Tisá () is a municipality and village in Ústí nad Labem District in the

Ústí nad Labem Region Ústí nad Labem Region or Ústecký Region () is an Regions of the Czech Republic, administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the north-western part of the historical land of Bohemia, and named after the capital, Ústí nad Labem. I ...

of the

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. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.

Etymology

The name is derived from the

Proto-Slavic Proto-Slavic (abbreviated PSl., PS.; also called Common Slavic or Common Slavonic) is the unattested, reconstructed proto-language of all Slavic languages. It represents Slavic speech approximately from the 2nd millennium BC through the 6th ...

word ''tes'' and the Czech word ''tis'', meaning ' yew'.

Geography

Tisá is located about north of

Ústí nad Labem Ústí nad Labem (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 91,000 inhabitants and is the capital of the Ústí nad Labem Region. It is a major industrial centre and, besides being an active river port, is an important railway junction. ...

, on the border with Germany. It lies mostly in the western tip of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains and the eponymous protected landscape area. The southern part of the municipal territory lies in the

Ore Mountains The Ore Mountains (, or ; ) lie along the Czech–German border, separating the historical regions of Bohemia in the Czech Republic and Saxony in Germany. The highest peaks are the Klínovec in the Czech Republic (German: ''Keilberg'') at ab ...

. Tisá is known for a group of rocks within the Elbe Sandstone Mountains, the Tisá Rocks, which are protected as a nature monument.

History

Around the year 500, a group of the

Slavs The Slavs or Slavic people are groups of people who speak Slavic languages. Slavs are geographically distributed throughout the northern parts of Eurasia; they predominantly inhabit Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Southeastern Europe, and ...

came to the area of today's village. In the 14th century the Vantenberk family usurped an extensive area around Děčín and built a stronghold named Šenov. Under the region of knights of Bünau () there was a major economic expansion. In 1554–1557, Günter I developed a castle with a Lutheran church, presbytery, school and brewery, and the name of the village was changed due to the castle into Schönstein. In 1631, Croatians and Swedes burned all of the objects in Tisá and Schönstein, and Schönstein lost its importance. From 1750, several factories were built, and the municipality became a centre of the button industry.

Demographics

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sport

Tisá Rocks are a popular area for rock climbing. The area includes 134 rocks suitable for climbing with a height of 10–50 m.

Sights

The main landmark of the village is the Church of Saint Anne. It was built in the Baroque style in 1789.