Jablonec nad Jizerou

Jablonec nad Jizerou (German: Jablonetz an der Iser) is a town in the Semily District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,600 inhabitants.

Jablonec nad Jizerou
Town
Church of St. Procopius
Coat of arms
Jablonec nad Jizerou
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°42′24″N 15°26′4″E
Country Czech Republic
RegionLiberec
DistrictSemily
First mentioned1492
Government
 • MayorMiroslav Kubát
Area
 • Total22.32 km2 (8.62 sq mi)
Elevation
450 m (1,480 ft)
Population
 (2020-01-01[1])
 • Total1,633
 • Density73/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
512 43, 514 01
Websitewww.jablonecnjiz.cz

Jablonec nad Jizerou lies in the surroundings of Giant Mountains, south of the recreation center Rokytnice nad Jizerou.

Etymology
Jablonec in 1873, view from Dolní Tříč
  • Gabella = "customs" (from Latin)
  • nad Jizerou = "above the Jizera (river)"

In the base of the name of the river Jizera today we read the ancient Indo-European roots - is-, which has in its name a number of wildly flowing rivers of those countries of Europe where the Celts once lived. Due to its location, there is one more explanation of the name: the word Jablonec could originate from the Latin "gabella", the customs station.[2]

Skiareal in Jablonec nad Jizerou

History

15th century

Jablonec was first documented in 1492. At that time Jablonec was a village.

16th to 19th centuries

Under the Thirty Years' War, Jablonec was a small non-agricultural village of thirteen houses, but the significance of the village indicates the existence of the parish church.

The Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) had a catastrophic impact on Jablonec – only four houses remained, It took hundred years before Jablonec recovered from the war. But in the second half of the 19th century, Jablonec grew so much that in 1896 Jablonec was given the status of a market town by Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria. At this time Jablonec was also given the new Coat of arms.

Timbered cottage in Jablonec nad Jizerou

An already medieval built-up area, which is probably to be found in the vicinity of the St. Procopius Church (originally wooden, from bricks since 1777 thanks to the support of Ernst Adalbert von Harrach) had more diffusive character, also the area from the second half of the 18th century was almost out of order on the slope of the valley.

The only organizational factors were contour lines and parcels of land, a completely non-agricultural dwelling were chaotically centered on the link between the church and the mill. Thanks to the large reconstruction of the market town connected with the construction of the railway (1899) and the textile factories along the Jizera, Jablonec nad Jizerou gained the character of a modern mountainous town.[3]

20th and 21st century

In 1916 on the request of the market town council, the township name was extended from Jablonec to Jablonec nad Jizerou. In 1930, 1321 inhabitants lived in Jablonec (74% were speaking in Czech language).

In 1971 Jablonec nad Jizerou was awarded with the status of town.[3]

Today among the new buildings from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries and from the interwar period are sporadically preserved timbered cottages.[3][4][5]

Ski Resort

In Jablonec nad Jizerou there is a ski resort, with 3.3 kilometers of downhill slopes and two ski lifts. The top of the hill is 688 meters above sea level.

View on the Jablonec nad Jizerou from the height

Twin towns – sister cities
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Czech Republic

Jilemnice is twinned with:[6]

References
  1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2020". Czech Statistical Office. 2020-04-30.
  2. http://www.jablonec-krkonose.cz/o-meste/nazev-mesta
  3. http://www.jablonec-krkonose.cz/o-meste/historie
  4. Karel Kuča a Michal L. Jakl, Krkonoše - příroda - historie - život, nakladatelství Miloš Uhlíř - Baset, 2007
  5. E. g. SEDLÁČEK, August: Místopisný slovník historický království českého. Praha, Bursík & Kohout, [1909], s. 348 a 370; DONTH, Franz DONTH, Hans H.: Quellen zur Geschichte der Herrschaft Starkenbach im Riesengebige im 17. Jahrhundert. München (Mnichov), Robert Lerche, 1974, s. 52 i LUŠTINEC, Jan: Jilemnice. Historická zastavení. Jilemnice, Město Jilemnice, 2000, s. 12 a 183 a NOVOTNÝ, Robert R.: První zmínka o Jablonci nad Jizerou, aneb vše je jinak? In: Z Českého ráje a Podkrkonoší. Sv. 12. Semily, SOkA Semily, s. 196-200)
  6. "Zajímavé odkazy". jablonecnjiz.cz (in Czech). Město Jablonec nad Jizerou. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
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