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Jablonec
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Jablonec nad Nisou (-Czech, German: Gablonz an der Neiße) is a town in northern Bohemia, the second largest town of the Liberec Region. It is known as a mountain resort in the Jizera Mountains, an education centre, and a centre of world-production of glass and jewellery.
The village of Jablonec (in English this means "place with apple-trees") was founded in the 14th century; the first written document dates back to 1356. In August 1496, the village was burnt to the ground by troops of the rebelling Lusatian Towns Group in the war between them and the Bohemian king George of Podebrady. In the 18th century, the first artificial jewellery was produced and the first exporter, J. F. Schwan, spread its name throughout Europe. The village of Jablonec was promoted to a township by the Bohemian king Francis I on April 21, 1808 and to a town by king Francis Joseph on March 28, 1866.
In the 19th century the town became prosperous and wealthy: between 1870 - 1871 the French-Prussian war pushed the most dangerous competition in glass and artificial jewellery manufacturing out of business. Jablonec traders seized the foreign markets and they did not give them up any more. A steady flow of glass and artificial jewellery products of an incredibly wide range flowed out of the town for the next 60 years. Prosperity and wealth walked hand in hand with demographic advancs; Jablonec's appearance was changing dramatically. A deep decline of the glass and jewellery industry followed Black Friday in 1929 and the crisis of the 1930s. In October 1938, Jablonec was occupied by Hitler's Germany.
Today's Jablonec is a centre of active holiday tourism and sport, with a swimming pool, 3 soccer and athletic stadiums, a hockey stadium, 13 gyms and 16 playgrounds. It is also well-known for its modern architecture from the 1900s, 1920s and 1930s. Jablonec valley dam is the northest intra-urban valley dam in Europe.
Jablonec shares the tramway line which connects it to its neighboring city, Liberec.
The village of Jablonec (in English this means "place with apple-trees") was founded in the 14th century; the first written document dates back to 1356. In August 1496, the village was burnt to the ground by troops of the rebelling Lusatian Towns Group in the war between them and the Bohemian king George of Podebrady. In the 18th century, the first artificial jewellery was produced and the first exporter, J. F. Schwan, spread its name throughout Europe. The village of Jablonec was promoted to a township by the Bohemian king Francis I on April 21, 1808 and to a town by king Francis Joseph on March 28, 1866.
In the 19th century the town became prosperous and wealthy: between 1870 - 1871 the French-Prussian war pushed the most dangerous competition in glass and artificial jewellery manufacturing out of business. Jablonec traders seized the foreign markets and they did not give them up any more. A steady flow of glass and artificial jewellery products of an incredibly wide range flowed out of the town for the next 60 years. Prosperity and wealth walked hand in hand with demographic advancs; Jablonec's appearance was changing dramatically. A deep decline of the glass and jewellery industry followed Black Friday in 1929 and the crisis of the 1930s. In October 1938, Jablonec was occupied by Hitler's Germany.
Today's Jablonec is a centre of active holiday tourism and sport, with a swimming pool, 3 soccer and athletic stadiums, a hockey stadium, 13 gyms and 16 playgrounds. It is also well-known for its modern architecture from the 1900s, 1920s and 1930s. Jablonec valley dam is the northest intra-urban valley dam in Europe.
Jablonec shares the tramway line which connects it to its neighboring city, Liberec.
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