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Oybin is a municipality in the district Löbau-Zittau, 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 the Oybin mountain, an exposed sandstone rock 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. A scenic, narrow gauge railway runs from Oybin through neighboring Jonsdorf to the neighboring District City of Zittau. The town has 3 districts, Oybin, Hain and Lückendorf.
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