The Synagogue in Görlitz
As of July 2021 the beautiful synagogue in Görlitz has finally reopened to visitors after a lengthy renovation and many decades where it lay in disuse and disrepair. However the … Read more
Görlitz
Famous Görlitzer: Bartholomäus Scultetus
There are some names that come up again and again if you are on a tour of Görlitz or reading more about the history of the city. One of those … Read more
Grand Budapest Görlitz
Many people have heard that Wes Anderson filmed his 2014 movie The Grand Budapest Hotel in the Kaufhaus in Görlitz, but did you know that the film is packed with other scenes … Read more
Prisoner-of-War Camp Stalag VIII-A
Stalag VIII –A, located just south of Görlitz on the east side of the Neisse River, was a POW camp during WWII. Today it lies in Zgorzelec in Poland and … Read more
The Hall Houses of Görlitz
The city of Görlitz is applying for UNESCO World Heritage site status for the many well-preserved hall houses in the city. These houses are unique to Görlitz because they were … Read more
Joachimstein Water Palace
This forgotten and neglected water palace was once one of the most beautiful in the region, designed and built by the same architects who worked on some of the masterpieces … Read more
Make Time for Görlitz
Everyone has heard of amazing Berlin, Prague and Wroclaw. You probably have these places on your travel wish list, or have already been – and rightly so! But right in … Read more
Zgorzelec: Across the Bridge!
One of the unique things about Görlitz is that it’s right across the bridge from Poland and one can walk between the two countries without any kind of border check. … Read more
Stolpersteine in Görlitz
The German word Stolperstein means stumbling stone, and today you may “stumble” over one of these 70,000 small brass stones placed all over Germany as well as Europe. This is … Read more