The Kromlau Azalea and Rhododendron Park (German: Azaleen- und Rhododendronpark Kromlau; Upper Sorbian: Acalejowy a Rododendronowy Park Kromola) is an 80-hectare (200-acre) landscaped park in the village of Kromlau (Upper Sorbian: Kromola), in the municipality of Gablenz (Jabłońc) in the region of Lusatia (Upper Lusatia), in the very east of the German state of Saxony, close to the border with Poland.
It was created in the nineteenth century,[1] reportedly on the grounds of a former feudal estate, by Friedrich Herrmann Rötschke.
The Rakotz Bridge (German: Rakotzbrücke; Upper Sorbian: Rakocec Móst), also known as Devil's Bridge (German: Teufelsbrücke; Upper Sorbian: Djabołski Móst), spanning Rakotz Lake, is 7.8 metres (26 ft) long and 6.5 metres (21 ft) wide.
The name of both the bridge and the lake derive from the Upper Sorbian expression for crab (rak).
[2] The bridge features artificially-formed basalt columns selected and shipped from distant quarries.