{{Use British English|date=May 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}} {{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 = <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}}</ref> |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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==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.<ref name=gf>{{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}}</ref> In April 1945, surviving prisoners were sent on a death march towards the Ore Mountains.<ref name=gf/>
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== External links == * {{commons-inline}} * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170111162456/http://www.porschdorfer-einkehr.de/porschdorf/ |title=Porschdorf – Urlaubsort am Lilienstein |date=dmy}}
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Category:Former municipalities in Saxony Category:Populated places in Saxon Switzerland Category:Bad Schandau
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