Switzerland, the Czech part Bohemian Switzerland. Photo: Soeren Stache/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB