Zittau

Zittau has served as a trading town in Upper Lusatia since the 13th century. Set on the Mandau River near Germany’s borders with Poland and the Czech Republic, it remains closely tied to this three-country corner of central Europe. The town belonged to the Upper Lusatian Six-City League from 1346, an alliance that shaped regional trade and defence for centuries. Its Great Lenten Cloth of 1472, displayed in the Museum Church of the Holy Cross, is among the most important surviving textile works of its kind. The narrow-gauge railway to Oybin and Jonsdorf connects Zittau with the sandstone hills of the Zittau Mountains. Browse other webcams across Saxony and Upper Lusatia to place this borderland setting in a wider geographic context.

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