Sloup v Čechách
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Liberecký kraj | ||||
| District : | Česká Lípa | ||||
| Area : | 577.3572 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 44 ' N , 14 ° 35' E | ||||
| Height: | 292 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 738 (Jan. 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 471 52 | ||||
| License plate : | L. | ||||
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| Status: | local community | ||||
| Districts: | 1 | ||||
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| Mayor : | Jaromír Studnička (status: 2009) | ||||
| Address: | Komenského 236 471 52 Sloup v Čechách |
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| Municipality number: | 562050 | ||||
| Website : | www.obecsloupvcechach.cz | ||||
| Location of Sloup v Čechách in the Česká Lípa district | |||||
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Sloup v Čechách (German Bürgstein ) is a municipality in the Okres Česká Lípa in the Liberec region in the north of the Czech Republic . It is located in the southern foothills of the Lusatian Mountains in the Bürgstein-Schwoikaer Schweiz (Skály u Sloupu a Svojkova) and about 2 kilometers southeast of the town of Nový Bor (Haida) in the valley of the Dobranovský potok (Doberner Bach) .
history
The place was first mentioned in 1324. The most important attraction of the village is the rock castle Einsiedlerstein , which was built into a single standing sandstone rock that rises 40 meters above the valley floor. The castle probably dates from the late 13th century. In 1412 Hans von Warnsdorf bought it from Heinrich Berka von Dubá . It has been uninhabited since 1596 and was destroyed by the Swedes in 1639 . The castle got its current name from the hermits who used, enlarged and rebuilt the caves, tunnels and halls in the rock during the 18th century. Today the facility is open to visitors. In the village there is a baroque castle , which was completed in 1735 and belonged to Count Kinsky (today a retirement home), as well as some lovingly restored half-timbered houses .
Because of its attractive location, the place was already a well-known summer resort in the 19th century. The local mountain association contributed to increasing the attraction. Its members prepared promenade paths into the woods and to the rocks in the vicinity of Slavíček, thus making many interesting places accessible to visitors. A bathing establishment with a swimming school and boat rental has been set up at Radvanecký rybník (Brettteich, Schwalbensee). At that time the community had more than 200 houses and there were also some industrial operations, for example a Turkish red dyeing factory and the company for the manufacture of mirrors and frames. There was also a steam brick factory, two grain mills and a manorial sawmill. In administrative terms, Bürgstein belonged to the judicial district of Haida and the Bohemian Leipa district from the middle of the 19th century .
After the Second World War, the German residents were expelled and their property was confiscated. New settlers from the Bohemian interior moved into the village; However, because many of the earlier industrial companies and handicrafts shops had died, most of them had to go to work in Nový Bor (Haida), Česká Lípa (Bohemian Leipa) or Cvikov (Zwickau in Bohemia). In Sloup, the mirror grinding shop, the brickworks, the dyeing shop and the production of cords and ribbons remained in operation for a short time. After 1949, the private craft businesses were also gradually closed, which led to the disappearance of another number of jobs. The municipality tried to at least maintain the reputation of the place as a tourist recreation center. So many rest homes were built in the village; from the early 1960s the weekend house movement began to develop. But because the number of permanent residents continued to decline, the neighboring Radvanec (Rodowitz) and the village of Maxov (Maxdorf) were connected to Sloup in 1960 ; In 1981 Sloup was incorporated into Nový Bor together with Janov, Maxov, Radvanec and Svojkov (Schwoika). The independent municipality of Sloup was not resurrected until 1990, but the Janov (Johannesdorf) district remained near Novy Bor.
Sloup has retained the character of a resort to this day and in the 1990s it was designated as a village monument zone. In Cikánské údoli (Gypsy Ground ) near the village there is the forest theater , where plays are performed in summer. The rocks on the slopes of Slavíček (Slabitschken) and Šišák are popular terrain for climbing and hiking.
Personalities
Sloup is home
- the sculpting family Max, who worked in Prague , among others , including Joseph Max (the elder) (1765–1838), Joseph Max (the younger) (1804–1855) and his brother Emanuel Max (1810–1901).
- the playwright and editor Ferdinand Břetislav Mikovec (1826–1862).
Web links
- Official website of the municipality
- Detailed information (German, Czech)
