Horní Řasnice (german: Bärnsdorf an der Tafelfichte) is a 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. Complete list of municipalities Bílá (Liberec District), Bílá ...

in the

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 i ...

of the

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. It has about 200 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

The village of Srbská is an administrative part of Horní Řasnice.

Geography

Horní Řasnice is located about northeast of

Liberec Liberec (; german: Reichenberg ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 103,000 inhabitants and it is the fifth-largest city in the country. It lies on the Lusatian Neisse, in a basin surrounded by mountains. The city centre is well preser ...

, in a salient region of Frýdlant Hook on the border with

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

. It lies 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 a ...

. The highest point is the hill Nad Nádražím at above sea level. The village of Horní Řasnice is situated in the valley of the Řasnice Stream, which springs in the territory.

History

The first written mention of Horní Řasnice is from 1381.

Transport

There is a road border crossing ''Srbská / Miłoszów'' with Poland.

Sights

The landmark of Horní Řasnice is the Church of the Immaculate Conception. It is a Gothic church from the second half of the 13th century with Baroque modifications.

References

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