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Löbau Travel Guide: 16 reviews and 101 photos

Löbau Market square with town hall - Löbau

This small town, first mentioned in 1221, is located in the middle of the triangle formed by the towns Bautzen, Görlitz and Zittau in eastern Saxony. The name of the town originates from the slavic "lubij", meaning "the lovely" - which is fitting for the town as well as for the beautiful landscape of rolling hills around it.

When the six towns Bautzen, Görlitz, Zittau, Kamenz, Lauban and Löbau formed an alliance in 1346 the latter became permanent headquarter for their conventions. The town museum has a nice exhibit on that alliance.

view of Löbau from the cast-iron tower

Fires destroyed most of the medieval architecture in Löbau, the last one in 1710. What you see nowadays is some Baroque and mostly Historistic styles/Art Nouveau. However, the town is also home to two outstanding buildings: One is the cast-iron viewing tower from 1854 on the nearby hill, the other is Haus Schminke, an icon of modern architecture, built 1930-33 by Hans Scharoun.

These two alone are worth a trip to Löbau but there is more: fans of railways will be excited about the museum in a train engine garage from 1859, thus one of the oldest in Germany, and fans of military history will probably enjoy a visit of the former barracks with museum.

Intro Updated Aug 14, 2011
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Badergasse Off The Beaten Path (3)

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Remains of a former cemetery Off The Beaten Path (3)

Just south of the old town is a park-like area where the former old cemetery was. Walk through the (probably) Baroque... more travel advice

Remains of the city walls Off The Beaten Path (3)

There is not much left of the former city walls from the 14th/15th century - they were torn down 1822-42 and replaced by... more travel advice

König Albert Bad Restaurants (1)

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Comments (5)

HORSCHECK Sep 19, 2011 at 1:32 PM Report Abuse

Ingo, fantastic little page about this gem in your neighbourhood. I think at least we once paased Löbau by train. I especially like the König-Friedrich-August-Tower.
globetrott Aug 28, 2011 at 9:14 PM Report Abuse

An interesting page, Ingo, and some great updates again ! Haus Schminke looks really quite unique !
Kathrin_E Aug 27, 2011 at 8:31 AM Report Abuse

This town is a lot prettier in the sunshine than in sleet and fog! The tower is beautiful, although I know for sure that I'll never try climbing it, LOL.
bugulma Aug 21, 2011 at 1:20 AM Report Abuse

next is more time for the places around Dresden :-)
hunterV Aug 14, 2011 at 10:37 AM Report Abuse

Vielen Dank für Deine Seite! ° Bleib gesund!°