Oybin
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  Oybin | ||
Location of Oybin within Görlitz district 
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| 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 | Germany | |
| State | Saxony | |
| District | Görlitz | |
| Municipal assoc. | Olbersdorf | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Hans-Jürgen Goth (Die Linke) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 18.29 km2 (7.06 sq mi) | |
| Population (2013-12-31)[1] | ||
| • Total | 1,479 | |
| • Density | 81/km2 (210/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 02797 | |
| Dialling codes | 035844 | |
| Vehicle registration | GR | |
| Website | www.oybin.com | |
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Oybin 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.
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Town hall of Oybin
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Church in Oybin
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Timber-frame house
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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")
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Castle ruin on mount Oybin
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Narrow-gauge steam train
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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
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Mount Oybin
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The "Chalice rock" (Kelchstein)
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The "Mitten Rock" (Handschuh-Felsen)
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The "Broody Hen" (Brütende Henne) on Mount Töpfer
References
- ↑ "Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen – Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen jeweils am Monatsende ausgewählter Berichtsmonate nach Gemeinden" (PDF). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (in German). 6 September 2014.
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