Oybin

Oybin
Municipality
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Oybin within Görlitz district
Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2018–25)	Tobias Steiner[1]
Area
• Total	18.29 km2 (7.06 sq mi)
Elevation	389 m (1,276 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	1,300
• Density	71/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	02797
Dialling codes	035844
Vehicle registration	GR, LÖB, NOL, NY, WSW, ZI
Website	www.oybin.com

Oybin (

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  Church in Oybin
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  Timber-frame house
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  The half-timbered "Almanka" Inn

Culture and Sights

• a baroque mountain church built in 1734
• Periodic historical monk processions lit by torchlight
• Oybin railway station with small museum about the history of the
  Zittau Narrow Gauge Railway
• Teufelsmühle ("Devil's Mill")

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  Castle ruins on mount Oybin
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  Camera obscura
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  Narrow-gauge steam train
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  Mount Oybin with restaurant and castle ruins

Surroundings and Landmarks

• Rosensteine (Rose Stones) with Kelchstein (Chalice Rock), a red mushroom rock
• The Große Felsengasse (Large Canyon Alley) with Muschelsaal (Shell Hall) and the via ferrata "Alpiner Grat"
• Mount Scharfenstein (Sharp Stone)
• Mount Hochwald (Highwood) with look-out tower and 2 mountain huts
• Mount Töpfer (Potter)
  with mountain hut
• Ameisenberg (Anthill rock)
• Mount Oybin

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  Mount Oybin
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  The "Chalice rock" (Kelchstein)
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  The "Mitten Rock" (Handschuh-Felsen)
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  The "Broody Hen" (Brütende Henne) on Mount Töpfer

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Oybin.

• Oybin Castle and Monastery
• Mountain church Oybin
• Historical monk processions on Mount Oybin