Světlá pod Ještědem is a municipality and village in

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in the

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of the

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. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Světlá pod Ještědem consists of eight municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Světlá pod Ještědem (82) *Dolení Paseky (150) *Hodky (148) *Hoření Paseky (77) *Jiříčkov (101) *Křižany (3) *Rozstání (371) *Vesec (19)

Geography

Světlá pod Ještědem is located about southwest of

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. In lies on the border between the

Ještěd–Kozákov Ridge The Ještěd–Kozákov Ridge (; ) 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–Kozákov Ridge is a mesoregion of th ...

and

Ralsko Uplands The Ralsko Uplands () are highland, uplands and a Geomorphological division of the Czech Republic, geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the Liberec Region, Liberec, Ústí nad Labem Region, Ústí nad Labem and Centr ...

. The highest point is near the top of the

Ještěd Ještěd (; ) is the highest mountain of the Ještěd–Kozákov Ridge in the north of the Czech Republic, at . It is the symbol of the city of Liberec. On the summit is the Ještěd Tower restaurant, hotel and television tower, designed by Kare ...

mountain at above sea level. There are springs of several streams on the slopes of the Ještěd within the municipality, including the secondary spring of the

Ploučnice The Ploučnice () is a river in the Czech Republic, a right tributary of the Elbe River. It flows through the Liberec Region, Liberec and Ústí nad Labem Region, Ústí nad Labem regions. It is long, making it the List of rivers of the Czech Repu ...

River.

History

The first written mention of Světlá pod Ještědem is from 1291.

Demographics

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sights

The main landmark of Světlá pod Ještědem is the Church of Saint Nicholas. The Baroque church was built in 1643 and reconstructed in 1678 and 1717. In 1725–1730, the church was partly rebuilt and extended, and the tower was raised. A notable sculptural work is the monument of the writer

Karolina Světlá Karolina Světlá (born Johana Nepomucena Rottová; 24 February 1830 – 7 September 1899) was a Czechs, Czech writer and feminist. She is among the most important Czech female writers of the 19th century. Life She was born Johana Nepomucena Ro ...

, raised in 1931. She lived here from 1853 to 1865 and chose her pseudonym according to the name of the village.

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