Jindřichovice pod Smrkem () is a municipality and village in

Liberec District Liberec District () is a district in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Liberec. Administrative division Liberec District is divided into three administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: ...

in the

Liberec Region Liberec Region () is an administrative unit (Czech language, Czech: ''kraj'') of the Czech Republic, located in the northernmost part of its historical region of Bohemia. It is named after its capital Liberec. The region shares international bor ...

of the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...

. It has about 600 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Jindřichovice pod Smrkem consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Jindřichovice pod Smrkem (573) *Dětřichovec (39)

Geography

Jindřichovice pod Smrkem is located about northeast of

Liberec Liberec (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 108,000 inhabitants, making it the fifth largest city in the country. It lies on the Lusatian Neisse River, in a basin surrounded by mountains. The city centre is well preserved and is pr ...

, in a salient region of Frýdlant Hook on the border with Poland. It lies in the

Frýdlant Hills Frýdlant (, also known as Frýdlant v Čechách; ) is a town in Liberec District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,400 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone. ...

. The highest point is the Hřebenáč hill at above sea level. The stream Jindřichovický potok flows through the municipality.

History

The first written mention of Jindřichovice pod Smrkem is from 1381.

Demographics

Transport

On the Czech-Polish border is the road border crossing ''Jindřichovice pod Smrkem /

Świecie Świecie (; ) is a town in northern Poland with 24,841 inhabitants (2023), capital of Świecie County in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in the historic region of Pomerania. Founded ...

''. Jindřichovice pod Smrkem is the terminus of a railway line from Liberec.

Sights

A landmark is the ruin of the Church of Saint James the Great. It was a late Romanesque church from the second half of the 13th century.

Twin towns – sister cities

Jindřichovice pod Smrkem is twinned with: *

Świeradów-Zdrój Świeradów-Zdrój (; ) is a spa town in Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland near the border with the Czech Republic. The town is located in the Kwisa valley of the Jizera Mountains, a part of the Sudetes range. It ...

, Poland

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jindrichovice pod Smrkem Villages in Liberec District