Štěpánka is one of our most beautiful lookout towers. And even though it has much in common with the Jizera Mountains, it is actually located in the Giant Mountains National Park. The regional administrator, Archduke Stephan (Štěpán), visited our region in 1847 and was impressed by [...]
This stone lookout tower on the top of the Maxov Ridge was built by the affluent members of the German Mountain Association from Janov nad Nisou in 1907. On clear days, it is not only possible to see all the way to the centre of the [...]
Slovanka is one of three lookout towers which are located on the Maxov Ridge and it was the first lookout tower to be completed in the Jizera Mountains. The individual parts of the 11 m high lookout tower weighed more than 5 tons and they were [...]
The Proseč Ridge is only a few kilometres long and its highest point reaches 593 m. Its position between Jablonec and Liberec and its easy accessibility from all sides make it a popular destination for Sunday walks in the countryside. A German mountain association was also [...]
Like the Černá Studnice Ridge, Kopanina was also divided by a notional language border which separated the Czech and German inhabitants until 1925. The idea of building a lookout tower on Kopanina was the brainchild of the members of the Turnov branch of the Czech Hiking [...]
The telecommunications tower on the Nová Ves Ridge designed by the architect Ivan Vorel is also used as a lookout tower. As such, a new lookout tower was established in the Jablonec area in 2006 after many decades. The tower is 35 m high and the [...]
The Černá Studnice Ridge dominates the entire region. Even though it is only ten minutes’ drive from Jablonec, it still gives the impression as if time has stood still there. A stone lookout tower of the same name has stood at its western end since 1905. [...]
The villa was built for the successful Jablonec costume jewellery exporter Jaroslav Hásek and his family (1930–31). The inspiration for it came from the Wohnung und Werkraum (WUWA) exhibition in Bratislava where he was intrigued by the design of a family home by the architect Heinrich [...]
The Jablonec theatre was built more than one hundred years ago (1907) according to designs drawn up by the significant Viennese company of Fellner and Helmer. It admittedly cannot boast a permanent theatre company, but this does not in any way mean that it is unable [...]
The small church hidden among blocks of flats is now merely a reminder of the history of the independent municipality of Mšeno (Grünwald). The Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity in Mšeno was once the pride of the municipality. It was erected due to the [...]