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Town in Saxony, Germany
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Zittau is in Upper Lusatia, close to the Czech and Polish borders.
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Church in the town centre designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel in 1837, with 60-m tower.
Weaver's Church
Built between 1488 and 1500, with several later alterations.
Abbey church of the former Franciscan abbey.
The abbey church "St. Petri und Pauli" is part of the site. The buildings house the Stadt- und Kreismuseum a municipal museum, with exhibitions on local history and Dr. Curt-Heinke-Museum a mineral and geological collections.
Museum Kirche zum Heiligen Kreuz
This church is famous for its interesting interior decoration: pulpit, wall paintings and ledger stones. It houses the Präsentation des Zittauer Fastentuchs - The velum quadragesimale was made on 1472, is 8 m tall by 7 m wide, is decorated with 90 biblical scenes (representing the Biblical tale of creation) and used to hang in front of the altar during Lent. There's also a supposedly haunted graveyard next to the church.
The zoo covers 7 hectares and houses 400 animals from 70 species.
A landscape park in English style; Tierpark Zittau is in the park.
Oberlausitzer cuisine.
Bohemian and Silesian cuisine.
Italian cuisine.
Greek cuisine.
Opened in May 2017 in the building that used to house the Klosterstuberl. Run by an ethnic Albanian Macedonian family. Excellent Italian food, with medieval vaults indoors and a covered garden square out the back. Child friendly, with huge pizza bambini.
Near the centre of Zittau.
Restaurant with international menu.
The hotel contains the restaurant "Essbar", haute cuisine.
The hotel restaurant Scholek offers a fresh, modern menu with low-calorie options.
In the heart of the historical centre. Restaurant available.
By train
Deutsche Bahn RegionalExpress 2 from Dresden to Zittau via Bischofswerda takes approximately 1½ hours. The RegionalBahn 61 takes about 2.
By bus
There are connections from Ebersbach (Regionalbus line 51), Löbau (line 27) and Görlitz (line 21), all operated by the Kraftverkehrsgesellschaft Dreiländereck (KVG).
By car
To get to Zittau from elsewherein Germany, take Bundesautobahn A4 to Bautzen-West and follow signs to Zittau along the 96 from there.
On foot
The centre of Zittau is compact enough to be able to reach most destinations on foot.
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