Ostritz

Ostritz (; ; ) is a town in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, in eastern Germany. It is situated on the border with Poland, on the left bank of the Lusatian Neisse, 16 km south of Görlitz.

Key facts

German location.German_name: Ostrowiec
German location.type: Stadt
German location.image_photo: KLG 0318 Ostritz.jpg
German location.image_caption: Aerial view of the town center
German location.image_coa: Wappen ostritz.PNG
German location.image_plan: Ostritz in GR.svg
German location.state: Sachsen
German location.district: Görlitz
German location.elevation: 207
German location.area: 23.48
German location.postal_code: 02899
German location.area_code: 035823

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Ostritz (; ; ) is a town in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, in eastern Germany. It is situated on the border with Poland, on the left bank of the Lusatian Neisse, 16 km south of Görlitz.

It is located next to the thirteenth century Cistercian nunnery, St. Marienthal Abbey, which is still functioning.