Machnín (german: Machendorf), officially Liberec XXXIII-Machnín, is a village and administrative part of the city 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 the Czech Republic.

History

Formerly a village, Machnín was established somewhere in the 14th century by Donín's family, and was named after Burgrave Vilém of Donín's wife Machna. A former name for Machnín was Machnadorf, and some sources also refer to it as Mochendorf, Machndorf or Mochendorff. The first reference to it is found in records from 1428 which mention a battle between Jan Královec and the Sorbs. From its beginnings, the history of the village was affected by its position on the boundary between Grabštejn and

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 law a ...

lordships, and by its proximity to the Hamrštejn Castle.

References

* https://web.archive.org/web/20080214104354/http://www.pvtnet.cz/www/mmllan/cz/liberec/profil.html Neighbourhoods in the Czech Republic Liberec {{Liberec-geo-stub