Bautzen Old Town
Bautzen / Budyšin
A thousand-year-old tower town and the cultural centre of the Sorbs; its skyline of towers above the Spree Valley is as famous as its mustard.
Bautzen is the capital of Upper Lusatia and the cultural centre of the Sorbs, a Slavic minority, and its street signs are bilingual in German and Sorbian. The old town has 17 towers. Highlights include St. Peter's Cathedral, shared by Protestants and Catholics, Ortenburg Castle, the leaning Reichenturm, the old water tower on the banks of the Spree, the Mustard Museum and the Sorbian Museum. It is about 40 minutes by regional train from Görlitz, which makes it suitable for a day trip.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Löbau Cast Iron Tower
- Herrnhut
- Rakotz Bridge (Kromlau)
- Oybin Castle and Monastery
- Muskau Park
- Zittau & Great Zittau Lenten Veil
- Zittau Narrow Gauge Railway
- Landeskrone