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{{Infobox German location
|type               = Stadt
|image_photo       = Wehlen (02) 2006-06-10.jpg
|image_coa            = Wappen_stadt_wehlen.png
|coordinates       = {{coord|50|57|25|N|14|1|56|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Stadt Wehlen in PIR.svg
|state        = Sachsen
|district         = Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
|Verwaltungsgemeinschaft = Lohmen/Stadt Wehlen
|elevation              = 220
|area            = 10.81
|postal_code               = 01829
|area_code           = 035024
|licence               = PIR
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 14628370
|divisions         = 4 
|website           = [http://www.wehlen-online.de www.wehlen-online.de]
|mayor             = Thomas Mathe<ref>[https://wahlen.sachsen.de/download/Buergermeister/statistik-sachsen_wahlen_buergermeister_uebersicht_aktuell.xlsx Gewählte Bürgermeisterinnen und Bürgermeister im Freistaat Sachsen, Stand: 17. Juli 2022], Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2022&ndash;29
}}
'''Stadt Wehlen''' (also: '''Wehlen''') is a town in the [[Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge]] district, in [[Saxony]], [[Germany]]. It is situated on the western edge of [[Saxon Switzerland]], on the right bank of the [[Elbe]], 6&nbsp;km east of [[Pirna]], and 23&nbsp;km southeast of [[Dresden]] (centre).

==Municipality subdivisions==
Wehlen includes the following subdivisions:
* Dorf Wehlen
* Pötzscha
* Stadt Wehlen
* Zeichen

==Culture and attractions in Wehlen==
{{wide image|Wehlen Panorama 001.jpg|1000px|Panorama of Stadt Wehlen}}
<gallery>
Elbsandstein011.jpg|View to the left side of the Elbe onto Wehlen/Pötzscha
Stadtkirche in Stadt Wehlen.JPG|Townchurch at the Marketplace
Kirche Dorf Wehlen 2.JPG|Michalischurch in Dorf Wehlen
Burgruine Wehlen 4.JPG|„Trommel“(drum): Northside of castleruin Stadt Wehlen
Weiße Brüche.JPG|„Weiße Brüche“(white quarries) View from the Raunenstein (mountain)
Sachsen 2012-120.jpg|Beergarden in Wehlen/Pötzscha
Sachsen 2012-122.jpg|Beergarden in Wehlen/Pötzscha

</gallery>

== Transport ==
[[Stadt Wehlen station]], on the [[Dresden S-Bahn]] and the Dresden to [[Prague]] railway, is located on the south bank of the Elb and is connected to the town centre, on the north bank, by the frequent [[Stadt Wehlen ferry|Stadt Wehlen passenger ferry]]. Also on the north bank, an infrequent bus service connects the town to [[Pirna]]. Both ferry and bus are operated by the [[Regionalverkehr Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge]]. Königstein is also a stop for the [[Sächsische Dampfschiffahrt]] ships, including historic [[paddle steamers]], operating on the Elbe between Dresden and the Czech border.<ref>{{cite book |title=Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland |language=de |trans-title=German railway atlas |edition=2009/2010 |publisher=Schweers + Wall |year=2009 |isbn= 978-3-89494-139-0}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.saechsische-dampfschifffahrt.de/en/contact/piers/ |title=Piers |publisher=Sächsische Dampfschiffahrt |access-date=20 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vvo-online.de/en/leisure/ferries-boats/elbfaehren-202.cshtml |title=Elbe ferries |publisher=[[Verkehrsverbund Oberelbe]] |access-date=20 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ovps.de/downloads/faehre8.pdf |title=F8: Fährstelle Stadt Wehlen |publisher=Regionalverkehr Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge |access-date=22 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ovps.de/downloads/238.pdf |title=238: Pirna - Mockethal - Stadt Wehlen / Pirna - Lohmen - Stadt Wehlen |publisher=Regionalverkehr Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge |access-date=22 July 2022}}</ref>

==International relations==
[[File:2016 Stadt Wehlen - Panorama von der Elbe.jpg|thumb|right|View from the Elbe]]
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Stadt Wehlen is [[town twinning|twinned]] with:
* [[Bernkastel-Kues|Wehlen an der Mosel]] ([[Rhineland-Palatinate]])
* [[Wangen im Allgäu]] ([[Baden-Württemberg]]
* Dorn-Dürkheim 
* [[Trochtelfingen]]

== See also ==
* [[Bergtest near Wehlen]], an annual competition walk.

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.wehlen-online.de Webpage of the town of wehlen]
* [http://www.stadt-wehlen.de Tourist information of the town of wehlen]

{{Cities and towns in Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge (district)}}

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[[Category:Populated places in Saxon Switzerland]]


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