Trebendorf

Trebendorf (Upper Sorbian: Trjebin, pronounced [ˈtʁʲɛbʲin]) is a municipality in the district Görlitz, Saxony, Germany. The municipality is part of the recognized Sorbian settlement area in Saxony. Upper Sorbian has an official status next to German, all villages bear names in both languages.

Location

Nearby Places

Halbendorfer See

Halbendorfer See is a lake in Saxony, Germany. Its surface area is ca. 80 ha.

Lake

Groß Düben

Groß Düben is a municipality in the district Görlitz, Saxony, Germany. The municipality is part of the recognized Sorbian settlement area in Saxony. Upper Sorbian has an official status next to German, all villages bear names in both languages.

Settlement

Kromlau

Kromlau is a community of the Saxon municipality of Gablenz in the district of Görlitz, located in the westernmost part of Lower Silesia, Germany. The village is in the Sorbian settlement area of Upper Lusatia and is mainly known for the Azalea and Rhododendron Park Kromlau, the largest rhododendron park in Germany, and its "Devil's Bridge".

Bridge Park

Kromlau Azalea and Rhododendron Park

The Kromlau Azalea and Rhododendron Park is an 80-hectare landscaped park in the village of Kromlau, in the municipality of Gablenz in the region of Lusatia, in the very east of the German state of Saxony, close to the border with Poland. It was created in the nineteenth century, reportedly on the grounds of a former feudal estate, by Friedrich Herrmann Rötschke. Following World War II, the park was nationalized by the government, and has no admission fee. The park is an example of an English landscape garden, and it contains many small ponds and lakes. Its most well-known element is the Rakotz Bridge, a bridge especially built to create a circle when it is reflected in the water beneath it.

Park

Weißwasser

Weißwasser is a town in Upper Lusatia in eastern Saxony, Germany. Weißwasser is the third largest town in the Görlitz district after Görlitz and Zittau. The town's landmark is its water tower. The town is part of the recognized Sorbian settlement area in Saxony. Upper Sorbian has an official status next to German, all villages bear names in both languages.

Settlement