The Zittau Mountains (German: Zittauer Gebirge, Czech: Žitavské hory), formerly also called the Lusatian Ridge (Lausitzer Kamm), refer to the German part of the Lusatian Mountains that straddle the Saxon-Bohemian border in the extreme southeast of the German state of Saxony.
Zittau Mountains (Zittauer Gebirge) | |
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Highest point | |
Peak | Lausche |
Elevation | 792.6 m above NN |
Geography | |
State | Görlitz, Saxony, Germany |
Range coordinates | 50°50′56″N 14°38′49″E / 50.84889°N 14.64694°E |
Parent range | Lusatian Mountains (cross-border range) and the overarching Saxon Highlands and Uplands (GE) |
The Zittau Mountains lie in the extreme south of the district of Görlitz in Saxony. A few kilometres north of the range lie a number of settlements; from west to east they are Großschönau, Hainewalde, Olbersdorf, Bertsdorf-Hörnitz and Zittau. In the mountains themselves are, again from west to east, the settlements of Waltersdorf, Oybin, Jonsdorf and Lückendorf . The highlands are drained by streams that flow roughly north into the Mandau, a western tributary of the Lusatian Neisse.
Among the highest mountains in the range are the following (in order of height in m above NN:
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