Sights and Attractions in Görlitz
Görlitz
Görlitz offers so many sights that even a stay of more than two nights can be easily filled with things to see and do. This is not a complete list. The most important museums from a cultural and historical perspective are marked in bold for visitors with limited time.
Museums & Exhibitions:
Baroque House
Holy Trinity Church
Biblical House – includes the original Obermarkt 4 relief in the entrance hall
Church of Our Lady
Silesian Museum
Holy Sepulchre
Exhibition “Merchant Palaces on the Via Regia” – not always open, free entry
Towers: Thick Tower, Nicolai Tower, Reichenbach Tower
Kaisertrutz
Nikolaivorstadt with cemetery and Church of St. Nicholas
Cultural Forum – Görlitz Synagogue
Senckenberg Museum of Natural History
Cultural Forum – Görlitz Synagogue
ZOO
Dom Kultury in Zgorzelec (former Hall of Fame)
POW Camp Stalag VIII-A – located on the outskirts of Zgorzelec along road 392 towards Bogatynia; former Nazi prisoner-of-war camp
Jakob Böhme House in Zgorzelec
Lusatian Museum in Zgorzelec
Subcamp of the Groß-Rosen concentration camp in Biesnitzer Grund – now a garden allotment area, marked only by a memorial stone
St. Peter’s Church
If museums and memorials aren’t your thing, there’s still plenty to do in Görlitz.
City walks
Kreuzweg

Station 1 “Jesus wird zum Tode verurteilt”
Südportal der PeterskircheStation 2 „Jesus nimmt sein Kreuz auf sich“ an deren Süd-West-Ecke der Peterskirche
Station 3 “Simon von Kyrene hilft Jesus, das Kreuz nachzutragen” vor dem Nikolaiturm
Station 4 „Stärkung mit Tränenbrot“ Aufnahme Motiv aus den Psalmen beim Jesus-Bäcker
Station 5 “Jesus ermahnt die Frauen von Jerusalem“ hierhin gelangt man durch die Lunitz einem kanalisierten Bach auch Kidronbach genannt
Station 6 “Jesus wird seiner Kleider beraubt” am Eingang des Heiligen Grabes
Station 7 „Andacht zur Todesstunde Jesu“
vor der Kreuzkapelle am Heiligen Grab

Landskrone

Berzdorfer See

Places to visit by car
Six-City Alliance – day trips

Zittau: Beautiful Old Town with Neumarkt, Salt House and a Schinkel-style town hall
approx. 40min AutofahrtLöbau: Similar charm as Zittau, with a historic square and architecture
approx. 30min AutofahrtKamenz: The “Lessing City” with a well-preserved historic center,
approx. 60min Autofahrt
Lubań (Lauban): Market square with town hall; heavily damaged in WWII
approx. 30min AutofahrtBautzen: Many sights, including historic houses, the cathedral, Ortenburg castle, the Sorbian Museum, and the Bautzen Memorial
approx. 45min Fahrt

In the footsteps of Jakob Böhme

Health resorts in Lower Silesia (Poland)
approx. 90 min by car

approx. 60 min

Other day trip ideas within 1 hour by car:
Theater & Cinema
Gerhard Hauptmann Theater Görlitz,
Demianplatz 2 Görlitz,
www.g-h-t.de





