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14-470: The village was probably originally called Boskov and the name was derived from the personal name Bosek, meaning "Bosek's (court)". Probably due to a clerical error, the name was corrupted to Bozkov. Bozkov is located about 4 kilometres (2 mi) north of Semily and 22 km (14 mi) southeast of Liberec . It lies in a hilly landscape of the Giant Mountains Foothills . The highest point

28-615: A national nature monument. Their lower parts are permanently flooded and form the largest underground lake in Bohemia . The known spaces are 1,060 metres (3,480 ft) long and they are the longest dolomite caves in the country. A 350 metres (1,150 ft) long route is open to the public and annually visited by about 70,000 visitors. The most valuable building in Bozkov is the Church of the Visitation of

42-445: Is a large Art Nouveau house built in 1906–1909, which forms a significant landmark in the historic centre of the town. The house is decorated with a mosaic by Jano Köhler . The town hall dates from 1874. It replaced an old dilapidated wooden town hall from 1702. The Museum and Regional Gallery is located in a historical one-floor house frist documented in the early 17th century, where Antal Stašek worked and his son Ivan Olbracht

56-467: Is from 1352, when existence of a church is mentioned. In the middle of the 19th century, the settlement transformed into a wealthy town when the industrialization arrived and the development of rail transport occurred. Semily also profited from an advantageous location near the Jizera River. Semily lies on the railway line Liberec– Pardubice . The main landmark is the Church of Saints Peter and Paul. It

70-585: Is the hill Na Končinách at 524 m (1,719 ft) above sea level. The Kamenice River flows along the western municipal border. The first written mention of Bozkov is from 1356. The most notable owners of Bozkov were the Smiřičký of Smiřice family (in the 16th century), Albrecht von Wallenstein (in 1622–1634), the Desfours family (in 1635–1748), and the Caretto-Millesimo family (in 1748–1824). In 1923, Bozkov

84-694: The Ještěd–Kozákov Ridge . The highest point is the Medenec hill at 544 m (1,785 ft) above sea level. The town is situated at the confluence of the Jizera River with the Oleška Stream. The Kamenice River briefly flows along the northwestern municipal border and then joins the Jizera. The valley of the Jizera near Semily is protected as the Údolí Jizery Nature Reserve. The first written mention of Semily

98-738: The Virgin Mary. It was built in 1697 and contains a rare Gothic sculpture of the Madonna , locally called "Queen of the Mountains". The church tower is 49 metres (161 ft) high and is open to the public as a lookout tower. Semily Semily ( Czech pronunciation: [ˈsɛmɪlɪ] ; German : Semil ) is a town in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic . It has about 8,100 inhabitants. The town parts of Bítouchov and Podmoklice and

112-569: The field of monumental painting, especially in the field of frescoes and sgraffiti . He was student of Kamil Hilbert, Stanislav Sucharda , Felix Jenewein , Otakar Hostinský , František Ženíšek and Maximilian Pirner . In 1899, he bought a house in Nenkovice where he set up a studio, and moved here in 1901. From 1926 until his death he lived in Strážovice . He died in a hospital in Brno in 1941 and

126-596: The sources of Moravian folk art. Köhler specialized in frescoes and sgraffiti, but he also worked with the ceramic mosaic technique. During his life he created or designed 40 mosaic works, including decoration of 11 Stations of the Cross on the pilgrimage Hostýn hill. During the winter months, when work on the buildings was not possible, he devoted himself to designs for the warmer months, and occasionally dealt with watercolors, oil paintings, drawings, illustrations and graphics. His notable works include: In 1928, Köhler

140-407: The village of Spálov are administrative parts of Semily. The name means "the settlement of semils". The old Czech word semil was the designation of a person who is nice. So Semily was a settlement of nice people. Semily is located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) southeast of Liberec . Most of the municipal territory lies in the Giant Mountains Foothills , only in the southwest, it extends into

154-677: Was born. The museum and gallery has been located there since 1960. Semily is twinned with: Jano K%C3%B6hler Jano Köhler (sometimes spelled Jano Koehler ; 9 February 1873 – 20 January 1941) was a Czech painter. He is known for decorating sacral buildings with frescoes and sgraffiti . Köhler was born in a Czech-German family, but his German father died soon after. He showed interest in fine arts and went to study in Prague . He graduated from Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design (1893–1897) and Academy of Fine Arts (1897–1900). During his studies, he gained valuable experience in

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168-646: Was built in the Neo-Romanesque style in 1908–1911, after the old Baroque church from 1702 was torn down. The Church of Saint John the Baptist was built in the Baroque style in 1723–1727. It is a valuable cemetery church. Dr. Karel Farský prayer house was built for the Czechoslovak Hussite Church in 1938 and is considered one of the most valuable buildings of modern architecture in the region. Obecní dům

182-581: Was buried in Strážovice. Köhler was active mostly in Moravia , but he travelled to work all over the country. He created most of his works in Prostějov , where he received his first contract in 1900 to decorate Prostějov Castle. During his career he decorated 40 churches and 35 secular buildings. His work counts a total of 2,500 works, mostly with a religious focus. He created his own distinctive ornament , drawn from

196-515: Was promoted to a market town , but lost the title after World War II . The municipality is briefly crossed by the railway line Železný Brod – Tanvald , but there is no train station. Bozkov is known for the Bozkovské Dolomite Caves. They were formed due to a strong corrosive activity of the underground water in the lentil of calcareous metamorphosed dolomites , in some parts strongly silificated. Since 1999, they have been protected as

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