Raspenava (; german: Raspenau) is a town 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 2,800 inhabitants.
Geography
Raspenava is located about north of
Liberec, in a salient region of Frýdlant Hook. It lies mostly in the
Frýdlant Hills
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 law ...
. The southern part of the municipal territory extends into 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 ...
and includes the highest point of Raspenava, located below the top of the mountain Poledník at above sea level. The
Smědá River flows through the town.
Two thirds of the territory are situated in the Jizerské hory Protected Landscape Area. Half of the Czech part of the UNESCO
World Heritage Site
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named
is situated in the southernmost part of the territory of Raspenava.
History
The first written mention of Raspenava is from 1343. The village was located on the left bank of the Smědá River, and there were several small hamlets on the right bank. Raspenava was originally an agricultural village, but its character began to change in the 16th century. In 1512, a
hammer mill
A hammer mill, hammer forge or hammer works was a workshop in the pre- industrial era that was typically used to manufacture semi-finished, wrought iron products or, sometimes, finished agricultural or mining tools, or military weapons. The featu ...
was built here, and later an ironworks and a
lime factory were established.
In 1962, the settlements were merged into the town of Raspenava.
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Notable people
*Heinrich Karl Scholz
Heinrich Karl Scholz (16 October 1880 – 12 June 1937) was an Austrian sculptor and medalist.
Life and work
He initially studied porcelain processing and modeling at the Kunstgewerbeschulen in Haindorf and Reichenberg. He then studied s ...
(1880–1937), Austrian sculptor and medalist
Sights
The landmark of Raspenava is the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. It was built in 1906–1907.[
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Twin towns – sister cities
Raspenava 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
* Twinning inst ...
with:Bischofswerda
Bischofswerda (; hsb, Biskopicy) is a small town in Germany at the western edge of Upper Lusatia in Saxony.
Geography
The town is located 33 km to the east of Dresden at the edge of the Upper Lusatian mountain country. The town is kno ...
, Germany
* Gryfów Śląski, Poland
References
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Cities and towns in the Czech Republic
Populated places in Liberec District