List of sights in Görlitz

City arms

This list includes numerous sights in Görlitz . Görlitz is a large district town and the seat of the district of Görlitz . As of 2010, the list only includes buildings in Görlitz that are under monument protection. It does not claim to be complete, but is based on a selection of a tourism website. The actual representation of the Görlitz cultural monuments can be found in the list of cultural monuments in Görlitz with their subdivisions.

Notes on the information in the tables

Aerial view of the city: in front the Kaisertrutz and in the back the Peterskirche on the Neisse

• In the column Description and notes on the history , the name (if known) of the monument, a short description, if necessary the material and information on the implementation and changes are included.
• The current installation site is given as the location and, as far as possible, the street. Reference points (e.g. prominent buildings) are also mentioned here.
• The artist who created the monument is named in the Artist column . In the case of buildings, it is usually the architects .
• In the columns Date of erection and Date of removal , the times are given when the monument was originally erected or finally removed. The tilde "~" in front of the date indicates that it is an approximation.
• If the artist , the date of installation and, in the case of the former monuments, the date of removal are not known, the word "unknown" is entered.

The table can be sorted except for the picture .

Architectural monuments

image	Description and notes on the story	Location	Artist	Date of installation
	Old Synagogue The old synagogue on Langen Strasse was built after the first Jews settled in Görlitz again in the middle of the 19th century.	Long street	unknown	1853
	Annenkapelle Hans Frenzel, a wealthy citizen, had the Annenkapelle built. He promised to have a chapel built from private funds when his desire to have children is finally fulfilled.	Annengasse / Steinstrasse	Hans Frenzel	1512
	Old Town Bridge The Old Town Bridge is intended to be a symbol for a Europe that is growing together.	On the banks of the Lusatian Neisse near the four-wheel mill .	Schultz-Brauns & Reinhart	Oct 20, 2004
	Biblical House The name " Biblical House " is easily explained by the reliefs in the parapet areas of the 1st and 2nd floors, which show scenes from the Old and New Testaments .	Neissstrasse 29	Hans Kramer the Elder J.	1570
	Barockhaus Neißstraße 30 The Barockhaus Neißstraße 30 is an important trading and residential building that has been used as part of the municipal museum since the 1990s. It was built for the merchant Johann Christian Ameiß.	Neissstrasse 30	Johann Friedrich Karcher	1726-1729
	Brown stag The brown stag was mentioned as early as 1403 as the red stag. In the 16th century, the interior and exterior spaces were largely rebuilt and renovated. After the great city fire in 1717, the renovation to the shape we know today began.	Submarket	unknown	1722
	Corvinuswappen The coat of arms of Matthias Corvinus . Awarded to the city for support in the fight against the Heretic King .	Old town hall above the town hall stairs	unknown	1488
	Thick Tower The Thick Tower , also known as the Frauenturm, is part of the old fortifications. The historical coat of arms of the no longer existing Frauentor is attached to it.	Marienplatz	unknown	1250
	Dreifaltigkeitskirche The Dreifaltigkeitskirche was built between 1234 and 1245 as a monastery church of the Franciscan monastery on today's Obermarkt . In 1564 the monastery was converted into a grammar school, the church served as a school and from 1712 as a parochial church.	Obermarkt	Franciscan Order	around 1200
	Whispering Arch The Gothic portal arch at Untermarkt 22, known as the Whispering Arch , is a magnet for visitors. Its bow transmits even the slightest sound waves from one side to the other.	Submarket	unknown	around 1500
	Frauenkirche The Frauenkirche was consecrated as a three-aisled hall church with an elongated choir and a late Gothic vault. It is the replacement building for the atonement church “Our Lady”, which was destroyed in the Hussite Wars after 1429 and built in 1349.	At the Frauenkirche	unknown	1473
	Frenzelhof The Frenzelhof is one of the oldest indoor buildings. Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque are mixed in this building.	Under market 5	Hans Frenzel	1515
	Goldener Anker The house at the Goldener Anker is a Renaissance building.	Kränzelstrasse 27	unknown	1545
	Golden Tree The Golden Tree is an important hall building in Untermarkt. Particularly noteworthy are the groin vaults and pointed arches over the arbors.	Under market 4	Wendel Roskopf	1538
	Gymnasium Augustum Today's Gymnasium Augustum, also known as the monastery school, was already used as a school during the time of the Franciscans. From 1565 the city's Latin school resided here.	Klosterplatz	unknown	unknown
	Holy Sepulcher The Holy Sepulcher is a scaled-down copy of the Jerusalem original from the high Middle Ages, the accuracy of which has not been achieved in any other replica of the Holy Sepulcher in Germany.	Holy Sepulcher Street	Georg Emmerich	1504
	Jewish bath The Jewish bath contains a drainage system and a 2 m² water basin. This is about 5 m below Nikolaistraße. It was popularly known as the “Judenbad”. It is doubtful whether this corresponded to the actual purpose.	Nikolaistrasse 5	unknown	1348
	Kaisertrutz The Kaisertrutz is part of the old city fortifications and served as quarters for the Prussian garrison during the Thirty Years' War .	June 17th Square	unknown	1490
	Karpfengrund 8 In 1691 the originally existing courtyard fell victim to a fire. The four later craft houses built on the ruins that were left behind.	Carp bottom	unknown	unknown
	New Town Hall The New Town Hall was designed in the neo-renaissance style according to plans by the architect Jürgen Kröger and completed in 1903. At the town hall, in the direction of Untermarkt, are the coats of arms of the Upper Lusatian Six- City Association . Each of them is presented by a warrior who holds the weight of the pillars on top of it.	Submarket	Jürgen Kroeger	1903
	Nikolaifriedhof The Nikolaifriedhof was probably the main burial place of the city in the 12th century until the opening of the municipal cemetery in 1847. It was first mentioned around 1305 in the oldest Görlitz town book.	Bogstrasse	unknown	unknown
	Nikolaikirche The Nikolaikirche was rebuilt as a hall church in the late Middle Ages . The previous buildings were repeatedly destroyed by fire and the effects of war. Its foundation walls can be dated back to the year 1100.	Bogstrasse	Wendel Roskopf	1452
	Nikolaiturm The Nikolaiturm is part of the former city ​​fortifications . Presumably it was already part of the city fortifications before the first major expansion of the town in 1250.	Nikolaistrasse	unknown	1250
	Ox bastion The ox bastion is part of the former city fortifications near St. Peter's Church. While the actual "Gate on the Kahle" was demolished in 1834, the round building of the bastion and the Zwinger were preserved.	Embankment	unknown	unknown
	Reichenbacher Turm The Reichenbacher Turm is the highest of the three surviving watch and defense towers in the city.	Obermarkt	unknown	13th century
	Parish Church of St. Peter and Paul The parish church of St. Peter and Paul (also known as St. Peter's Church) is a landmark of the city. It towers over the Neisse valley and dominates the historic old town with its copper-covered high roof and the pair of towers that can be seen from afar.	At the Peterskirche	unknown	1497
	City Hall The architectural style of the City Hall is shaped by different epochs such as Baroque, Gothic and Art Nouveau.	Under market 6	unknown	1369
	Rathaushof - archive wing The archive wing was built on two floors in the style of the early Renaissance .	Inner courtyard of the town hall	Wendel Roskopf	1534
	Town hall courtyard court bay The court bay window is located on the south side of the town hall courtyard and was built in the Renaissance style.	Inner courtyard of the town hall	a son of Wendel Roskopf	1564
	Town hall stairs The town hall stairs were built according to plans by Wendel Roskopf and are considered a masterpiece of the early Renaissance .	Submarket	Wendel Roskopf	1537
	Town hall tower In the years 1511–1516 the tower was raised by 60 m. In 1742 a lightning strike destroyed the upper part. Council mason Samuel Suckert rebuilt the tower in its current form.	Under market 6	unknown	1378
	Town hall clocks The town hall clocks were installed in their current form around 1584. Below that there is a normal time of day clock and a moon phase clock.	Under market 6	Bartholomäus Scultetus	1584
	Executioner's House and Dark Gate The executioner's house and the associated Dark Gate are among the oldest civil buildings in the city. The house is the last preserved half-timbered house and dates to 1666. The actual time of construction is unknown.	Finstertorstrasse	unknown	≈1455
	Schönhof The Schönhof is the oldest civil renaissance building north of the Alps.	Brüderstrasse 8	Wendel Roskopf	1526
	Synagogue As the only Jewish place of worship in what is now Saxony, the Görlitz synagogue was not devastated on the night of November 9, 1938 .	Struvestraße	William Lossow , Josef Goller	1911
	Theater The theater has been rebuilt several times. After the detailed ceiling painting and the stucco had disappeared over time, they were restored in 2002. The auditorium was renovated and got its original appearance from 1873.	Demianiplatz	unknown	1851
	Verrätergasse The Verrätergasse was the origin of the cloth makers' uprising in Görlitz in 1527 . It denotes a house that bears the inscription DVRT (Der Verräterischen Rotte Tor).	Obermarkt / Langenstrasse	unknown	unknown
	Department store The Görlitz department store at the Frauenkirche is a well-preserved department store from the pre-war period.	Marienplatz / Demianiplatz	Carl Schmanns	1913
	Waidhaus The Waidhaus originally belonged to the Vogtshof and until 1426 owned the Eberhards Tower . In 1479 the building burned down. It was used as a school until 1530 before it was converted into a stacking house for the cloth dye woad.	at the Peterskirche	unknown	1131
	Row The building complex originally served as a department store or market store. It was first mentioned as a line in the 14th century and has undergone several renovations since then.	Submarket	unknown	unknown

Web links

• 99 Görlitz monuments on Unser-goerlitz.de ( Memento from February 4, 2018 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ With Zgorzelec European Capital of Culture 2010? Görlitz builds bridges. Archived from the original on August 5, 2010 ; Retrieved April 5, 2010 .