Zittau Mountains

Zittau Mountains
(Zittauer Gebirge)
View over Waltersdorf to the Lausche
Highest point
PeakLausche
Elevation792.6 m above NN
Geography
Zittau Mountains (Zittauer Gebirge) is located in Saxony
Zittau Mountains (Zittauer Gebirge)
Zittau Mountains
(Zittauer Gebirge)
State(s)Görlitz, Saxony,  Germany
Range coordinates50°50′56″N 14°38′49″E / 50.84889°N 14.64694°E / 50.84889; 14.64694
Parent rangeLusatian Mountains (cross-border range) and the overarching Saxon Highlands and Uplands (GE)
Oybin surrounded by upland forest
Narrow gauge railway near Oybin Niederdorf
The Nonnenfelsen (Nun's Rock) near Jonsdorf

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.