Original: The district was established by merging the former districts of Löbau - Zittau and Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis ( district of Lower Silesian Upper Lusatia ) 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 .