One curious fact about the town is that due to geography its railway station lies in Poland in the village of Krzewina.
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The settlement of Richnow in the historical region of Upper Lusatia was first mentioned in a 1262 deed, then a possession of Cistercian St. Marienthal Abbey near Ostritz.
Franz Gareis (1775–1803), a painter, born at Marienthal, studied at Dresden under Casanova.