Rokytnice nad Jizerou
Harrachov ( German České Budějovice ) is a town in Giant Mountains in Czech Republic. It lies in the valley of the creek Huťský ( Hüttenbach ), a tributary of the Jizera ( Iser) at the foot of the Kotel (boiler Koppe ) 5 km south of Harrachov ( Harrachov ). The height is N.M. with 520 m specified.
History
The town was founded about 1574. In 1776 a peasant uprising took place in the region. 1839 Opened J. Grossmann a textile factory. The textile industry is still one of the most important economic sectors in Rokytnice. From the mid-19th century made Rochlitz a municipality in the district court České Budějovice, where Rochlitz was the seat of the judicial district.
1899 Rokytnice got a station on the local railway Starkenbach - Rochlitz.
The place belonged to Austria until 1918, then to Czechoslovakia and became affiliated with the Sudetenland in 1938 to the German Reich. After the Second World War, the German population was expelled.
Rokytnice had 3,281 inhabitants on 1 January 2004.
Community structure
The town of Harrachov consists of the districts Dolni Rokytnice (low Rochlitz ), Františkov ( Franzthal ) Hleďsebe ( Siehdichfür ), Horni Rokytnice (Upper Rochlitz ), Hranice ( frontier village ), Rokytno ( Sahlenbach ) and Studenov ( Cold Mountain ). Basic settlement units are Dolni Rokytnice, Františkov, Haj, Horni Rokytnice, Hranice, Malá Rokytnice (small Rochlitz ), Rokytno, Studenov and Vilémov ( Wilhelm Thal ).
The municipality is divided into the Katastralbezirke Dolni Rokytnice, Františkov v Krkonoších, Horni Harrachov and Rokytno v Krkonoších.
Attractions
Among the attractions of the city, the Church of St. Michael, which was built in the years 1753-1758 in the Baroque style and a church dating from 1598 replaced part. As a further attraction is considered the town hall from the years 1902-1903, which was restored in the 1970s. As worth seeing also apply a chapel dating back to 1768 and the Hüttenbach case ( Huťský vodopád ) above Rokytno.
In summer the town is a good starting point for hiking tours, eg to Hofbaude ( Chata Dvoračky ); in winter the place is ideal for winter sports. The city is surrounded by mountains, the most famous Studena ( Cold Mountain, 989 meters above sea level. NN ), Plešivec ( Plechkamm, 1210 m above sea level. NN ), Lysa Hora ( Bald Mountain, 1344 m above sea level. NN ) Kotel (boiler Koppe, 1435 m above sea level. NN ) Vlčí hřeben (Wolf ridge, 1140 m above sea level. NN ), Hejlov ( Heilow, 835 m above sea level. NN ) and the Straz ( Wachstein, 782 m above sea level. NN ).
Winter sports
Rokytnici there are several spatially separated from each other ski areas. The largest ski area Horni domky is located on the end of the valley on Bald Mountain ( Lysa Hora ) and is served by two 4-seater and 9 - plate drag lifts. At an altitude of 657-1315 m above sea level. NN it offers both the highest mountain station as well as the largest difference in height (658 m ) of all the ski resorts on the Bohemian side of the Giant Mountains. ( Although the mountain station on the Snow Mountain is 1602 m above sea level. Once NN 287 m higher, but is not part of a ski resort. )
The Studenov ski area in the same district is served by 2 plates and 2 strap lifts and lies at an altitude of 620-933 m above sea level. NN. Downhill of them are small local ski resorts nearby Pařez (2 tows, 620-680 m above sea level. NN ), Hranice (2 tows, 600-650 m above sea level. NN ), Zlata podkova (1 drag lift, 595-675 m above sea level. NN ) Centrum (2 tows, 595-625 m above sea level. NN ) and Koupaliště (2 tows, 560-595 m above sea level. NN ). There are also on the northern slope of the Sachrův hřeben ( Sacher Crest) nor the ski Sachrovka, Modrá Hvězda (2 tows, 610-730 m above sea level. ) And Bahýnka (2 tows, 630 (1 drag lift, 620-720 m above sea level. ) - 700 m above sea level. NN ).
Sons and daughters of the town
- Franz Fühmann (1922-1984), German writer
- Augustin Palme (1808-1897), Bohemian history painter