Königstein, a fortress of Saxony, once regarded as impregnable, but now of no military importance, stands on a rock 800 feet above the Elbe, 24 miles SE. of Dresden by rail. Here the Saxon army yielded to Frederick the Great in 1756.
Königstein
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 453
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