Klosterkirche, the only remaining building of the Franciscan monastery several 16th and 17th century buildings on the Neumarkt square Monuments: Monument in the town park to the victims of Fascism with an additional memorial plaque for French Resistance fighters, which was erected in 1984. Graves and a memorial stone in the graveyard beside the chapel for 19 female predominantly Jewish Concentration Camp prisoners, who were on a death march from one of the subcamps of Buchenwald when they died in April 1945. Memorial at the corner of Leipziger Platz and Friedrich-Naumann-Promenade in memory of the overnight stay of Ernst Thälmann, the chairman of the KPD before he was interned in Bautzen prison. Plaque on the house at Strehlaer Straße 5, also in memorial of Thälmann. Economy and infrastructure Transport Oschatz has a connection to the A14 autobahn via the exits Mutzschen, Leisnig or Döbeln-North. The Bundesstraße 6 goes through the town and the Bundesstraße 169 is few kilometres distant and connects with the A14 as well as the towns of Döbeln (towards Chemnitz) and Riesa (towards Cottbus). Tourism In the historic center the hotel and restaurant 'Zum Schwan' is located, one of the oldest inns in Saxony, founded in 1458. Oschatz is situated at the Via Regia, a centuries old trade route, recognised as Cultural Route of the Council of Europe. Several historical monuments and other places of interest can be found in the old town. Oschatz is the terminal station of the narrow gauge Döllnitzbahn. The city hosted the 2006 Saxon Garden Exhibition (Landesgartenschau) and since that time has renovated and upgraded its landscape park, called O-Park. International relations Oschatz is twinned with: Blomberg, Germany Filderstadt, Germany Starogard Gdański, Poland Třebíč, Czech Republic Vénissieux, France People Melanie Müller (born 1988), German television personality References External links Nordsachsen