Zittau (Upper Sorbian: Žitawa [ˈʒitawa]; Lower Sorbian: Žytawa [ˈʒɨtawa]; Polish: Żytawa; Czech: Žitava; Upper Lusatian dialect: Sitte) is the southeasternmost city in the German state of Saxony, and belongs to the district of Görlitz, Germany's easternmost district.
Zittau is located in Upper Lusatia, the southern part of Lusatia, on the Mandau and Lusatian Neisse rivers, in the foreland of the Zittau Mountains. The city has a population of around 25,000 and is located directly on the western edge of the Turów Coal Mine, one of the largest artificial holes visible from space, on the other side of the Lusatian Neisse.
The inner city of Zittau still shows its original beauty with many houses from several architectural periods: the famous town hall built in an Italian style, the church of St John and the stables (Salzhaus) with its medieval heritage. This multi-storied building is one of the oldest of its kind in Germany. Zittau is the birthplace of the German composer Heinrich Marschner.
Zittau station is an important railway junction, where four railway lines meet: the Zittau–Hagenwerder line to Görlitz, the Liberec–Zittau line to Liberec, the Zittau–Löbau line to Dresden via Oderwitz and to Löbau via Herrnhut, and the Zittau–Kurort Oybin narrow gauge railway line to Oybin and Jonsdorf in the Zittau Mountains.
The Großes Zittauer Fastentuch (Great Zittau Lenten Cloth) is, along with the Bayeux Tapestry, one of the most impressive textile works in Western tradition. It is the third-largest existing Lenten veil. It was made in Zittau in 1472 and is now exhibited in the secularized Kirche zum Heiligen Kreuz, that belongs to the Zittau Municipal Museums, where it is kept in the largest museum display case in the world.
Distance between:
Berlin to Zittau127 Miles / 205 Kms Munich to Zittau241 Miles / 388 Kms Hamburg to Zittau275 Miles / 443 Kms
Total Area 66.75Km2
Postal Code 02763
Community Code: 14 6 26 610
Population (2019)
Total: 25,381 inhabitants
Total Men: 12,432
Total Women: 12,949
Density: 380 people x km2
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