Desná (Jablonec nad Nisou District)

Desna ( German Dessendorf ) is a city in Okres Jablonec nad Nisou in northern Bohemia. The resort is located in the Iron Mountains ( Jizera Hory ) near the ski center Špičák ( Spitzberg ), three kilometers north of Tanvald.

The town lies in the valley of the river White and Black Desse and on the surrounding slopes. In Desna 3550 inhabitants living on 12.6 km ².

History

Desna was founded in 1691 by Count Albrecht Maximilian Desfours. The Land Registry is the place originally entered as Des Four or village. It came into use by the location on the river Desse the name Dessendorf. From the mid-19th century made ​​Dessendorf a municipality in the district court Tannwald.

The largest boom the town in the second half of the 20th century, was opened as a spa. This was later closed. Now is in place, a park with the architecturally interesting Riedel villa which was built in 1895 by Josef Riedel glass factory.

On September 18, 1916, the city experienced by the rupture of the dam on the White Desse a terrible disaster, which claimed 62 lives.

Since 1945, it came to further development of the glass and ceramics industries.

Boroughs

The city Desna consists of the districts:

  • Desna I ( Dessendorf ) with Sovín ( owl)
  • Desna II - Potočná ( Tiefenbach), Pustiny ( Wustung )
  • Desna III - Cerna Říčka ( Schwarzfluß ), Dolni Polubny ( Unterpolaun ) Merklov (Mark Sindelsdorf ) Ničovy Domky ( Nitschehäuser ) Novina ( Neustück, formerly Hermann village), Souš ( kiln )

Basic settlement units are Cerna říčka, Černý vrch, Desna I, II Desna - východ, Desna II západ, Desna - střed, Dolni Polubny, K protržené přehradě, Merklov, Novina, Pustiny, Souš and U skláren.

The municipality is divided into the Desna Katastralbezirke I, II and Desna Desna III.

Leisure

The local cultural life includes concerts, exhibitions and museum in the Riedel Villa as well as ballet, theater events at the Cultural Sklar, downhill skiing and cross-country skiing, mountain biking, football stadium, athletics stadium, fitness center.

Attractions

  • Roman Catholic Church
  • Riedel villa with the surrounding park
  • Old Catholic Church
  • Station building including gear train
  • Darretalsperre in the district Souš
  • Broken dam
  • Marie Berger stairs, created by glass workers to shorten the way to work.
Kraj Hectare Vehicle registration plates of the Czech Republic Koberovy Rychnov u Jablonce nad Nisou
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