--- title: "Zittau – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Zittau, Germany: Zittau is a city in the German state of Saxony, belonging to the district of Görlitz, Germany's easternmost district. Nearby: Neisse…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/zittau" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/zittau.md" image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/%C5%BDitava_radnice_3.jpg" --- Town in Saxony, Germany # Zittau Zittau is a city in the German state of Saxony, belonging to the district of Görlitz, Germany's easternmost district. ![Zittau](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/%C5%BDitava_radnice_3.jpg) Zittau · Wikimedia Commons The place Zittau is a city in the German state of Saxony, belonging to the district of Görlitz, Germany's easternmost district. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zittau), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Zittau 2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name. 1. Neisse University The Neisse University was a trinational academic network held by the cooperating partners University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz, Technical University of Liberec and Wroclaw University of Technology. The places of study were located in the border triangle of Czech Republic, Poland and Germany, which are approximately 100 km apart. 300 m · university in Liberec, Czechia · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neisse_University) 2. Steinbruch Eckartsberg Steinbruch Eckartsberg is a lake in Saxony, Germany. At an elevation of 280 m, its surface area is 0.6 ha. 3.4 km · lake in Germany · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steinbruch_Eckartsberg) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. See ## What Wikivoyage says to see In the old town centre the Marktplatz (market square) with its Rathaus (city hall) while in the Neustadt (new town) with Marstall (royal stables) there are three fountains on the square. The Marstall was built in 1511 as a salt-house. 1. Johanniskirche Church in the town centre designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel in 1837, with 60-m tower. 2. Weberkirche From [Wikivoyage: Zittau](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Zittau), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Do ## Things to do 1. Tierpark Zittau The zoo covers 7 hectares and houses 400 animals from 70 species. 2. Weinaupark A landscape park in English style; Tierpark Zittau is in the park. From [Wikivoyage: Zittau](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Zittau), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Eat ## Where to eat 1. Alte Böhmische Stube Innere Weberstraße 11, 02763 Zittau, jogastro@seznam.cz. 2. Wirtshaus zum alten Sack Neustadt 47, 02763 Zittau, info@zumaltensack.de. 3. Dornspachhaus Historisches Wirtshaus + Ritterkeller Bautzner Straße 2, 02763 Zittau, info@Dornspachhaus.de. 4. Galeriecafé Ambiente Dr.-Brinitzer-Straße 10, 02763 Zittau, info@galeriecafe-ambiente.de. 5. Restaurant Cavallino Innere Weberstraße 6, 02763 Zittau, info@cavallino-online.de. From [Wikivoyage: Zittau](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Zittau), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Go there ## Getting to Zittau **Airports:** Dresden (DRS), 77 km · Václav Havel Prague (PRG), 97 km · Pardubice (PED), 118 km\ **Stations:** Zittau railway station, 900 m · Biedrzychowice Górne railway station, 5 km · Sieniawka railway station, 2.7 km\ - Dresden → Zittau 77 km · quickest by road, 1h 41m · €13–18 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/dresden-to-zittau) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Dresden&to=Zittau) - Berlin → Zittau 205 km · quickest by road, 3h 24m · €30–41 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/berlin-to-zittau) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Berlin&to=Zittau) - Schkeuditz → Zittau 189 km · quickest by road, 2h 43m · €25–34 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/schkeuditz-to-zittau) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Schkeuditz&to=Zittau) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Zittau) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Zittau Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Zittau. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Helsingborg and the Öresund crossing](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/helsingborg) SE 6 ways of moving, 13 sources 589 km 2. [Vlieland](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vlieland) NL 10 ways of moving, 47 sources 721 km 3. [Zermatt](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/zermatt) CH 8 ways of moving, 26 sources 751 km 4. [Cinque Terre](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/cinque-terre) IT 7 ways of moving, 23 sources 844 km 5. [Hvar](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/hvar) HR 8 ways of moving, 27 sources 869 km If you know how people move in Zittau – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Czittau&title=Zittau&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fzittau), and the note gets an entry. 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