Oybin Castle

The romantic ruins of Oybin Castle and Monastery are probably the biggest tourist attraction in the Zittau Mountains and one of the most important monuments in Upper Lusatia. It stands on the top of a massive sandstone table mountain (514 m), rising about 120 m above the northern edge of the Kurort Oybin resort. The castle was built around the 13th century as a guard post on an important country road connecting Bohemia with Lusatia. The observation tower is 25 m high and has 123 steps leading up to it. The monastery itself was built between 1366 and 1384. The tower is open during the opening hours of Oybin Castle and Monastery.

From Good Friday through October, a mountain train runs every half hour from the Oybin train station below the castle.