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.
Complete list of municipalities
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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
Czech Republic
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. It has about 2,800 inhabitants.
Geography
Raspenava is located about north 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. 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 a ...
. 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 a ...
and includes the highest point of Raspenava, located below the top of the mountain PolednÃk at above sea level. The
Smědá
The Smědá (, german: Wittig, pl, Witka) is a river of the Czech Republic and Poland. A right tributary of the Neisse River with a length of 51.9 km (5.9 km within Poland) and basin area 331 km2 (60 km2 in Poland).[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 featur ...
was built here, and later an ironworks and a
lime
Lime commonly refers to:
* Lime (fruit), a green citrus fruit
* Lime (material), inorganic materials containing calcium, usually calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide
* Lime (color), a color between yellow and green
Lime may also refer to:
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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 Hejnice (Liberec District), Haindorf and Libere ...
(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 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
Gryfów ÅšlÄ…ski (), simplified to Gryfów (german: Greiffenberg), is a historic town in Lwówek ÅšlÄ…ski County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Gryfów ÅšlÄ ...
, Poland
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Cities and towns in the Czech Republic
Populated places in Liberec District