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28-472: The villages of Antonínov, Dolní Maxov and Karlov are administrative parts of Josefův Důl. Josefův Důl is located about 7 kilometres (4 mi) northeast of Jablonec nad Nisou and 11 km (7 mi) east of Liberec . It lies in the southeastern part of the Jizera Mountains and in the eponymous protected landscape area. The highest point is at 995 m (3,264 ft) above sea level. The village

56-680: A swimming pool, three football and athletic stadiums, and an ice hockey arena. The city is represented by FK Jablonec in the Czech First League . The club has been a stable member of the league since 1994. Before the World War II, a number of ethnic German football clubs existed in Gablonz, Fortuna , DSK and BSK . These were merged into NSTG Gablonz in 1939 by the Nazis, NSTG standing for Nationalsozialistische Turngemeinde . NSTG played in

84-463: Is twinned with: Lusatian Neisse The Lusatian Neisse ( German : Lausitzer Neiße ; Polish : Nysa Łużycka ; Czech : Lužická Nisa ; Upper Sorbian : Łužiska Nysa ; Lower Sorbian : Łužyska Nysa ), or Western Neisse , is a 252-kilometre (157 mi) river in northern Central Europe . It rises in the Jizera Mountains , near Nová Ves nad Nisou , at the Czech border becoming

112-652: Is a city in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic . It has about 46,000 inhabitants. It is the second-largest city in the region. It is a local centre for education, and is known for its glass and jewelry production, especially for bijou . The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone . Jablonec nad Nisou is made up of eight city parts: Jablonec nad Nisou, Jablonecké Paseky, Kokonín, Lukášov, Mšeno nad Nisou, Proseč nad Nisou, Rýnovice and Vrkoslavice. The name Jablonec

140-427: Is an area that includes the cities of Liberec and Jablonec nad Nisou and their surroundings, linked to the cities by commuting and migration. It has about 227,000 inhabitants. Jablonec nad Nisou shares the tramway line which connects it to its neighbouring city of Liberec . The city is located on the railway line from Liberec to Szklarska Poręba . The territory is served by four stations and stops. Jablonec has

168-560: Is called New Town Hall and is located on Mírové Square. It is a functionalistic building, built in 1930–1933. It is an excellent example of interwar modern architecture. For its value, it has been protected as a national cultural monument since 2024. There are several churches in the city: Church of Saint Anne (built in the Baroque style in 1865–1867), Church of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (a brick building, built 1930–1931), Church of

196-516: Is now in Slovakia). The city has a long tradition of costume jewelry and beads production. The biggest industrial employers with headquarters in the city are Preciosa (glass products manufacturer) are TI Automotive AC (production of car air conditioners). The Liberec-Jablonec agglomeration was defined as a tool for drawing money from the European Structural and Investment Funds . It

224-446: Is of Czech origin and means 'little apple tree' ( jablonče was a diminutive of the old Czech jabloň – 'apple tree'), for the village was founded on a place where an apple tree grew. German-speaking settlers who came to the village during the 16th century adjusted the name to Gablonz . During the 19th century, the attribute "German" was often added to the name (like in the 1848 Jablonec německý , German: Deutsch-Gablonz ). In 1904,

252-566: Is situated in the valley of the Kamenice River. Other watercourses in the municipality include the Jedlová Stream, which flows through the Jedlový důl nature reserve , and the streams Červený potok, Jelení potok, Pekelný potok and Hluboký potok. Due to the rugged terrain there are multiple waterfalls in the area. Josefův Důl Reservoir , located in the northwestern part of the municipal territory,

280-814: Is the Church of the Transfiguration of Christ with a 45 metres (148 ft) high tower. It was built in the pseudo-Gothic style in 1862–1865. The interior fittings house three valuable altar paintings by Wilhelm Kandler . The Chapel of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Karlov was built in the Baroque style in 1803 and rebuilt into its current form in 1865. It replaced an old wooden chapel from 1762. Jablonec nad Nisou Jablonec nad Nisou ( [ˈjablonɛts ˈnad ɲɪsou] ; German : Gablonz an der Neiße )

308-607: Is usually simply referred to as the Neisse . Since the river runs through the historic region of Lusatia , the adjective "Lusatian" or "Western" before the name of the river Neisse is used whenever differentiating this border river from the Eastern Neisse (Polish: Nysa Kłodzka , German: Glatzer Neisse ) and the smaller Raging Neisse (Polish: Nysa Szalona ; German: Wütende Neisse or Jauersche Neisse ), both in Poland. At Bad Muskau

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336-544: The Gauliga Sudetenland but disappeared with the end of the war. BSK however was reformed in 1950 in Bavaria, under the name of BSK Neugablonz . The historical city centre is formed by squares Dolní, Mírové, Horní, and Anenské, which lies close to each other, and their surroundings. The Old Town Hall with a typical square tower was built on Dolní Square in 1867–1869. Today it serves as a library. The current city hall

364-472: The Oder–Neisse line ). The German population east of the river was expelled from Poland to Germany . It is the longest and most watered of the three rivers of its non-adjectival name in both the main languages (the two other rivers being the Eastern Neisse ( Polish : Nysa Kłodzka ; German : Glatzer Neisse ) and Raging Neisse (Polish: Nysa Szalona ; German: Wütende Neiße or Jauersche Neiße )). It

392-532: The Polish – German border for its remaining 197 kilometres (122 mi), to flow into the similarly northward-flowing Oder from the left. Its drainage basin covers 4,403 km (1,700 sq mi), of which 2,201 km (850 sq mi) is in Poland, the rest is mainly in Germany. The river reaches the tripoint of the three nations by Zittau , a German town/city, after 54 kilometres (34 mi), leaving

420-432: The 18th century, the first bijou was produced and the first exporter, J. F. Schwann, spread the villages's name throughout Europe. Jablonec was promoted to a market town by Emperor Francis II on 21 April 1808. Further development followed the construction of the road in the 1840s. Jablonec was then promoted to a town by Emperor Franz Joseph I on 28 March 1866. Franco-Prussian War in 1870–1871 damaged competitors in

448-581: The Czech Republic. It is a left-bank tributary of the Oder, into which it flows between Neißemünde -Ratzdorf and Kosarzyn – north of the towns of Guben and Gubin . The river was a motivations to found Gubin as a craftmanship and trading port in the 13th Century. Since the 1945 Potsdam Agreement in the aftermath of World War II , the river has partially demarcated the German-Polish border (along

476-676: The Exaltation of the Holy Cross (built in the Art Nouveau style in 1900–1902; one of the most important sacral Art Nouveau buildings in Europe), and Protestant Dr. Farský Church (a pseudo-Gothic building from 1892). The tradition of costume jewellery production is presented in the Museum of Glass and Costume Jewellery. It was founded in 1904 and it is located in an Art Nouveau building. Jablonec nad Nisou

504-502: The city belongs to the largest inner city areas in Europe. It was built in 1906–1909 and has an area of around 42 ha (100 acres). The first written mention of Jablonec was in a Latin document from 1356 as Jablonecz . According to this document, Jablonec was founded in the 14th century. In August 1469, the village was burned to the ground by troops of rebelling Lusatians in the war between them and King George of Poděbrady . The village

532-513: The glass and jewellery industry and the crisis of the 1930s. Changing trends and the growth of foreign competition also hurt the local industry. In October 1938, Jablonec was annexed to Nazi Germany after the Munich Agreement , and was administered as a part of Reichsgau Sudetenland until 1945. Between 1945 and 1949, most of the Germans were expelled under the terms of Beneš decrees . After

560-434: The inhabitants of the villages was glassmaking, grinding and herding. The first glassworks was built in the 17th century. The Munich Agreement permitted Nazi Germany to annex the area in 1938 and administer it as part of Reichsgau Sudetenland . Shortly thereafter Karlov was dissolved becoming Horní Maxov and Antonínov. Josefův Důl and Dolní Maxov formed a new municipality named Josefodol. Following World War II , in 1945,

588-516: The municipality was returned to Czechoslovakia and the German inhabitants were expelled under the terms of Beneš decrees . There is a railway station in Josefův Důl. The Josefův Důl– Smržovka local railway starts here. Known as "the gateway to Jizera Mountains", Josefův Důl is a popular destination for skiers , hikers and cyclists . There is a small ski resort. The main landmark of Josefův Důl

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616-610: The north, east and south. The northern part of the municipal territory also belongs into the Jizera Mountains Protected Landscape Area. The highest point of Jablonec nad Nisou is located on the slopes in the southeastern part of the territory, with an altitude of 758 m (2,487 ft). Jablonec nad Nisou is situated at the confluence of the rivers Lusatian Neisse and Bílá Nisa. The Mohelka River originates in Jablonec nad Nisou-Kokonín. The Mšeno Reservoir in

644-572: The official attribute in both Czech and German became 'on the Neisse', which described the location of the city upon the Lusatian Neisse River. Jablonec nad Nisou is located about 7 km (4 mi) southeast of Liberec and 83 km (52 mi) northeast of Prague . Most of the built-up area lies in the eastern tip of the Zittau Basin , and it is surrounded with the Jizera Mountains in

672-427: The production of glass and jewelry, and the Jablonec traders seized the foreign markets. A steady supply of a wide range of glass and artificial jewellery products flowed out of the town. This industrial advancement also improved the quality of life, and Jablonec's appearance changed dramatically. Historian Peter Hinks, writing about the various types of Late Victorian jewellery sold by British and American companies at

700-512: The turn of the 20th century, noted that "The Bohemian garnet jewellery sold by Moore and Evans [in Chicago] was the product of an industry based in the town of Gablonz, now Jablonec. These very effective jewels were set with locally mined garnets, rose cut and set in gold mounts of very formal design." However, the worldwide economic crisis resulting from the Wall Street Crash of 1929 damaged

728-617: The war, the expelled German-speaking citizens of Jablonec founded a new settlement in Bavaria and called in remembrance of their hometown Neugablonz ("New Jablonec"). Today, it is one of the districts of the city of Kaufbeuren . Jablonec nad Nisou holds the Czech Mint after Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia (the Czechoslovak mint, also known as the Kremnica Mint ,

756-466: Was built on the Kamenice in 1976–1982. Around 1690, Count Maximilian II Desfours-Walderode settled the area with German immigrants. The village of Karlov was founded in 1700 and Josefův Důl was founded in 1701, and both villages were named after Maximilian's newborn son, Karl Josef Desfours-Walderode. Dolní Maxov was founded in 1670 and named after Albrecht Maximilian Desfours-Walderode. The livelihood of

784-516: Was then resettled in the 1530s and 1540s by mostly German-speaking colonists. In the first half of the 17th century, Jablonec was owned by Albrecht von Wallenstein , who sold it to the Desfours family . In 1643, during the Thirty Years' War , Jablonec was burned down for the second time. Glass production began to flourish in the second half of the 17th century and Jablonec began to develop rapidly. In

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