Harrachov

Harrachov ( German Harrachov ) is a small town on the River Mummel in the Czech Republic. It is situated at 700 m altitude on the western edge of the Giant Mountains on the border with Poland. Harrachov is a major winter sports center with downhill slopes and cross-country skiing. It has the Čerťák equipment ski jumps in different sizes as well as a ski jump. Above the town is the Mumlava.

History

The existence of the community Harrachov is documented since the 17th century. In 1712 Elias Müller received from Seifenbach ( Rýžoviště ) by Aloys Thomas Raimund Count Harrach the privilege to build a glassworks in the New Forest to the A settlement grew, initially, later Neuwald and bore the name of Grunwald in 1863 Neuwelt. From the mid-19th century made ​​Harrachov a municipality in the district court České Budějovice.

In the 1930s, the incorporation of Neuwelt ( Nový Svet ) and Seifenbach after Harrachov was. In 1959 the houses were incorporated at the train station to Tanvald ( Tannwald ) to Harrachov. This settlement called Mýtiny ( Stricker houses, Polish Tkacze ) was previously in Lower Silesia and belonged to Poland since 1945. It was acquired by the Czech government in exchange for an equal area east of Jakuszyce ( Jakobsthal ). Since 1973, Harrachov is a town.

Community structure

The town of Harrachov consists of the districts Harrachov ( Harrachov ) Mýtiny ( Stricker houses) Novy Svet ( New World ) and Ryžoviště ( Seifenbach ). Basic settlement units are Harrachov and Ryžoviště. To Harrachov also includes the settlement Janov ( Johannesthal ).

Economy

Glass blowing has everywhere in the forests of the Sudeten tradition. Already at the beginning of the 18th century, the first glassworks was established in Harrachov. In 1754 it was acquired by Count Harrach. They gained great fame throughout Europe; today glassmaking is operated in Harrachov. Evidence of this is the Museum of Glass in a 1994 reconstructed manor house near the glass factory in Novy Svet.

However, the most important economic factor by far is now tourism. Especially in winter, but in summer many visitors come from the Czech Republic, Poland, Germany and the Netherlands.

Traffic

The above-mentioned land swap enabled the construction of a railway station for Harrachov at the railway line Jelenia Góra Kořenov ( Hirschberg Polaun ). This went into operation in 1963. The cross-border traffic into present-day Poland, which had been set shortly after the Second World War, was resumed in August 2010.

The European route 65 connects Harrachov in the southwest with The exposition of Prague. In the north, it leads through the valley of Mitmitz to the border crossing to Poland ( průsmyk Novosvětský Czech, Polish Przełęcz Szklarska ) over the 886 m high Neuweltpass to Szklarska Poręba and ends in Szczecin.

Tourism

By Harrachov the mountain hiking Eisenach -Budapest runs.