Sloup v Čechách

Sloup v Čechách ( German Bürgstein ) is a municipality of Okres Ceska Lipa 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 Switzerland ( Skály u Sloupu a Svojkova ) and about 2 miles southeast of downtown Nový Bor ( Haida ) in the valley of the creek Dobranovský ( Doberner Bach).

History

The place was first mentioned in 1324. The most important attraction of the village is the castle rock hermit stone, which was built in a single sandstone rock that rises 40 meters above the valley floor. The castle probably dates from the late 13th century. Since 1596 it is uninhabited, in 1639 it was destroyed by the Swedes. The castle got its present name of the hermits who used the caves, tunnels and halls in the rock during the 18th century, enlarged and tags. Today the facility for visitors is available. In the village there is a baroque palace, which was completed in 1735, as well as some lovingly restored half-timbered houses.

Because of its attractive location was the place in the 19th century to a well-known summer resort. To leverage the attraction of the local mountain club added, whose members prepare her promenades in the woods and rocks around the Slavíček ( Slabitschken ) and thus many interesting places made ​​accessible to visitors. On Radvanecký rybnik ( Brett Pond, Schwalbensee ) has established a bathhouse with a swimming school and boat rental. The congregation at that time numbered more than 200 houses and there were also some industrial enterprises, such as a Türkischrotfärberei and the Society for the manufacture of mirrors and frames. In addition, there was a steam brick, two flour mills and a manor sawmill. Administratively part Bürgstein from the middle of the 19th century the judicial district or in the district Bohemian Haida Leipa.

After the Second World War, the German inhabitants were expelled, their property was confiscated. In the village attracted new settlers from the Czech inland; However, because many of the former industrial and craft centers were received, they had for the most part to work in Nový Bor ( Haida ), go Ceska Lipa ( Czech Leipa ) or Cvikov ( Zwickau in Bohemia). In Sloupsko remained Spiegelschleiferei, the brick, the dyeing and the manufacture of wires and tapes in operation for a short time. After 1949 the private craft shops were set gradually, so that a further series of the remaining jobs disappeared. The municipality therefore tried to maintain at least the reputation of the place as a tourist recreation center. So in place many recreation centers emerged; Since the early 1960s, the weekend house movement began to develop.

However, because the number of permanent residents ever fell, in 1960 the neighboring Radvanec ( Rodowitz ) with the village Maxov ( Maxdorf ) was connected to Sloupsko; 1981 Sloupsko was affiliated with Janov, Maxov, Radvanec and Svojkov ( Schwoika ) to Nový Bor. To re-emergence of the autonomous municipality Sloupsko it came only in 1990, however, the district remained Janov ( Johannesdorf ) in Novy Bor

The character of a resort Sloupsko has been able to get to this day and in the 90s of the 20th century, it was designated as a village zone. In Cikánské UDOLI (Gypsy reason) near the village there is the Forest Theater, where plays are performed in the summer. The rocks on the slopes of Slavíček ( Slabitschken ) and Šišák are a popular terrain for climbing and hiking.

Personalities

Sloupsko is home

• The family of sculptors Max, which, inter alia, worked in Prague, for example, 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.