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Görlitz Unmissables

Görlitz features over 4,000 listed monuments spanning Gothic, Renaissance, and Art Nouveau styles. This selection highlights the city's architectural preservation, including the 14th-century Town Hall, the late-Gothic St. Peter and Paul Church, and the Art Nouveau Görlitz Department Store. Often used as a film set for international productions, the historic core also features the Holy Sepulchre—a medieval replica of Jerusalem's sacred sites—and the Kaisertrutz, a massive 15th-century defensive bastion now serving as a cultural history museum.

Görlitz Unmissables — Map

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Görlitz Department Store

The Görlitz Department Store in Görlitz in the German state of Saxony is one of the best preserved department stores from the beginning of…

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Lower Market Square

The Lower Market Square is the central square in the historic town of Görlitz.

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Stadtkirche St. Peter und Paul

A five-aisled late Gothic hall church known for its distinctive copper roof and the 18th-century Sun Organ. It stands as a prominent landmark overlooking the Neisse River.

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Town Hall of Görlitz

The Town Hall of Görlitz has been the place of the city's administration and jurisdictions since 1350.

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The Holy Sepulchre

A late 15th-century religious complex built as a replica of the sacred sites in Jerusalem. It includes the Chapel of the Holy Cross and a reconstructed tomb of Christ.

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Altstadtbrücke / Most Staromiejski

A pedestrian bridge connecting Görlitz with its Polish sister city, Zgorzelec. It marks the site of the city's first fortified crossing over the Lusatian Neisse river.

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The Imperial Stronghold

A massive circular 15th-century defensive bastion, one of four remaining from the city's original 32 fortifications. It currently houses the city's cultural history museum.

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Reichenbach Tower

The Reichenbach Tower probably built in the 13th century and first mentioned in 1376 is the western part of the historic fortification of…

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Cultural Center Synagogue of Goerlitz

The Görlitz Synagogue in Görlitz, Germany was built between 1909 and 1911 in the Art Nouveau style and was the main place of worship for…

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Church of Our Lady

A late Gothic three-aisled hall church dating back to the 15th century. It was originally constructed outside the city's main gates.

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Vierradenmühle Görlitz

A historic water mill on the Neisse River that formerly served as a grain mill and a fulling mill for local cloth makers and tanners.

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Gerhart Hauptmann-Theater

A 19th-century theater building designed in the Classicist style, hosting opera, ballet, and drama performances in eastern Saxony.

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