Tanvald

Tanvald ( German Tannwald ) is a city in Okres Jablonec nad Nisou in northern Bohemia ( Jizera Mountains ). It lies at the confluence of the Desna in the Kamenice. The city covers an area of 12.5 km ². Tanvald currently has about 7200 inhabitants and is located on the European road 65 and the National Road 14

Geography

North of Tanvald lies the small town Desna, in the south and to the west Velké Hamry Smržovka. The winter sports center Harrachov lies about 15 kilometers northeast of Tanvald.

History

The village was founded in the 16th century from a wood-cutter colony whose first written record dates from 1586. End of the 18th century, the first Glasschleiferei was built, and in the first half of the 19th century were added in the textile and engineering industries. In 1850 Tannwald seat of the District Court was ( Judicial District Tannwald ). Opened in 1868, the Náchod textile industrialist Isaac Mautner in Schumburg a mechanical weaving, in 1880 were 550 looms and 23,500 spindles in use. Early as 1875 Tannwald received railway connection. In 1886, Tannwald 2726 inhabitants. In 1905 the municipality Tannwald became a town, and in 1942 ( Jizera Mountains ) were the cities Tannwald and Schumburg at Desse merged to form the new city Tannwald. The breaking of the dam on the White Dessert on July 29, 1916 also taught in Tannwald heavy damage.

Boroughs

The city Tanvald consists of the districts Šumburk nad Desnou ( Schumburg at Desse ), Tanvald ( Tannwald ) and Zdar (fire ). Basic settlement units are Český Šumburk ( Bohemian Schumburg ), Horni Tanvald ( Obertannwald ), Maly Špičák Popelnice ( Popelnitz ) Průmyslový obvod, Svetla ( Swetla Part 2), Špičák Šumburk, Šumburk - střed, Tanvald - střed, Výšina and Zdar.

The municipality is divided into the Katastralbezirke Šumburk nad Desnou and Tanvald.

Attractions

  • Šumburk nad Desnou ( Schumburg at Desse ), the district from 1611, even once the city on the left bank of the Dessert with the Church of Sts. Francis of Assisi ( 1900).
  • Tanvaldský Špičák ( Tanvald Spitzberg ), 831 meters above sea level, the ski center in the Jizera Mountains with a stone observation tower.
  • Terezínka ( Theresienhohe ), rock views, made ​​publicly available in 1853.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Josef Otto Berndt (1865-1957), Austrian Lieutenant- Kuk and cavalry officer
  • Arnold Hartig (1878-1972), sculptor and medalist
  • Helmut Borufka ( born 1918 ), general of the National People's Army

Recreational facilities

Stadium for athletics, lawn football pitch, sports hall and gymnasium, multi-purpose sports field with artificial turf. Tennis Court, forest pool, miniature golf. Ski resort Tanvaldský Špičák ( Spitzberg ), with downhill skiing, ski school, ski rental. Magistrale of the Jizera Mountains for skiing. Concerts, theater.

Twin Cities

  • Burbach (Nordrhein- Westfalen)
  • Marcinowice (Poland )
  • Wittichenau (Saxony )
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