Oybin

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Oybin

Location of Oybin within Görlitz district

Coordinates: 50°50′32″N 14°44′34″E / 50.84222°N 14.74278°ECoordinates: 50°50′32″N 14°44′34″E / 50.84222°N 14.74278°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Hans-Jürgen Goth (Die Linke)

Area

• Total

18.29 km² (7.06 sq mi)

Population (2015-12-31)^[1]

• Total

1,418

• Density

78/km² (200/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

02797

035844

Website

Oybin (Upper Sorbian: Ojbin) 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 hills of Upper Lusatia. It is a "Kurort", a resort or spa certified by the state, where people go for rest and recuperation. It is most famous for its mountain of the same name, an exposed natural sandstone dome that towers above the town. The ruins of a medieval monastery lend a wild romantic beauty to it and it was a favorite subject of 19th century Romantic painters like Caspar David Friedrich. Many bizarrely shaped geological rock formations can be found in the surroundings. The scenic narrow gauge Zittau–Oybin–Jonsdorf railway runs from Oybin to the neighboring community of Jonsdorf and the city of Zittau. The town has 3 districts, Oybin, Hain and Lückendorf.

Town hall of Oybin
Church in Oybin
Timber-frame house
The half-timbered "Almanka" Inn

Culture and Sights

a baroque mountain church built in 1734
Periodic historical monk processions lit by torchlight
Oybin railway station with small museum about the history of the Zittau Narrow Gauge Railway
Teufelsmühle ("Devil's Mill")

Castle ruin on mount Oybin
Camera obscura
Narrow-gauge steam train
Mount Oybin with restaurant and castle ruins

Surroundings and Landmarks

Rosensteine (Rose Stones) with Kelchstein (Chalice Rock), a red mushroom rock
The Große Felsengasse (Large Canyon Alley) with Muschelsaal (Shell Hall) and the via ferrata "Alpiner Grat"
Mount Scharfenstein (Sharp Stone)
Mount Hochwald (Highwood) with look-out tower and 2 mountain huts
Mount Töpfer (Potter) with mountain hut
Ameisenberg (Anthill rock)
Mount Oybin

Mount Oybin
The "Chalice rock" (Kelchstein)
The "Mitten Rock" (Handschuh-Felsen)
The "Broody Hen" (Brütende Henne) on Mount Töpfer

References

↑ "Aktuelle Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden 2015] (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)" (PDF). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (in German). July 2016.

External links

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Towns and municipalities in Görlitz (district)

Bad Muskau Beiersdorf Bernstadt auf dem Eigen Bertsdorf-Hörnitz Boxberg Dürrhennersdorf Ebersbach-Neugersdorf Gablenz Görlitz Groß Düben Großschönau Großschweidnitz Hähnichen Hainewalde Herrnhut Hohendubrau Horka Jonsdorf Kodersdorf Königshain Kottmar (municipality) Krauschwitz Kreba-Neudorf Lawalde Leutersdorf Löbau Markersdorf Mittelherwigsdorf Mücka Neißeaue Neusalza-Spremberg Niesky Oderwitz Olbersdorf Oppach Ostritz Oybin Quitzdorf am See Reichenbach Rietschen Rosenbach Rothenburg Schleife Schönau-Berzdorf Schönbach Schöpstal Seifhennersdorf Trebendorf Vierkirchen Waldhufen Weißkeißel Weißwasser Zittau

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 239442276 GND: 4044253-6

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