Zittau, a town of Saxony

Zittau, a town of Saxony, on the Mandau, near its junction with the Neisse, is an important railway centre, 21 miles SSE. of Libau and 21 SSW. of Görlitz. The chief buildings are the church of St John and the Byzantine Rathhaus. Zittau stands in the centre of a district rich in lignite, and in its neighbourhood are a group of busy manufacturing villages. It is also the centre of the linen and damask industry of Saxony, and has manufactures of woollens, besides bleachfields, dye-works, and iron-foundries. Pop. (1890) 25,394.