Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: Zittau is a city in the south east of the Free State of Saxony , Germany , close to the border tripoint of Germany , Poland , and the Czech Republic .
Simplified: Zittau ( Czech Å 1\/2 itava , Polish Å '' ytawa ) is a city in the southeast of the Free State of Saxony , Germany . It is close to the border triangle between Germany , Poland and the Czech Republic .