Zittau
Zittau
Sitte Żytawa Žitawa | |
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View of Zittau with the Turów Coal Mine Zittau town hall Roland Fountain St John's Church Swan Fountain Samaritan's Fountain Monastery Church | |
Location of Zittau Sitte within Görlitz district | |
| Coordinates: 50°53′46″N 14°48′26″E / 50.89611°N 14.80722°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Saxony |
| District | Görlitz |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2022–29) | Thomas Zenker |
| Area | |
• Total | 66.74 km2 (25.77 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 242 m (794 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31) | |
• Total | 25,499 |
| • Density | 380/km2 (990/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 02763 |
| Dialling codes | 03583 |
| Vehicle registration | GR, ZI |
| Website | www.zittau.de |
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Zittau (German pronunciation: [ˈtsɪtaʊ] ⓘ; Upper Sorbian: Žitawa [ˈʒitawa]; Lower Sorbian: Žytawa [ˈʒɨtawa]; Polish: Żytawa; Czech: Žitava; Upper Lusatian dialect: Sitte; Silesian: Zittawa) is the southeasternmost city in the German state of Saxony, and belongs to the district of Görlitz, Germany's easternmost district.
Zittau is located in Upper Lusatia, the southern part of Lusatia, on the Mandau and Lusatian Neisse rivers, in the foreland of the Zittau Mountains. The city has a population of around 25,000 and is located directly on the western edge of the Turów Coal Mine, one of the largest artificial holes visible from space, on the other side of the Lusatian Neisse. The Großes Zittauer Fastentuch (Great Zittau Lenten Cloth) is, along with the Bayeux Tapestry, one of the most impressive textile works in Western tradition. It is the third-largest existing Lenten veil. It was made in Zittau in 1472 and is now exhibited in the secularized Kirche zum Heiligen Kreuz, that belongs to the Zittau Municipal Museums, where it is kept in the largest museum display case in the world.