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The Lusatian Highlands are a famous tourist region that is portrayed in several movies. They are known for the beauty of the landscape and their picturesque towns with
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churches and wooden houses. Popular tourist towns in the region are
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The Lusatian Highlands are named after the historic region of
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with a medieval old town centre. Other notable towns include
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Kohl, Horst; Marcinek, Joachim and Nitz, Bernhard (1986).
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range, it is located on the border of the German state of
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region. It is one of the eight natural landscapes of
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Upper Lusatian Highlands

Vlčí hora
Rumburk
Elevation

Parent range
Type of rock
‹See Tfd›
German
German pronunciation
Czech
Upper Sorbian
hilly
Germany
Czech Republic
Sudetes
Saxony
Bohemian
Upper Lusatia

Sohland an der Spree
Upper Lusatia
Šluknov Hook
Elbe Sandstone Mountains
Lusatian Mountains
Zittau Mountains
Spree
Berlin
Ebersbach

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