Bukovina u Čisté

Bukovina u Čisté is a village and municipality in Semily District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. The early history of the village is unclear but the first written evidence in the record of proclamation books is from 1386. In the older records, the village is known as Bukovinka and so is named in 1543 when it appeared in the records regarding the sale of the estate in Desky zemské (State property records). In 1628, Valdštejn acquired Bukovina from Karel Kapoun from Svojkov. He also purchased other manors in the surrounding area and together they were later attached to his Hostinné estate. However, in 1634 Albrecht von Valdštejn was assassinated in Cheb and his vast properties were confiscated. Over the years, Bukovina had many owners, but in 1850 it became an independent village. In 1873, the settlement Karlov was founded by Karel from Morzin and came under administration of village Čistá. In 1927 the settlement merged with hamlet Hájenka, nine houses in Čistá and the village Bukovina. This enlarged village became known as Bukovina u Čisté

Bukovina u Čisté
Municipality and village
house no. 9
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 50°33′N 15°34′E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Liberec Region
District	Semily District
Elevation	1,421 ft (433 m)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	www.bukovina.cz

The village's volunteer firefighter's organization has a long tradition here, being founded on June 19, 1887. Its first commander was Jan Lumenda and it had 32 active and 32 honorary members. Its equipment included a two-wheeled manual cylindrical fire-engine made by the Smekal company, which had been purchased in 1883.

In Bukovina, you can see well-preserved timbered cottages. It is a picturesque setting of cottages and farming buildings typical of the foothills region. Bukovina is proud of its own village coat of arms: on a blue-silver field there is a golden lion with red armour and at the bottom there is a beech tree branch with leaves and two red beechnuts. The upper part is inspired by the coat of arms belonging to the Valdštejn, who were past owners of the village. The lower part represents the significance of the village name Bukovina. The silver colour symbolizes the second part of the name, "u Čisté" (by the Clean).

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