Krásná (formerly Šumburk) is a village mentioned since 1608, now part of the municipality of Pěnčín in the Jablonec nad Nisou district. However, it is a much older place. The original farmstead stood here in the 13th century. This place achieved even greater, in fact European, importance in the Mesolithic, when material for stone axes was mined here from the local metabasite. Axes were then exported to a significant part of Central Europe.
More informationThe peak with a stone lookout tower, 869 meters above sea level, which is visible from almost all corners of the cities of Jablonec nad Nisou and Liberec, is called Černá studnice. The lookout tower, together with the tourist hut of the same name, was built in 1905 and provides an exceptionally great circular view of the surrounding peaks of the Jizera Mountains.
More informationAn important place in the common regional mythology. The setting of the legend of the Skeleton and the place of the alleged mysterious discovery of the skeleton of a soldier from the Silesian Wars, part of the common cultural heritage of the Neisse Euroregion. Similar legends about the discovery of dead soldiers are also very common in the Zittau Mountains.
Archaeological findings from the local stone axe mining site are a certain equivalent of similar, but significantly younger finds of axe molds from Oybin. Both sites, Krásná and Oybin, are thus significant evidence of the common past of the Euroregion's foothills.
Rádlo (Radl) is a village in the Jablonec nad Nisou district. The first written mention dates from 1419, when the monastery in Mnichovo Hradiště sold the Rychnov parish with the village of Rádlo to Henry of Wallenstein. Originally a Czech village, it gained a German majority through immigration and assimilation, probably from the 18th century. In the 1930 census, 61 out of 1737 inhabitants were Czech. The inhabitants made their living mainly from agriculture and cattle breeding. In the 19th century, several small industrial enterprises were established, mainly in the textile and jewelry industries.
More informationCísařský kámen lookout tower is located in Vratislavice nad Nisou in Liberec, on the hill of the same name at an altitude of 637 m. Císařský kámen hill is the westernmost part of the Maršovice Highlands, its original name was Špičák or also Uhlířský vrch and was changed to Císařský kámen in 1778. The visit of Emperor Joseph II. made the old name forgotten. The emperor chose the hill to supervise the works on the fortifications during the War of the Bavarian Succession. A memorial plaque is carved into the granite stone at the very top. The development of lookout towers began in the 1880s, when tourist associations on both sides of the border competed in their construction. There are reportedly 615 observation towers built in Bohemia, and another 105 in Saxony, especially in the border areas with the Czech Republic. Císařský kámen is said to be an observation tower for observation towers.
The Javornik Chapel dedicated to the Holy Trinity. Since 1842, it has stood alone on the ridge, by the road that leads from the village to the top of Javorník Mountain (684 m above sea level). Pilgrimages with a procession from Dlouhý Most are occasionally held to the chapel. Although history has walked through this place, or rather, the historical road from Bohemia to Lusatia passes nearby, it is a place with a very little elaborate history. The oldest known name of the village was Czech in 1547: Javornik. From it arose the later German name Jaberlich. The poor village of farmers and weavers lies high on the watershed between the Baltic and North Seas, so it is a place of meeting and blending of cultural and linguistic influences from Bohemia and ancient settlers from the German-speaking area.
It is a place where foresters, lumberjacks, smugglers and traders from both sides of the Czech-Saxon border met. Both places, not too far apart, have their own legends. In this case, however, unique ones that have not migrated anywhere and are locally authentic. According to legend, the Baker's Cross was supposed to commemorate a baker from Hradec who was murdered and robbed on his way to the market in Jablonné in Podještědí.
More informationFor centuries, the village lived on the importance of the Jablonec merchant route (Gabler Straße in German), which enabled the creation of a larger village and was also the main source of income for the local population. There were a number of inns here and the locals also made a living by hitching horses over the nearby mountain ridge. The historic customs house is still preserved here, although trade has long been conducted elsewhere and is now duty-free within the EU. The distinctive cultural heritage, natural beauty and clean air gave the impetus to transform the border village into an air spa.
Karlsfried Castle was built in 1357 by order of Emperor Charles IV. by Burgrave Ulrich Tiste von Liebstein. It was not intended as a residence, but served only as a fortified customs post on the trade route (Gabler Reichsstraße) between the Bohemian center and Upper Lusatia. Customs duties were collected here, the castle also provided accommodation and services to merchants. In 1364, Zittau became the tenant of the castle for 300 Prague groschen. In 1412, the castle was taken over by the courtier Hinko Berka of Dubá...
More informationScharfenstein is a prominent rock formation, standing on a wooded ridge between Brandhöhe and Töpfer, about 1 km east of Oybin and 1 km north of Lückendorf. The massive rock tower, projecting about 45 meters above the ridge crest, was once referred to as the Matterhorn of the Zittau Mountains.
Due to its distinctive shape, Scharfenstein was probably used as a lookout point in the Middle Ages. The carved steps on the north side probably date from this time. Around 1900, Scharfenstein acquired its first climbing equipment. Since the mid-1950s, Scharfenstein has also been used for climbing. In the 1970s, the climbing equipment was modernized and at the 1st Scharfenstein Festival in 1993, a summit book was laid for tourists and a new meteorological tower was erected.
Töpfer, in Czech Hrnčíř (582 m) is one of the most beautiful hills in the Zittau Mountains. According to legend, the rocky plateau on its northern side was a cult site of the ancient Germans or Slavs as early as the Bronze Age. This was inferred from the existence of several round rock bowls, which were assumed to have been hollowed out for sacrificial ceremonies, and only later was it proven that they were formed by natural erosion of the sandstone. It is also sometimes stated that the rock plateau could have been used in ancient times as a signal place, where fires visible from afar were lit to warn of danger.
More informationThe Kelchsteine (Chalice) natural monument is one of the most famous natural monuments of the Zittau Mountains. It can be found about 1 km south of Oybin in a shallow forest valley on the left side of the road to Lückendorf. The massive rocks are made of chalk sandstone, which is colored pink to deep red due to the higher content of iron oxide hydroxides. Because the sandstone in the lower part of the rocks is less solid than below the summit, erosion has created overhangs of various sizes on the rocks. This remarkable rock has also become a symbol of the local climbing sport, practiced on both sides of the border by climbers from Bohemia and Germany. It has attracted climbers since time immemorial. As early as 1785, lumberjacks climbed it, who attached a sign with their names to one of the pine trees on the summit. The actual development of climbing began on September 3, 1911, when Dresden climbers scaled the rock with the help of a tree in its northwestern corner. The first flawless ascent without artificial aids along today's Alter Weg route by Siegfried Schreiber (a German sculptor, painter and draftsman) dates back to June 26, 1946.
A place on the border of Czech and German culture. It stands on the top of a massive sandstone table mountain (514 m), rising about 120 m above the northern edge of the Kurort Oybin resort. The castle was built around the 13th century as a guard post on an important country road connecting Bohemia with Lusatia, but the castle rock and the surrounding countryside were inhabited long before that.
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