Welcome
to Görlitz
Görlitz is the easternmost town in Germany — and even has a sister town, Zgorzelec, adjoining it on the other side of the border! This European town leads a fascinating double life. Everyday life here is always a little more colourful, different, and international, and Germany and Poland are definitely much more than just neighbours here.
Görlitz is rural, idyllic, and beautiful. It is home to 59,000 people in the border triangle of Poland, the Czech Republic, and Germany, between the northern Upper Lusatian heath and pond landscape and the southern Lusatian Highlands. Late Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque town houses stand side by side, and more than 4,000 cultural and architectural monuments dot the landscape. It’s no wonder that so many fall in love with this ancient town on their first visit.
Almost unscathed by the Second World War, the town is so well preserved that it is officially considered Europe’s best filming location of the decade — a title awarded to it by the European Parliament in 2017 as part of its film promotion programme. Over 100 productions have been filmed here: “Measuring the World”, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”, “Inglourious Basterds”, “The Captain”, “The Monuments Men” — the list goes on and on.
The annual Neisse Film Festival with its three-country programme in Poland, the Czech Republic, and Germany also offers strong films. Or perhaps small and sophisticated is more your thing? The upmarket couch and pub cinema Camillo has just 34 seats in total, while the big blockbusters are shown in the Filmpalast theatre. Music, theatre, plus the “RABRYKA” community centre as a base station with a community garden, open workshop, sound lab, and repair café — there’s never a dull moment in this town.
Görlitz is the easternmost town in Germany — and even has a sister town, Zgorzelec, adjoining it on the other side of the border! This European town leads a fascinating double life. Everyday life here is always a little more colourful, different, and international, and Germany and Poland are definitely much more than just neighbours here.
Görlitz is rural, idyllic, and beautiful. It is home to 59,000 people in the border triangle of Poland, the Czech Republic, and Germany, between the northern Upper Lusatian heath and pond landscape and the southern Lusatian Highlands. Late Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque town houses stand side by side, and more than 4,000 cultural and architectural monuments dot the landscape. It’s no wonder that so many fall in love with this ancient town on their first visit.
Almost unscathed by the Second World War, the town is so well preserved that it is officially considered Europe’s best filming location of the decade — a title awarded to it by the European Parliament in 2017 as part of its film promotion programme. Over 100 productions have been filmed here: “Measuring the World”, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”, “Inglourious Basterds”, “The Captain”, “The Monuments Men” — the list goes on and on.
The annual Neisse Film Festival with its three-country programme in Poland, the Czech Republic, and Germany also offers strong films. Or perhaps small and sophisticated is more your thing? The upmarket couch and pub cinema Camillo has just 34 seats in total, while the big blockbusters are shown in the Filmpalast theatre. Music, theatre, plus the “RABRYKA” community centre as a base station with a community garden, open workshop, sound lab, and repair café — there’s never a dull moment in this town.
The university
Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences
Two towns, two locations — and one European region full of opportunities: In the middle of the border triangle of Germany, the Czech Republic, and Poland, the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied…