Discover Löbau

Löbau brings together a range of travel interests: the collections of the City Museum, the architecturally significant Haus Schminke and the Upper Lusatian mountain and hill landscape. When planning your hotel stay, you can consider whether local history, architecture or the surrounding landscape should be your main focus.

Culture and Architecture in Löbau

The collections at the Löbau City Museum cover archaeology, geology, local history, fine art, applied art and folklore. Objects of regional significance are connected with the history of the Upper Lusatian League of Six Cities and the Reformation. This brings together different perspectives: natural history, the development of the town, and art and cultural history. The collection areas provide a permanent framework; individual exhibitions may change.

Designed by Hans Scharoun, Haus Schminke is considered one of the four most significant residential buildings of classical modernism in the world. A visit therefore puts the architecture itself at the centre. You can visit Haus Schminke with an audio guide or on a guided tour. Check the tour options before your visit.

The Surrounding Landscape

Löbau is situated in the Upper Lusatian mountain and hill landscape and features appealing architecture. The landscape and built environment therefore provide their own highlights alongside the museum collections and the distinctive residential building. For your travel planning, you can choose between cultural and historical topics, a specific interest in architecture, and the landscape setting of your stay.

Cycling and Cultural Themes in Bautzen District

The wider destination of Bautzen District offers further regional themes. The Bautzen North Tour is a 43.1-kilometre cycle route from Bautzen via Quatitz, Großdubrau, Milkel, Klix and Malschwitz, returning to Bautzen. It passes through the heath and pond landscape and along the nature trail in Crosta. The circular route thus combines a set sequence of places with landscape and nature-related features.

The Mountain and Valley Route is a regional circular route through the West Lusatian Hills in Bautzen District. The Krabat Cycle Route is also a regional circular route; it follows in the footsteps of Krabat, the hero of a Sorbian legend. For both routes, the circular-route format and a distinct thematic focus are central.

The Central Lowlands Route is a long-distance cycle route from Zittau to Aachen; one section runs through the Upper Lusatian Highlands in Bautzen District. The Spree Cycle Route runs from its source in Upper Lusatia to Berlin. Its section from Taubenheim to Zerre lies in Bautzen District. The endpoints make clear that these two long-distance cycle routes are interregional connections, while the Bautzen North Tour is described as a circular route with a specific length and sequence of places.

Upper Lusatian Carnival is another regional cultural theme: its strongholds in Bautzen District are the towns of Schirgiswalde and Wittichenau. The range of attractions in Bautzen District therefore extends from cycle routes with various landscape and thematic connections to a recurring cultural highlight.

Discover more destinations: Crostau, Großröhrsdorf, Elsterheide, Wittichenau, Großharthau, Kamenz, Schmölln-Putzkau, Radeberg

For the wider travel overview: Bautzen District.