As early as 1897 , during the floods in the Eastern Ore Mountains of 1927 as well as in 1954 , 1957 , 1958 and 1966 , serious flood damage occurred along the line , but this was by no means as great as the 2002 floods . Between 12 and 14 August 2002 enormous masses of water were discharged above the crest of the Eastern Ore Mountains . In Zinnwald-Georgenfeld , 406 mm of rain fell in this time , almost half of the annual average precipitation . The torrential rain turned the Müglitz into a torrential stream , devastating almost the entire valley . The situation was exacerbated by the break-up of the only flood retention basin in the Brießnitz valley , which is located above Glashütte . For the third time after 1897 and 1927 , the line was largely destroyed . The dams and bridges were submerged and heavily devastated by parts of structures that had broken away . The resulting total loss amounted to approximately € 50 million
2002 floods
2002 European floods
Heidenau–Kurort Altenberg railway