Oybin

Oybin
Municipality
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Oybin within Görlitz district
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Coordinates: 50°50′32″N 14°44′34″E / 50.84222°N 14.74278°E / 50.84222; 14.74278
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
District	Görlitz
Municipal assoc.	Olbersdorf
Subdivisions	4 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2018–25)	Tobias Steiner[1]
Area
• Total	18.29 km2 (7.06 sq mi)
Elevation	389 m (1,276 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	1,300
• Density	71/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	02797
Dialling codes	035844
Vehicle registration	GR, LÖB, NOL, NY, WSW, ZI
Website	www.oybin.com

Oybin (Upper Sorbian: Ojbin, pronounced [ˈɔjbʲin]) is a municipality in the Görlitz district, in Saxony, Germany, located very close to the border of the Czech Republic. 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. 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.

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  Church in Oybin
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  Timber-frame house
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  The half-timbered "Almanka" Inn