Görlitz has a rich history and a fascinating, beautiful city ambiance. An ensemble of the Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque and the early days with more than 3500 monuments - were saved from destruction in World War II, the old town of Görlitz is considered a jewel of European urbanism. Nowhere else in Germany there is a density of seeking well-preserved monuments and character of streets and squares of different eras. Görlitz is praised for over a hundred years as a Garden City - The city on the River Neisse, Eurocity Görlitz-Zgorzelec, home of Jakob boehme's philosopy, a city that has always attracted artists, a meeting place where cultures meet along the old European trading route 'via regia'. Görlitz today shimmers as a "Filmstadt" Görlitz-Zgorzelec, a city that has been divided 1945 at the end of WWII, presents itself as an example of the unification of Europe, living cultural unity and diversity at the same time. But come and find out for yourself.
