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Welcome to the Liberec Region
We invite you to a small but beautiful region in the north of the Czech Republic, which
neighbours the Lower Silesian Voivodeship and
the German Free State of Saxony. Despite being
very small, the area is very interesting from the
point of view of tourism. This place is exceptionally morphologically varied with mountain
ranges prevailing in the north and more gentle
hills as one heads inland. The Liberec Region
consists of four tourist regions: The Česká Lípa
Region, Bohemian Paradise, the Jizera Mountains and the Giant Mountains.
The city of Liberec, with more than one
hundred thousand inhabitants, is the centre of
the Liberec Region. It is well known not only
for its beautiful historic architecture in the city
centre and its mountain topped hotel Ještěd, the
dominating feature of the whole region awarded the Auguste Perret Prize by the International
Union of Architects, but also for the FIS Nordic
World Ski Championship, which took place in
Liberec in 2009.
The mountainous character of the region is
formed by the Jizera and Lusatian Mountains,
the Ještěd-Kozákov Ridge along with the Giant Mountains – the highest mountain range in
the Czech Republic with the highest peak in the
Liberec Region. In the mountains you will find
the region’s main winter resorts. The most well
known ski resorts are in Bedřichov, Harrachov,
Rokytnice nad Jizerou and also at Ještěd and
Tanvaldský Špičák.
As you move further away from the country’s borders into the central regions of the
Czech Republic, the mountainous nature of
the landscape begins to unfold into the flatter
regions of Bohemian Paradise and Česká Lípa.
The picturesque regions of Bohemian Paradise
and Česká Lípa are typical for their rock formations, castles, chateaus and religious monuments. Above all, these regions offer a place
to relax and do sport by ponds and lakesides.
The most well known holiday areas are the
lake at Máchovo jezero and the Holany ponds.
Many of the regional rivers are also appealing
to boaters.
In addition to sporting activities the Liberec
Region also offers a wide range of cultural activities, from a lively contemporary culture (theatre, concerts, festivals) to a folk festivity. The
rich history of the region is told by a number of
museums.
Come and visit the place where Saint Zdislava lived and treated the sick in the Liberec Region, where the distinguished general Albrecht
of Wallenstein was active or where the nobleman
Harrach brought the first pair of skis to Jilemnice manor. The landscape of the Liberec Region
also charmed and inspired many poets and prose
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writers (Karel Hynek Mácha, František Ladislav
Rieger, Antal Stašek and Karolína Světlá). Famous architects also left their footprints here,
from Ohman and von Neumann to contemporary architects such as Karel Hubáček. The automotive engineer Ferdinand Porsche and many
famous glassmakers (Bedřich Egermann, Stanislav Libenský) came from the Liberec Region
as well.
Important distances
You can reach the Liberec Region by a good
road network which not only links Prague, the
capital city, but also Zittau across the border
into Germany from the entry at Hrádek nad Nisou and from Szklarska Poreba in Poland across
the border from Harrachov. The Liberec Region
is also connected by an extensive rail network.
The rack railway from Tanvald to Harrachov is
a railway wonder.
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Prague
Ústí nad Labem
Hradec Králové
Dresden
Berlin
Wroclaw
Warsaw
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96 km
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271 km
212 km
563 km
Babylon Centre
Liberec Zoo
Sychrov chateau (state-owned)
Trosky castle (state-owned)
Botanical gardens, Liberec
(Czechtourism)
Further information: www.liberecky-kraj.cz
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