Pirna is a town in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, capital of the administrative district Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge. The town's population is over 37,000. Pirna is located near Dresden and is an important district town as well as a Große Kreisstadt.

Pirna is located in the vicinity of the Sandstone Mountains in the upper Elbe valley, where two nearby tributaries, Wesenitz from the north and Gottleuba from the south, flow into the Elbe. It is also called the "gate to the Saxon Switzerland". The Saxon wine region, which was established in 1992, stretches from Pirna via Pillnitz, Dresden, and Meissen to Diesbar-Seußlitz.

Museums:

• StadtMuseum Pirna - municipal museum
• Botanischen Sammlungen Landschloß Zuschendorf - botanical collections
• DDR Museum Pirna - museum devoted to East Germany memorabilia
• Gedenkstätte Pirna-Sonnenstein - Sonnenstein memorial
• Richard-Wagner-Stätten, Jagdschloss Graupa - museum dedicated to the German composer Richard Wagner