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Zittau
Zittau
Municipality
	Zittau Town Hall
	Coat of arms
	Location of Zittau within Löbau-Zittau district File:Zittau in ZI.PNG
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
Admin. region	Dresden
District	Löbau-Zittau
Government
• Mayor	Arnd Voigt
Area
• Total	66.74 km2 (25.77 sq mi)
Elevation	242 m (794 ft)
Population (2006-11-30)
• Total	29,898
• Density	450/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	02763
Dialling codes	03583
Vehicle registration	ZI
Website	www.zittau.de

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Zittau (Sorbian/Lusatian Žitawa, Czech Žitava) is a city in the south east of the Free State of Saxony, Germany and capital of the Löbau-Zittau district close to the border triangle between Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic. As of 2005, there are 26,224 people in the city.

The inner city of Zittau still shows its original beauty with many houses out of several areas of German architecture. There is the famous townhall in an Italian style, the church of St. John with its medieval heritage. This big story building is one of the oldest of its kind in Germany.

History

Zittau was a member of the Six-City League of Upper Lusatia with other important villages of the region. At that time the city got a special title - it was called "Die Reiche" ("the rich") according to its high share of rich citizens. This once superior situation is only reflected in several extraordinary buildings and the rich cemeteries of the city. One of the most important trading goods of this early age in the 16th century was beer. Later in the 18th and 19th century textiles became important too, not that astonishing in the textile region of Upper-Lusatia. During World War II, a slave labour camp was located in the city. It provided forced labour for Schoenman Werke, an aircraft parts manufacturer.^[1]

After the reunification in 1990 most of the big textile-enterprises that survived the time of the GDR nearly without any changes and any further investment closed down in just a few years. The city lost most of its economical strength.

Main sights

Culture

There are roughly 3,500 students studying at the Zittau/Görlitz University of applied sciences.

Transportation

Because of its missing link to good infrastructure the city still suffers, but direct connection to the next motoway between Bautzen and Görlitz is planned.

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 '''Zittau''' ([[Sorbian language|Sorbian/Lusatian]] ''Žitawa'', [[Czech language|Czech]] ''Žitava'') is a city in the south east of the [[Free State of Saxony]], [[Germany]] and capital of the [[Löbau-Zittau]] district close to the border triangle between Germany, [[Poland]], and the [[Czech Republic]]. [[As of 2005]], there are 26,224 people in the city.
-The inner city of Zittau still shows its original beauty with many houses out of several aeras of German architecture. There is the famous [[townhall]] in an Italian style, the church of St. John with its medieval heritage. And the big storing building - one of the oldest of its kind in whole [[Germany]].
+The inner city of Zittau still shows its original beauty with many houses out of several areas of German architecture. There is the famous [[townhall]] in an Italian style, the church of St. John with its medieval heritage. This big story building is one of the oldest of its kind in [[Germany]].
 == History ==