Lázně Libverda (german: Bad Liebwerda) is a spa municipality and village in
Liberec District
Liberec District ( cs, okres Liberec) is the district (''okres'') within the Liberec Region of Czech Republic. As its name implies, its administrative center is the city of Liberec.
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Liberec Region
Liberec Region ( cs, Liberecký kraj, german: Reichenberger Region, pl, Kraj liberecki) is an administrative unit ( Czech: ''kraj'') of the Czech Republic, located in the northernmost part of its historical region of Bohemia. It is named after ...
of the
Czech Republic
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. It has about 400 inhabitants.
Etymology
The original German name ''Liebenwerde'' is an abbreviation of ''auf dem Lieben werde'', which then meant "on a lovely island". The Czech name was created by transcription.
Geography
Lázně Libverda is located about northeast of
Liberec. It borders
Poland
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in the east.
Lázně Libverda lies in the
Jizera Mountains
Jizera Mountains ( cz, Jizerské hory), or Izera Mountains ( pl, Góry Izerskie; german: Isergebirge), are part of the Western Sudetes on the border between the Czech Republic and Poland. The range got its name from the Jizera River, which rises ...
. The highest peak in the municipality and in the whole mountain range is
Smrk
Smrk may refer to:
* Smrk (Jizera Mountains), the highest mountain in the Jizera Mountains of Bohemia, Czech Republic at 1124m
* Smrk (Moravian-Silesian Beskids)
Smrk is a massif and a mountain in the Moravian-Silesian Beskids range in the Czec ...
with . Part of the ''Jizerskohorské bučiny'' National Nature Reserve is located in the southern part of the municipal territory. The Libverdský Creek flows through the municipality.
History
The first written mention of Lázně Libverda is from 1381, when it was part of the
Frýdlant
Frýdlant (; also known as Frýdlant v Čechách, german: Friedland in Böhmen) is a town in Liberec District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,400 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by la ...
estate.
Spa
The healing power of the local spring was first mentioned in 1601 in a report, which stated that the healing effects were known by pilgrims already at the end of the 14th century. In 1785, a new big spring was uncovered, and between 1786 and 1818, several other spring were uncovered. In 1952, the last two spa springs, Kyselka and Nový vrt, were drilled.
Twin towns – sister cities
Lázně Libverda is
twinned
Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to:
* In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so;
* Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning
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with:
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Mirsk
Mirsk (german: Friedeberg am Queis) is a town in Lwówek Śląski County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district ( gmina) called Gmina Mirsk, close to the Czech border.
The town is situ ...
, Poland
*
Świeradów-Zdrój
Świeradów-Zdrój (; german: Bad Flinsberg) 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 th ...
, Poland
*
Trzebiel
Trzebiel ( dsb, Trjebule or ''Trjebul'', german: Triebel) is a village in Żary County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland, close to the German border. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Trzebiel.
It lies appro ...
, Poland
References
External links
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Libverda Spa
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Spa towns in the Czech Republic
Villages in Liberec District