Zittau Hills
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Lusatian Mountains
The Lusatian Mountains are a mountain range of the Western Sudetes, located on the southeastern border of Germany with the Czech Republic east of the Elbe river, a continuation of the Ore Mountains range west of the Elbe valley...
that straddle the Saxon-Bohemian
Bohemian
A Bohemian is a resident of the former Kingdom of Bohemia, either in a narrow sense as the region of Bohemia proper or in a wider meaning as the whole country, now known as the Czech Republic. The word "Bohemian" was used to denote the Czech people as well as the Czech language before the word...
border in the extreme southeast of the German state of Saxony
Saxony
The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....
.
Location
The Zittau Mountains lie in the extreme south of the district of Görlitz in Saxony. A few kilometres north of the range lie a number of settlements; from west to east they are Großschönau, HainewaldeHainewalde
Hainewalde is a village in Germany on the river Mandau, in the Bundesland of Saxony and the district Görlitz, historically belonging to the region Lusatia...
, Olbersdorf
Olbersdorf
Olbersdorf is a municipality in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany....
, Bertsdorf-Hörnitz
Bertsdorf-Hörnitz
Bertsdorf-Hörnitz is a municipality in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany....
and Zittau
Zittau
Zittau is a city in the south east of the Free State of Saxony, Germany, close to the border tripoint of Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic. , there are 28,638 people in the city. It is part of the Görlitz district....
. In the mountains themselves are, again from west to east, the settlements of Waltersdorf, Oybin
Oybin
Oybin is a municipality in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany, located very close to the border of the Czech Republic. Following the defeat of the Protestant armies by the Habsburgs in the Battle of the White Mountain in 1620, many Protestant Czechs found refuge across the border in the...
, Jonsdorf
Jonsdorf
The community of Jonsdorf is located in the south of the Kreis Görlitz in the southeast of the German federal state of Saxony. It is embedded into a valley of the Zittau Mountains, part of the Lusatian Mountains.-History:...
and Lückendorf . The highlands are drained by streams that flow roughly north into the Mandau
Mandau
The 40.9 km long Mandau is a river in Bohemia and Saxony .It originates from multiple springs north of the 580.6m wulfs mountain in the Šluknov Hook which join in Panský at 1690 feet above sea level...
, a western tributary of the Lausitzer Neiße.
Mountains
Among the highest mountains in the range are the following (in order of height in m above NN:- LauscheLauscheLausche is a mountain of Saxony, southeastern Germany....
(Luž; ), German-Czech border mountain, south of Waltersdorf - Hochwald (Hvozd; ), German-Czech border mountain, south-southwest of Oybin
- Jonsberg , east-southeast of Jonsdorf
- BuchbergBuchberg (Zittau Mountains)The Buchberg is a wide cone-shaped mountain on the northern edge of the Zittau Mountains which is 652 m above sea level . The Buchberg is entirely wooded. Whilst the mountain drops steeply to the east and north, it slopes away relatively gently to the south and west...
, west of Jonsdorf - Scharfenstein , east of Oybin, north-northwest of Lückendorf
- BreitebergBreitebergThe Breiteberg is a mountain in the Lausitzer Bergland in Saxony with an absolute altitude of . It is the local mountain of Hainewalde and can be reached in about 30min from the village...
, east of Großschönau, south of Hainewalde - OybinOybin (mountain)Mount Oybin is a mountain in Saxony, southeastern Germany, near by the city of Zittau and it is part of the Zittau Mountains.- External Links:***...
, north of Oybin - TöpferTöpfer (mountain)Mount Töpfer is a mountain with an elevation of 582 metres near the municipality of Oybin in the German state of Saxony. It is situated in the Zittau Mountains which are part of the Lusatian Mountains. It is known for it interesting rock formations near the top...
, northeast of Oybin, south of Olbersdorf
Places of interest
- OybinOybin (mountain)Mount Oybin is a mountain in Saxony, southeastern Germany, near by the city of Zittau and it is part of the Zittau Mountains.- External Links:***...
mountain with castle and monastery ruins - Mühlsteinbrüche rock formations in JonsdorfJonsdorfThe community of Jonsdorf is located in the south of the Kreis Görlitz in the southeast of the German federal state of Saxony. It is embedded into a valley of the Zittau Mountains, part of the Lusatian Mountains.-History:...
- the Large Canyon Alley (Große Felsengasse)
- Töpfer (mountain)Töpfer (mountain)Mount Töpfer is a mountain with an elevation of 582 metres near the municipality of Oybin in the German state of Saxony. It is situated in the Zittau Mountains which are part of the Lusatian Mountains. It is known for it interesting rock formations near the top...
mountain - LauscheLauscheLausche is a mountain of Saxony, southeastern Germany....
highest mountain in the Zittau Hills - BreitebergBreitebergThe Breiteberg is a mountain in the Lausitzer Bergland in Saxony with an absolute altitude of . It is the local mountain of Hainewalde and can be reached in about 30min from the village...
- Scharfenstein
- the Orgel (organ) - a rock formation in the Jonsdorfer Felsenstadt
- The Chalice Rock a mushroom rockMushroom rocksA mushroom rock, also called rock pedestal or a pedestal rock, is a naturally occurring rock whose shape, as its name implies, strikingly resembles a mushroom. The rocks are deformed in a number of different ways: the processing of erosion and weathering, glacial action or from a sudden disturbance...
formation - Nonnenfelsen (Nun's Rock) near Jonsdorf
- Zittau Narrow Gauge Railway
- Lusatian timber-frame farmhouses (Umgebindehäuser), especially in Waltersdorf, JonsdorfJonsdorfThe community of Jonsdorf is located in the south of the Kreis Görlitz in the southeast of the German federal state of Saxony. It is embedded into a valley of the Zittau Mountains, part of the Lusatian Mountains.-History:...
and BertsdorfBertsdorf-HörnitzBertsdorf-Hörnitz is a municipality in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany....
General sources
- BfN
- Map services
- Landscape fact file Zittau Hills
Literature
- Peter Rölke (Hrsg.): Wander- & Naturführer Zittauer Gebirge, Berg- & Naturverlag Rölke, Dresden 2006, ISBN 3-934514-17-0