Luž - Lausche

This picture postcard presents the Luž hill romantically personified as a beautiful woman.
This picture postcard from 1897 shows the Luž-hill from the German side of the border and the restaurant on its summit. The small picture on the upper right shows the outlook fromt the peak in the direction over Bohemia: on the left side the Ještěd hill, in front of it the elongated Hvozd (in German: Hochwald) with its lookout tower, in the centre three typical peaks - the nearest Jezevčí vrch, the Tlustec and the more distant Ralsko hills, on the right side of the horizon the twins of Velký Bezděz and Malý Bezděz. The verses recommend a visit to the restaurant on Epiphany 1898.
This picture postcard from 1906 presents a partial outlook from the summit to the Bohemian side: on the left the twin peaks of the Velký Bezděz and Malý Bezděz, in the left foreground the Zelený vrch hill near Cvikov, the Suchý vrch, Kobyla and Pěnkavčí vrch hills, behind them the group of four distinctive peaks (from the foreground backwards: the Bouřný, Velký Buk, Rousínovský vrch and the sharp Klíč hill.) On the lower cutouts is the Luž with Waltersdorf (in Germany) and the restaurant on its peak.
On this picture postcard from 1899 there is the Luž hill as seen from Dolní Světlá. The lower picture shows the former restaurant on its peak.
This picture postcard with the former restaurant on the peak of Luž hill presents the circular outlook from its peak.
This picture postcard from 1914 shows the northeastern slope of the hill above Waltersdorf (Germany) on which at present there is a ski-slope.
On this picture postcard we see the Luž hill from the North from the foot of Butterberg hill (Germany). In the cutout below is the restaurant on the peak.
This picture postcard shows the Luž hill with the upper part of Waltersdorf (Germany) on its foot.
On this picture postcard we see the border crest with Luž-hill above Waltersdorf (Germany) as seen from the northeastern side of the Hofeberg hill. In the deforestated part of the slope on the right side old sandstone quarries are seen. In the cutout below there is the restaurant on the peak of the Luž hill.
This picture postcard shows the cone of the Luž-hill as seen from the path leading from the West along of the frontier crest.
This picture postcard shows the snow-covered cone of the Klíč-hill as seen from the south.
On this picture postcard the Luž-hill along with the upper part of Waltersdorf are shown as seen from the slope of the Butterberg on the German side of the border.
This picture postcard shows a winter atmosphere on the summit of the border crest in the west from the peak of the Luž hill.
On this picture postcard we see the Luž hill with the restaurant on its peak as seen from the crest of the Pěnkavčí vrch hill.

This picture postcard shows the toboggan run on the German slope of the Luž hill.
This romantical picture postcard with the peak of Luž hill and its former restaurant is rounded off by an old folk tale written in verse.

This unique picture postcard from 1851 shows the oldest inn at the summit of the Luž-hill.
This picture postcard shows the former retsurant on the peak of Luž hill from the northwest.
On this picture postcard we see the summit of the Luž hill with the buildings of the former restaurant built in 1882 which in the following years was step by step enlarged.
On this picture postcard we see the former restaurant on the peak of Luž hill which was divided by the border-line into a Bohemian (left) and a German (right) part.
This picture postcard shows the former restaurant on the peak of the Luž hill with the outlook to Germany. The smaller pictures below show the interior of the restaurant.
On this picture postcard the peak of the Luž hill which almost entirely was covered by the buildings of the former restaurant is shown. At present only rests of the foundations remain.
This aerial picture postcard minutely shows the individual buildings on the summit of the Luž hill.