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The Top 20 Gorges in Upper Lusatia

Gorges are incredibly beautiful places, and you’ve got 20

to choose from in Upper Lusatia. Just browse our list of the best gorges below and see photos, tips and extra info to help you visit one of these beautiful places on your next adventure in Upper Lusatia.

Last updated: November 27, 2025

Basalt Passage at Nonnenfelsen

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Nice and cool in summer. Great gorge.

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Große Felsengasse

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The most beautiful path in the Zittau Mountains: the Große Felsengasse with wonderful rocks, the monk's pulpit and the pigeon, beautiful views of Oybin, the castle and the rock faces.

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Ritterschlucht (Knight's Gorge)

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If you do not want to walk the usual tourist route up to the monastery and castle complex Oybin, you should take the Knight Path. He leads through a fairly narrow crevice. In any case something for the eye.

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Tiefental near Königsbrück

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A fantastically untouched nature. With luck you can see beaver, the forest has some jungle character and the sun light is indescribable.

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Sandstone Formations of Bucksche Schweiz

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A particularly attractive hiking area is the “Bucksche Schweiz” near Hohenbocka. There is a gem here, hardened glass sand as solid sandstone. There is an approximately 25 meter high observation …

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Little Rock Alley at Nonnenstein (Jonsdorf)

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The Kleine Felsengasse on the Nonnenstein near Jonsdorf is lined with thick iron crusts: these are the Felsengasse in the sandstone of the Zittau Mountains. Magmatic melts and gases penetrated …

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Georgewitz Gorge

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The breakthrough valley washed out by the slowly flowing Löbauer water is a protected area. You walk through a unique area with beautiful beech, linden and oak forests, in which …

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Weißbachtal

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The Weißbachtal is the main access to many interesting walks. Especially in the Czech part of the Zittau Mountains.

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Entrance to the Gröditzer Skala Nature Reserve

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The Gröditzer Skala, Upper Sorbian audio file / audio sample Hrodźišćanska skała? / I, is a rocky valley and nature reserve of the same name with an area of 39 …

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Grottau Bridge

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For now the first bridge that leads from the German side over the Neisse. As an automobile bridge, she will remain number 1.

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The Top 20 Gorges in Upper Lusatia

Basalt Passage at Nonnenfelsen

Große Felsengasse

Ritterschlucht (Knight's Gorge)

Tiefental near Königsbrück

Sandstone Formations of Bucksche Schweiz

Little Rock Alley at Nonnenstein (Jonsdorf)

Georgewitz Gorge

Weißbachtal

Entrance to the Gröditzer Skala Nature Reserve

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