Key facts
- Country
- Germany
- State
- Saxony
- District
- Görlitz
- Municipal assoc
- Großschönau-Waltersdorf
- Mayor 2022 29
- Frank Peuker
- Total
- 23.87 km (9.22 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 350 m (1,150 ft)
- Density
- 214.2/km (554.9/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Postal codes
- 02779
- Dialling codes
- 035841
- Vehicle registration
- GR, LÖB, NOL, NY, WSW, ZI
- Website
- www.grossschoenau.de
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Großschönau
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Görlitz District
- Population
- 5179
- Area
- 23.82
- Elevation
- 350
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Dolní Podluží
- Official website
- www.grossschoenau.de
- Image
- Gemeindeverwaltung Großschönau.jpg
- Dialing code
- 035841
- Licence plate code
- GR
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- Commons category
- Großschönau (Sachsen)
- postal code
- 02779
- native label
- Großschönau
- WordLift URL
- data.wordlift.io/wl01254/entity/grosschonau
- different from
- Großschönau
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Encyclopedic overview
Großschönau (Upper Sorbian: Wulki Šunow, pronounced [ˈwulkʲi ˈʃunɔf]; Czech: Velký Šenov) is a municipality in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany located in the cross-border region with the Czech Republic. It used to be a famous Upper Lusatian center of Damask fabric production until the end of the 1980s. Since then it has turned into an area of tourism.
In Großschönau is the historical sylvan lido Trixi Park, a spa which was expanded with indoor swimming pools, a sauna, camping ground and holiday flats. The town is a child-friendly starting point for hikers and cyclists alike who want to explore both sides of the Czech-German border area with its relatively attractive price level. Mount Lausche (793 m) is situated in the community of Waltersdorf and marks the highest peak of the Lusatian Mountains.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Großschönau” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.