Zittau Mountains
| Zittau Mountains (Zittauer Gebirge) |
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View over Waltersdorf to the Lausche
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| Highest point | |
| Peak | Lausche |
| Elevation | 792.6 m (2,600 ft) |
| Geography | |
| State |
Görlitz, Saxony,  Germany
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| Range coordinates | 50°51′N 14°39′E / 50.85°N 14.65°ECoordinates: 50°51′N 14°39′E / 50.85°N 14.65°E |
| Parent range | Lusatian Mountains (cross-border range) and the overarching Saxon Highlands and Uplands (GE) |
The Zittau Mountains (German: Zittauer Gebirge), formerly also called the Lusatian Ridge (Lausitzer Kamm, Czech. Žitavské hory), refer to the German part of the Lusatian Mountains that straddle the Saxon-Bohemian border in the extreme southeast of the German state of Saxony.
The Zittau Mountains lie in the extreme south of the district of Görlitz in Saxony. A few kilometres north of the range lie a number of settlements; from west to east they are Großschönau, Hainewalde, Olbersdorf, Bertsdorf-Hörnitz and Zittau. In the mountains themselves are, again from west to east, the settlements of Waltersdorf, Oybin, Jonsdorf and Lückendorf . The highlands are drained by streams that flow roughly north into the Mandau, a western tributary of the Lusatian Neisse.
Among the highest mountains in the range are the following (in order of height in m above NN:
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