Jindřichovice pod Smrkem

Jindřichovice pod Smrkem ( German Heiner village on the Tafelfichte ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. Lies 14 kilometers northeast of Frýdlant on the Polish border and is part of the Okres Liberec.

Geography

Jindřichovice extends along the creek Jindřichovický creek in Isergebirgsvorland. To the south, the Jindřichovický rises hřeben ( Heinersdorfer back) with the Hřebenáč ( carbon Karpacz, 566 m), in the southeast of the 572 m high Andelsky vrch ( Schöb layer ). The village is the terminus of the railway line Frýdlant v Čechách - Jindřichovice pod Smrkem.

Neighboring towns are Srbská and Miłoszów in the north, Świecie and Kolonia Świecie in the northeast, Chalupska, Barcie and Wolimierz in the east, Wola Sokołowska, Dětřichovec, Pobiedna Gierałtówek and Ulicko the southeast, Nové Město pod Smrkem in the south, Hajniště, Cihelny and Dolni Řasnice in southwest, and Horni Řasnice in the West.

History

As in 1278, the Lords of Bieberstein acquired the dominion Seidenberg, they moved the seat of power to Friedland and let colonize the forest areas. At this time also Jindřichovice originated as a settlement of loggers. In the second half of the 13th century, the church of James the Elder was built. Heynrichsdorf ym was first documented mountains in 1381st Heiner village was hit on March 21, 1431 by a division of the Hussites led by Jan Čapek ze Sán that burned down the town and devastated. After the destruction of the village was about a kilometer down stream at a new location again. 1774 could occupy the church in Heiner village with several historic parish administrator Count Clam- Gallas.

In 1832 Heiner village or Heinrichsdorf consisted of 187 houses with 1009 German residents. Under regal patronage, the parish church of the Holy Trinity and the school stood. In the village there was also a k.k. Border customs office, two grinding mills and a sawmill. On the way to Dittersbächel the ruins of St James's Church were. Heiner village was vicarage for Dittersbächel and Wünschendorf. Until the mid-19th century Heiner village remained the Allodialherrschaft Friedland submissive.

After the abolition of patrimonial Heiner village was formed in 1850 from a municipality in the county and judicial district Bunzlauer Friedland. As of 1868, the village belonged to the district of Friedland. Largest companies was the woolen goods factory by Eduard Heintschel and Comp founded in 1823. On August 2, 1902, the district Friedlander train took the local train route from Friedland to Heiner village in operation. The following year, the route was extended to peace mountain for connection to the railway line to Greiffenberg and inaugurated on 1 November 1904. 1910 lived 2525 people in Heiner village. From 1911 Heiner village belonged to the Tafelfichte with the monolayer field mill / Polní Mlýn for newly formed judicial district of Neustadt an der Tafelfichte. After the collapse of k.u.k. Monarchy sought the population of the predominantly German -populated village to the port on German Austria. In the 1930s, the Sudeten German Party gained strong influence. In a vote of the residents voted 1938 1049 for a connection to the German Reich and four against. After the Munich Agreement was the annexation; Heiner village belonged until 1945 to the district Friedland.

In May 1945 Jindřichovice had 1720 inhabitants, of whom 1679 were German and 41 Czechs. Until the beginning of the year 1946 551 German were expelled; in the place attracted 210 Czechs. In 1960, the incorporation of Dětřichovec. On 1 July 1980 Jindřichovice became the district of Nové Město pod Smrkem, since 1990 the village is independent again.

The mayor of the town, Petr Pávek, belongs to the Green Party. In the parliamentary elections of 2006 he was the top candidate in the Liberec Region and achieved 9.8 % of the votes, a remarkable result.

Community structure

The community Jindřichovice pod Smrkem consists of the districts Dětřichovec ( Dittersbächel ) and Jindřichovice pod Smrkem ( Heiner village on the Tafelfichte ), at the same time also form Katastralbezirke. To Jindřichovice pod Smrkem also includes the settlements Na Hranici ( grove bush ) and Na Zámečku ( Stone Rich).

Attractions

• Ruins of the Romanesque church of James the old village from the 13th century, destroyed in 1431 by the Hussites
• Church of the Holy Trinity, it was extended in 1715 on the initiative of Josef Philipp Graf von Gallas
• Two wind power plants with a capacity of 2 x 600 kW, built in 2003
• Museum of rural life before the industrialization of agriculture ( Žijící skanzen ) with windmill from the 1930s