🇩🇪 Zittau is a city in the south east of the Free State of Saxony, Germany, very close to the border tripoint of Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic. It is part of the district of Görlitz, Germany's easternmost district. It is one of the most important cities in the region of Lusatia (Upper Lusatia).
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.
1Geography Zittau sits on the Mandau River, while the Lusatian Neisse, which forms the border with Poland, touches the city in the east. The confluence of both rivers is located in the south-east of the city. Further south is a tripoint of Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic, and the incorporated village of Hartau lies where the Lusatian Neisse forms the German/Czech border for a short distance. Zittau lies in the Zittau Basin, just north of the Zittau Mountains (part of the Sudetes). Zittau is located right next to the Turów Coal Mine, one of the largest artificial holes visible from space, on the other side of the Lusatian Neisse.
1Culture There are roughly 3,500 students studying at the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences and at the independent International Graduate School, Germany's smallest university catering to students from nearby Poland and the Czech Republic.
1Road The city lacks connections to good infrastructure in Germany, but a direct link is planned to the nearest motorway between Bautzen and Görlitz. The town is relatively well-connected to Liberec and the rest of the Czech Republic through dual-carriageway 35 just south of the town.
1Rail Zittau railway station is located north of the town's centre. Passenger services are operated by three railway companies. The first being Vogtlandbahn, which provides a services from Dresden to Zittau and then directly through to Liberec in the Czech Republic. The second is Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn (ODEG), which links Zittau to Görlitz, with connections to Poland, and Cottbus, where connections to Berlin exist. Zittau is located on the Zittau–Löbau railway which was originally opened in 1848, making it one of the oldest railways in Germany.
The Zittau–Kurort Oybin/Kurort Jonsdorf railway with all together four stations within Zittau's limits is a heritage narrow-gauge railway taking passengers from Zittau to the mountain spa resort towns of Oybin and Jonsdorf in the Zittau Mountains. It is operated by the Saxon-Upper Lusatian Railway Company.
1Zittau has a population of over 27,506 people. Zittau also forms part of the wider Görlitz district which has a population of over 250,558 people. Zittau is situated 35 km south-west of Görlitz.
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Zittau has links with:
🇵🇱 Bogatynia, Poland 🇨🇿 Hrádek nad Nisou, Czech Republic 🇨🇿 Liberec, Czech Republic 🇮🇹 Pistoia, Italy 🇺🇸 Portsmouth, USA 🇩🇪 Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany 🇵🇱 Zielona Góra, Poland🏴 Southampton 50.9
🇵🇱 Jelenia Góra 50.904
🏴 Waterlooville 50.88
🏴 St Leonards-on-Sea 50.875
🇧🇪 Flemish Brabant 50.873
🇨🇩 Mbanza-Ngungu 14.867
🇦🇴 N'dalatando 14.917
Locations Near: Zittau 14.8093,50.8989
🇨🇿 Liberec 15.059,50.77 d: 22.6
🇩🇪 Görlitz 14.987,51.155 d: 31
🇨🇿 Česká Lípa 14.533,50.683 d: 30.8
🇩🇪 Bautzen 14.433,51.177 d: 40.6
🇵🇱 Lubań 15.292,51.122 d: 41.9
🇨🇿 Semily 15.334,50.603 d: 49.5
🇨🇿 Nymburk 15.033,50.183 d: 81.1
🇨🇿 Litoměřice 14.128,50.54 d: 62.4
Antipodal to: Zittau -165.191,-50.899
🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 16592.1
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 16055.4
🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 15913.1
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 15851.2
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 12100
🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 12005.4
🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 11990.9
🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 11986.8