IIn the tri-border region Germany - Republic Poland - Czech Republic the town Zittau is located with currently about 24.984 inhabitants (31.12.2006) at the south-east corner of Saxony, about 120 kilometers distanced from Saxony’s capital Dresden. The capital of the Czech Republic, Prague, is closer then the German capital Berlin. A little river named "Mandau" flows thought the town. It leads into the "Lausitzer Neisse" which seperates the town area of Zittau in the east to Poland. The "Zittauer Gebirge" ("Zittauer Mountains") with villages like "Oybin" and "Jonsdorf" borders on the south of the town. In the south-east the village "Olberdorf" is located with a lake ("Olbersdorfer See") and "Bertsdorf", in the nord-west is "Mittelherwigsdorf" and in the north is "Ostritz". The barock-town Zittau offers many restaurated buildings and places of interest although Zittau suffered on the economical breakdown after the first and II. World War, the socialistic-planned economy in the GDR and the political change in 1989. Today Zittau is a town with a lot of little shops, enterprises, cafès, restaurants, historical buildings, fountains, an international High-school-institute and a college with approx. 35000 students from 31 countries. Interesting for tourists is the geographic position at the Zittauer Mountains, a relaxation-area near the lake "Olbersdorfer See", the "Zittauer Schmalspurbahn" (a small steam-operated train driving to the mountains since 1890) and the short ways to Poland and the Czech Republic over 2 border crossings for cars and pedestrians in the town, a transition by train of the DB (German Federal Railway) and an additional transition for cyclists and pedestrian in "Hartau".
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