Zittau
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Zittau is a city located in the southeastern corner of the German state of Saxony, positioned in the country's easternmost district. It serves as an important town in this remote border region of eastern Germany.
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Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.German_name
- Sitte (Upper Lusatian dialect)
- German location.image_coa
- Wappen von Zittau.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Zittau in GR.svg
- German location.state
- Sachsen
- German location.district
- Görlitz
- German location.elevation
- 242
- German location.area
- 66.75
- German location.postal_code
- 02763
- German location.area_code
- 03583
- German location.licence
- GR, ZI
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 14626610
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23 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Climate
- History
- Politics
- Lord Mayors
- Local council
- Reichstag Deputies
- Main sights
- Culture
- Transport
- Road
- Rail
- Air
- Border crossings
- Germany–Czech Republic
- Germany–Poland
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Notable people
- Honorary citizens
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- External links
Zittau (; ; ; ; ; 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 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.