Lučany nad Nisou

Lučany nad Nisou ( German Wiesenthal Nisou ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It is located five kilometers northeast of Jablonec nad Nisou and belongs to Okres Jablonec nad Nisou.

Geography

The city is located on the Lucanska Nisa ( Wiesenthaler Neisse ), a source river the Lusatian Neisse. By Lučany nad Nisou lead the state road 14 and the railway line Liberec Tanvald - Kořenov. Mountain of the resort is the 787 m high Bramberk that rises northwest of Lučany. To the south is the Schwarzenbrunn comb with the 869 m high Cerna Studnice and halfway in Nová Ves nad Nisou the source of the Lusatian Neisse.

Neighboring towns are Horni Maxov and Sedmidomí in the north, Horni Lučany and Jiřetín pod Bukovou in the northeast, Smržovka in the east, Horni Ves in the southeast, Nová Ves nad Nisou in the south, Jablonecké Paseky and Jablonec nad Nisou in the southwest, Jindřichov nad Nisou in the west and Bramberk in the northwest.

History

The first mention of Wiesenthal dates from 1634. Largest employer in the place was the glass works, besides several companies passed the glass jewelry, glass bead and glass knobs produced.

Wiesenthal made ​​from the mid-19th century, a community in the judicial district Jablonec nad Nisou. On 12 July 1894, the first railroad train drove through the Neißetal Jablonec after Wiesenthal and by 10 October of the same year was also the stretch of Wiesenthal over the pass after Tannwald - Schumburg completed, so that the rail could be operated continuously.

1930 lived in the town of 3744 people, of whom the majority were German. After the Second World War was the expulsion, and the place lost its town charter. Since 10 October 2006 Lučany is a city again.

Local structure

The city Lučany nad Nisou consists of the districts Horni Maxov (Upper Maxdorf ) Jindřichov nad Nisou ( Henner village) and Lučany nad Nisou ( Wiesenthal ), at the same time also form Katastralbezirke. Basic settlement units are Bramberk ( Bramberg ), Horni Lučany ( Oberwiesenthal ), Horni Maxov, Jakubův Kopec, Jindřichov and Lučany nad Nisou. To Lučany nad Nisou also includes the settlement Sedmidomí ( seven houses).

Attractions

• Church of the Visitation, built in 1887 in neo-Renaissance style
• Created a statue of St. Francis of Assisi, 1765
• Glasschleiferei