Via Sacra cycling pilgrimage route from Görlitz to Zittau

The 950-year-old Görlitz, with 56,000 inhabitants, is the largest city in Upper Lusatia. Spared from destruction in World War II, it forms an urban masterpiece with its almost 4,000 predominantly restored cultural and architectural monuments, unparalleled in Germany. Görlitz belongs to the Via Sacra because of the Holy Sepulchre from the 15th century. This complex, called the "Lusatian Jerusalem," which also includes the St. Peter and Paul Church, is a testament to medieval piety and landscape architecture of European significance. Also worth visiting are the elaborately restored Jewish synagogue and the many museums of the city. One should definitely not miss the walk over the old town bridge to the Polish part of the city.