Porschdorf

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{{Infobox German place

|type = Ortsteil

|Town = Bad Schandau

|image_photo = Panorama von Porschdorf.JPG

|image_caption = Panorama of Porschdorf

|image_coa = none

|coordinates = {{coord|50|56|N|14|8|E|format=dms|display=it}}

|state = Sachsen

|district = Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge

|elevation = 225

|area = 10.93

|population = 426

|pop_ref = {{cite news |title=Einwohnerzahl von Bad Schandau sinkt |trans-title=Population of Bad Schandau decreases |language=de |work=Sächsische Zeitung (Ausgabe Pirna) |date=2010-01-26}}

|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.{{cite press release |date=2011-12-23 |title=Bilanz 2011: 12 freiwillige Gemeindezusammenschlüsse in Sachsen |trans-title=Balance 2011: 12 voluntary mergers of municipalities in Saxony |url=https://www.medienservice.sachsen.de/medien/news/166753 |language=de |location=Dresden, Germany |publisher=Sächsische Staatskanzlei |access-date=2022-05-15}}

History

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.gedenkstaette-flossenbuerg.de/en/history/satellite-camps/porschdorf|title=Porschdorf Subcamp|website=KZ-Gedenkstätte Flossenbürg|access-date=24 October 2023}} In April 1945, surviving prisoners were sent on a death march towards the Ore Mountains.

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