Blíževedly

Blíževedly ( German lead Wedel) is a municipality of Okres Ceska Lipa in the Liberec region on the border between the Czech Central Mountains and the Daubaer Switzerland in the north of the Czech Republic. It is located at the side of the road from Litomerice ( Leitmeritz ) to Zahrádky u České Lípy ( Neugarten ) (15), about 3 km south of the village Kravaře v Čechách ( Graber ) and on the railway line from Ceska Lipa ( Czech Leipa ) to Lovosice ( Lobositz ).

History

The town was founded in 1290 and in 1292 collected by King Wenceslas II to market towns. He was from (about ) 1384 and after a long pause again until 1754 vicarage. In 1713 he was ravaged by a plague epidemic, and on September 8, 1784 with a major conflagration burned 77 houses.

Community structure

The community Blíževedly consists of the districts:

  • Blíževedly (lead -tailed ) with STRANNE ( Stran )
  • Litice ( Litnitz ) with Ráj ( Rain)
  • Skalka ( Skalken )
  • Hvězda ( Star Village ) with Vlhošť ( Wilschhäuser )

The municipality is divided into the Katastralbezirke Blíževedly, Hvězda pod Vlhoštěm, Litice and Skalka u Blíževedel.

Attractions

In the square there is a Baroque Trinity Column ( plague column ) of the Leitmeritzer sculptor Franz Tollinger, which was built in 1714 as a reward for surviving as plague epidemic in 1713. Similarly, the St. Wenceslas consecrated Baroque parish church has been preserved. East of Blíževedly is the 614 m high Vlhošť ( Willhoscht ), the highest elevation of Daubaer Switzerland, north of the 553 m high Ronov ( Ronberg ) with the ruins of the castle Ronov. On the southwestern outskirts of the village are the remains of a rock castle Hřídelík.

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