Original: History The district was established by merging the former districts of Löbau-Zittau and Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis and the urban district Görlitz as part of the district reform of August 2008 .
Simplified: It consists of the former rural districts Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis , Löbau-Zittau and the former urban district Görlitz .