Oybin
title: "Oybin" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["zittau-mountains", "populated-places-in-görlitz-(district)"] topic_path: "general/zittau-mountains" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oybin" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Oybin |
| image_photo | Rathaus Oybin.jpg |
| image_caption | Town hall |
| image_coa | Wappen Oybin (Sachsen).svg |
| coordinates | |
| image_plan | Oybin in GR.svg |
| state | Sachsen |
| district | Görlitz |
| Verwaltungsgemeinschaft | Olbersdorf |
| elevation | 389 |
| area | 18.29 |
| postal_code | 02797 |
| area_code | 035844 |
| licence | GR, LÖB, NOL, NY, WSW, ZI |
| Gemeindeschlüssel | 14 6 26 430 |
| divisions | 4 Ortsteile |
| website | www.oybin.com |
| mayor | Tobias Steiner |
| leader_term | 2018–25 |
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|name = Oybin |image_photo = Rathaus Oybin.jpg |image_caption = Town hall |image_coa = Wappen Oybin (Sachsen).svg |coordinates = |image_plan = Oybin in GR.svg |state = Sachsen |district = Görlitz |Verwaltungsgemeinschaft= Olbersdorf |elevation = 389 |area = 18.29 |postal_code = 02797 |area_code = 035844 |licence = GR, LÖB, NOL, NY, WSW, ZI |Gemeindeschlüssel = 14 6 26 430 |divisions = 4 Ortsteile |website = www.oybin.com |mayor = Tobias Steiner |leader_term = 2018–25 |party = Oybin (, ) is a municipality in the Görlitz district, in Saxony, in eastern Germany, located very close to the border of the Czech Republic. 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–Kurort Oybin/Kurort Jonsdorf railway runs from Oybin to Bertsdorf, from there to the neighboring municipality of Jonsdorf and the town of Zittau. Oybin municipality has 3 districts: Oybin, Hain and Lückendorf.
History
In 1319 it passed to the Duchy of Jawor, the southwesternmost duchy of fragmented Piast-ruled Poland, and later on it was also ruled by Bohemian, Hungarian, Saxon and Polish monarchs. 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.
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")
File:Kirche in Oybin.jpg|Church in Oybin File:Umgebindehaus in Oybin 2.JPG|Timber-frame house File:Umgebindehaus in Oybin 1.JPG|The half-timbered "Almanka" Inn File:Berg Oybin 1.JPG|Castle ruins on mount Oybin File:Camera Obscura Oybin 1.JPG|Camera obscura File:Zittauer Schmalspurbahn 1.JPG|Narrow-gauge steam train File:Berg oybin.JPG|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
File:Berg Oybin.JPG|Mount Oybin File:Kalchenstein.jpg|The "Chalice rock" (Kelchstein) File:Handschuh von Oybin.JPG|The "Mitten Rock" (Handschuh-Felsen) File:Töpfer2.jpg|The "Broody Hen" (Brütende Henne) on Mount Töpfer
Notable people
- Chval of Lipá (born and died in the 13th century), Czech nobleman from the Ronovci family and the founder of the family of the .
- Čeněk of Oybin (), Czech nobleman, landowner, and founder of the .
References
References
- [https://www.statistik.sachsen.de/wahlen/bm/BM2001-2018/B%fcrgermeisterwahlen%202001-2018/wahlen.statistik.sachsen.de/wahlarchiv/pkg_w04_nav5c95.html Bürgermeisterwahlen 2018], Freistaat Sachsen, retrieved 10 July 2021.
- Knothe, Hermann. (1879). "Geschichte des Oberlausitzer Adels und seiner Güter".
- "Založení České Lípy".
- (2001). "Jindřich z Lipé. I. První muž království. Část 1.". Časopis Matice moravské.
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