Nová Ves (german: Neundorf) 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 - Bílý Kostel nad Ni ...

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 ...

of the

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. It has about 900 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

Villages and hamlets of Mlýnice, Nová Víska and Růžek are administrative parts of Nová Ves.

Geography

Nová Ves is located about north of Liberec. The southern part of the municipal territory lies in the

Zittau Basin Zittau ( hsb, Žitawa, dsb, Žytawa, pl, Żytawa, cs, Žitava, :de:Oberlausitzer Mundart, Upper Lusatian Dialect: ''Sitte''; from Slavic languages, Slavic "''rye''" (Upper Sorbian and Czech: ''žito'', Lower Sorbian: ''žyto'', Polish: ''żyto' ...

, the northern part 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 a ...

. The highest point is at above sea level. The Jeřice River flows through the municipality.

History

The first written mention of Nová Ves is from 1464. The Schwanitz family owned the village from 1498 to 1595, then they sold it to Katharina of Redern. She had built here a church. After the

Battle of White Mountain The Battle of White Mountain ( cz, Bitva na Bílé hoře; german: Schlacht am Weißen Berg) was an important battle in the early stages of the Thirty Years' War. It led to the defeat of the Bohemian Revolt and ensured Habsburg control for the n ...

, Nová Ves was acquired by

Albrecht von Wallenstein Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein () (24 September 1583 – 25 February 1634), also von Waldstein ( cs, Albrecht Václav Eusebius z Valdštejna), was a Bohemian military leader and statesman who fought on the Catholic side during the Th ...

. After that, the village changed several owners in a short period of time. It wasn't until 1712 that the Gallas family bought it and added it to the Liberec estate.

Sights

The landmark of Nová Ves is the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. It was built in 1616–1617. It was modified at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, but kept its Renaissance core.

Notable people

* Franz Macoun (1881–1951), Sudeten German politician

Gallery

Nová Ves by Chrastava, church.jpg, Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary Nová Ves by Chrastava, provisional bridge.jpg, Provisional bridge after floods in 2010 Nová Ves, Mlýnice, middle part.jpg, The village of Mlýnice Nová Ves, straatzicht langs de Jeřice IMG 7253 2018-08-09 10.50.jpg, Street view along the Jeřice river

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nova Ves (Liberec District) Villages in Liberec District