DEUTSCHLAND	GERMANY
Bundesland: Freistaat Sachsen	Saxony
Landkreis: Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge

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Dippoldiswalde is situated at an elevation of 375 m in the district Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, about 20 km south-southwest of Dresden and about 24 km west-southwest of the district town, Pirna. The municipality has a population of about 14,300 (2019).

Dippoldiswalde was most probably founded in the second half of the 12th century by the burgraves of Dohna. The oldest known written document that mentions Dipoldiswale dates from 1218. In 1266 it is mentioned as a possession of the margraves of Meißen. The town was destroyed in 1429 during the Hussite Wars. The Reformation was introduced here in 1541. In 1632, during the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648), it again suffered severe damages. Already early on, Dippoldiwalde served as a centre for the durrounding areas. It became the seat of a district in 1847. In 1994, the district Dippoldiswalde was merged with the district Freital and was renamed Weißeritzkreis; Dippoldiswalde remained the district town. Four years later, in 1998, the Weißeritzkreis was merged with the district Sächsische Schweiz into the new and current district Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge (district town: Pirna).

Dippoldiswalde castle [centre] was founded in the 12th century as a seat of the adinistration of a district within the margraviate Meißen. After the having been destroyed by the Hussites in 1429, the castle was rebuilt in 1485. Between 1500 and 1550 it was remodeled in Renaissance style. The southern wing was added in 1569–1572. Today, the castle is the seat of the district court Dippoldiswalde, the Museum Osterzgebirgsgalerie and the Museum of Medieval Mining in the Ore Mountains.

[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dippoldiswalde; https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei%C3%9Feritzkreis]