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Oybin Mountain Church – Mountain Cemetery loop from Oybin

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Oybin Mountain Church – Mountain Cemetery loop from Oybin

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Oybin Mountain Church – Mountain Cemetery loop from Oybin

00:59

3.36km

80m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Great for any fitness level. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 3, 2026

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1.04 km

View of Oybin Castle and the Monastery

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Mega view, but you torment yourself up and down.

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1.10 km

Oybin Mountain Church

Highlight • Religious Site

The Evangelical Lutheran “Mountain Church” Oybin is one of the visitor magnets in the Zittau Mountains. However, it is not a museum, but a worship building for the local church …

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1.46 km

View of Oybin Castle

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The castle is worth a visit.

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1.55 km

Mountain Cemetery

Highlight • Historical Site

This is where the old knights live.

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1.55 km

Ruins of Oybin Castle and Monastery

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A beautiful place with huge round boulders and the magnificent castle complex, where there is so much to discover! You should take your time to explore everything. I particularly liked …

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1.95 km

Narrow passage on Bergringweg, Oybin

Highlight • Gorge

We return to the cemetery and take the circular hiking trail, which leads us further across the plateau.

We walk along the high cliffs, the slope steep beside us, past the inn, sometimes very narrow between the rocks.

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View of Zittau from the Oybin lookout

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You can still finish the plateau behind the restaurant. There, a beautiful view opens up through the valley between potter and Ameisenberg to Zittau.

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2.36 km

Oybin Castle Gate (Oberlausitz stamp point)

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You should go there.

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3.36 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

1.64 km

639 m

576 m

211 m

205 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

1.93 km

819 m

242 m

206 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 18 August

21°C

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Comments

January 5, 2023,Klosterruine Oybin im Zittauer Gebirge 💃 ↗️ 5️⃣1️⃣4️⃣

😃👍🏼 Finally done, this has been on the plan since 2021... brilliant... it was worth it... nice tour....

Oybin Monastery

The most famous mountain in the Zittau Mountains, the 514 meter high Oybin, is a huge sandstone massif, located in the middle of a valley basin surrounded by volcanoes such as the Hochwald (749 m). This extremely picturesque landscape was …

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November 3, 2022,Oybin

Today's Thursday took us to the Oybin. I know this mountain from earlier days. At that time, however, everything was overgrown and the castle ruins were not accessible. In the meantime, the mountain with the castle and monastery church has become a real magnet for visitors and a great destination. I was excited...
As the icing on the cake, there …

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October 3, 2021,Oybin-Berg Oybin (03.10.21)

Today it was time again for a lap on the Oybin mountain. Stormy fall wind from the Zittau Mountains was my constant companion.

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November 3, 2022,Hoch auf den Oybin

With the narrow-gauge railway from Zittau main station to the health resort of Oybin and then a short walk up to the Oybin.

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September 18, 2021,Burg Oybin

Short visit to the Zittau Mountains. Today visit of the Oybin with a tour of the castle ruins. The trip was really worth it, the castle is very worth seeing. Even if the sun didn't want to show itself, it was a very nice day.

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February 4, 2025,Auf den Berg Oybin

I went to the Zittau Mountains with my grandson Benni. We spent the night at Jonsdorf station. So on the first day we took a ride on the steam train to Oybin. We went up the Oybin mountain past the mountain church to the old ruins and the remains of the old castle. In winter you don't have to pay …

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September 21, 2024,🌞❤️🌞❤️ Burg und Kloster Oybin 🌞❤️🌞

After the hike, we quickly conquered the castle 😜 this time as a couple ❤️

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burgundkloster-oybin.com

The most famous mountain in the Zittau Mountains, the 514-meter-high Oybin, is a huge sandstone massif, located in the middle of a valley surrounded by volcanoes such as the Hochwald (749 m). The forces of nature created this extremely picturesque landscape over the …

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November 3, 2024,🚶‍♀️🥾 Burg Oybin 🚶🏼‍➡️🚶🏻‍♀️‍➡️🚶🏽‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶🏼‍♀️‍➡️🚶🏽‍♀️

At the end of our hiking weekend, before heading home, we climbed up to Oybin Castle. It was definitely worth it - beautiful views and the whole area is very interesting.

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Oybin Mountain Church – Mountain Cemetery loop from Oybin

View of Oybin Castle and the Monastery

Oybin Mountain Church

View of Oybin Castle

Mountain Cemetery

Ruins of Oybin Castle and Monastery

Narrow passage on Bergringweg, Oybin

View of Zittau from the Oybin lookout

Oybin Castle Gate (Oberlausitz stamp point)

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