Harrachov
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Liberecký kraj | ||||
| District : | Semily | ||||
| Area : | 3663 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 47 ' N , 15 ° 26' E | ||||
| Height: | 665 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 1,421 (Jan. 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 512 46 | ||||
| License plate : | L. | ||||
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| Railway connection: | Jelenia Góra – Kořenov | ||||
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| Status: | city | ||||
| Districts: | 4th | ||||
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| Mayor : | Jaroslav Čech (as of 2020) | ||||
| Address: | Center 150 512 46 Harrachov |
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| Municipality number: | 577081 | ||||
| Website : | www.harrachov.cz | ||||
Harrachov (German Harrachsdorf ) is a country town on the river Mumlava ( Mummel ) in the Czech Republic . It is located at an altitude of 665 m on the western edge of the Giant Mountains directly on the border with Poland . The Mummelfall is located above the city. Harrachov is an important winter sports center with downhill slopes and cross-country skiing trails. The city is known internationally for the ski jumping hill facility Čerťák with one of the five ski jumping hills worldwide .
history
The existence of the Harrachsdorf community has been documented since the 17th century. The place originally called Dörfl was renamed Harrachsdorf in the 18th century. In 1712 Elias Müller from Seifenbach ( Rýžoviště ) received the privilege from Aloys Thomas Raimund von Harrach to build a glassworks in the New Forest, around which a settlement was built, which was initially called Grünwald , later Neuwald and from 1863 Neuwelt . From the middle of the 19th century, Harrachsdorf formed a municipality in the judicial district of Rochlitz an der Iser . In the 1930s, Neuwelt ( Nový Svět ) and Seifenbach were incorporated into Harrachsdorf. After the Second World War , the villages of Nový Svět and Rýžoviště were incorporated. Harrachov has been a city since 1973.
Exchange of territory with Poland
In 1959 the houses on the railway line to Kořenov (and further to Tanvald ( Tannwald )) were incorporated into Harrachov. This settlement with the name Mýtiny ( Strickerhäuser , Polish Tkacze ) was formerly in Lower Silesia and belonged to Poland since 1945 . It was acquired by the Czechoslovak state in exchange for an area of the same size on Mrtvý vrch ( Todtenberg ) east of Jakuszyce ( Jakobsthal ) .
Community structure
The city of Harrachov consists of the districts Harrachov ( Harrachsdorf ), Mýtiny ( knitting houses ), Nový Svět ( New World ) and Ryžoviště ( Seifenbach ). Basic settlement units are Harrachov and Ryžoviště. The Janov ( Johannesthal ) settlement also belongs to Harrachov .
coat of arms
The coat of arms of the city of Harrachov / Harrachsdorf is the coat of arms of the Lords of Harrach , the namesake of the place and reminds of the importance of the family for the economic development of the city.
economy
The glass blowing has anywhere in the forests of the Sudeten tradition. The first glassworks was founded in Harrachov at the beginning of the 18th century . In 1754 it was acquired by Count Harrach. She achieved great fame all over Europe; Glass production is still carried out in Harrachov today. The glass museum in a mansion reconstructed in 1994 near the glass factory in Nový Svět is evidence of this.
By far the most important economic factor is now tourism. Especially in winter, but also in summer, numerous guests come from the Czech Republic, Poland, Germany and the Netherlands .
traffic
The above-mentioned exchange of territory made it possible to build a station for Harrachov on the Jelenia Góra – Kořenov railway line (Hirschberg – Polaun). This went into operation in 1963. Cross-border traffic to what is now Poland, which ceased shortly after the Second World War, was resumed in August 2010.
The European route 65 connects Harrachov in the southwest with Turnov and Prague . In the north it leads through the Mitmitz valley to the border crossing to Poland, over the 886 m high New World Pass (Czech Novosvětský průsmyk , Polish Przełęcz Szklarska ) to Szklarska Poręba and ends in Stettin .
Sport and tourism
With the Čerťák facilities, Harrachov has ski jumping hills of various sizes and a ski flying hill . The last time the Ski Flying World Championship took place here in 2014 .
The Eisenach – Budapest mountain hiking trail runs through Harrachov . In the town there is a mining museum with a passable tunnel, a glass museum and a ski museum as well as a microbrewery and various leisure facilities.
Twin cities
- Szklarska Poręba (Poland)
Personalities
- Zdenko Lobkowitz (1858–1933), from the princely Lobkowitz family, an officer, died here
- Kurt Groß (1912–1977), Austrian lawyer, National Socialist politician
- Franz Knappe (1921–2017), ski jumper
