Rynoltice (german: Ringelshain) 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

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

. It has about 800 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

Villages of Černá Louže, Jítrava, Nová Starost and Polesí are administrative parts of Rynoltice.

Geography

Rynoltice is located about west 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 ...

. It lies mostly in the

Ralsko Uplands Ralsko (german: Roll) is a town in Česká Lípa District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,100 inhabitants. It comprises area of the former military training area with Hradčany Air Base. Because of the former military ...

. The western part of the municipal territory extends into the

Ještěd–Kozákov Ridge The Ještěd–Kozákov Ridge (; cs, Ještědsko-kozákovský hřbet) is a ridge and geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is part of the Western Sudetes. The vast majority lies in the Liberec Region. Geomorphology Ještěd–Ko ...

and includes the highest point of Rynoltice, the mountain Vápenný at above sea level. The Panenský Stream springs on the slopes of Vápenný and flows across the municipality.

History

The first written mention of Rynoltice is from 1364. The village was founded in the 13th century by German colonists. During the

Hussite Wars The Hussite Wars, also called the Bohemian Wars or the Hussite Revolution, were a series of civil wars fought between the Hussites and the combined Catholic forces of Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund, the Papacy, European monarchs loyal to the Cat ...

, the village was ransacked, and resettled again in 1563.

Transport

Rynoltice si located on the railway line leading from Liberec to

Děčín Děčín (; german: Tetschen, 1942–1945: ''Tetschen–Bodenbach'') is a city in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 47,000 inhabitants. It is the 7th largest municipality in the country by area. Administrative parts D ...

Notable people

Johann Schicht Johann Schicht (8 March 1855 in Ringelshain (Rynoltice) – 3 June 1907 in Aussig (Ústí nad Labem)) was a German Bohemian entrepreneur, owner of a large soap-making plant. Biography Johann's father, farmer and butcher Georg Schicht, started ...

(1855–1907), German Bohemian entrepreneur

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rynoltice Villages in Liberec District