The town of Ji\u0159\u00edkov is located close to the state border with Germany in the northeastern part of the \u0160luknov promontory. It is located in the shallow valley of the Ji\u0159\u00edkov stream at an altitude of 365 m and covers an area of \u200b\u200b13.32 km2. The population currently exceeds 4 thousand people. <\/p>\n
The village consists of four parts: Star\u00fd Ji\u0159\u00edkov, Nov\u00fd Ji\u0159\u00edkov, Lou\u010dn\u00e9 and Filipov. The foundation of Star\u00fd Ji\u0159\u00edkov can be dated to the beginning of the 14th century, however, the first mention comes from 1346, not under the Czech name, but under the German name Iorgswalde, later Georgswalde. The villages of Nov\u00fd Ji\u0159\u00edkov and Filipov were founded in 1681 by Filip Zikmund of Diettrichstein. The last village to be founded was Lou\u010dn\u00e9, east of Star\u00fd Ji\u0159\u00edkov around 1730. Together as Georgswalde, i.e. the union of all four villages, we can record it for the first time in 1849. <\/p>\n
The most significant moments in the history of the village are associated with the years 1753 and 1914. In the first case, Ji\u0159\u00edkov was promoted to a township with the right to hold weekly markets on canvas. In the second case, it was promoted by Franz Joseph I to a city, whose coat of arms depicts St. George fighting a dragon. <\/p>\n
The town was historically dominated by home-made and manufactured production. This mainly involved the processing of flax and the production of canvas. A prominent figure in this area was the merchant Ch. Salomon. In the technical progress associated with the industrial revolution, supra-regional companies were established here. An example is the May-Holfeld company. In addition to these sectors, the glass and engineering industries also began to gain ground. In 1900, the production of musical instruments dominated here. Unfortunately, the industrial glory of this period has not been carried over to the present day. <\/p>\n
Among the most important natives of the city are, for example, P. Johann Georg G\u00f6ttlich (1771-1843). He was one of the first botanists-florists of northern Bohemia and a pioneer of fruit growing. Then there was the chronicler and historian of the \u0160luknov Spit, Robert Johann Lahmer (1846-1899). We cannot forget the manufacturer of pianos and harmoniums, Franz Caesar Foerster. <\/p>\n
St. George’s Church <\/strong> – the dominant feature of the town of Ji\u0159\u00edkov is the local church of St. George, which is located on the square. It was built in 1724-1728 at the expense of Alois Tom\u00e1\u0161 Rajmund of Harrach according to the plans of J.L. Hildebrandt. However, the actual builder of this church monument was J. J. Eichbauer, half-brother of K. I. Dientzenhofer. It is a Baroque single-nave rectangular building with a semicircular presbytery and a prismatic tower on the western facade. Around the church there are small niche Baroque chapels with a Stations of the Cross. At the same time, it is surrounded by a cemetery with a morgue from 1729. In the cemetery there is the grave of the local prominent native P. Johann Georg G\u00f6ttlich (1771 – 1843). Part of the entire complex is a Baroque rectory with a mansard roof and an adjacent park. Under the cemetery wall you can then admire the sculptural group of St. John of Nepomuk with St. Charles Borromeo and St. Florian from 1769. <\/p>\n The Church of Our Lady Help of Christians<\/strong> – in the local part of Filipov, it is an important monument not only of the city, but also of the entire region, because thanks to the repeated reports of the healing of the sick through the intercession of the Mother of God, it was called the “Lourdes of Northern Bohemia”. It was completed in 1885 in the pseudo-Romanesque style according to the plans of the architect F. Hutzler from Vienna. The church gained its importance in 1926, when Pope Pius XI elevated it to a “minor basilica”. It commemorates the miracle of the apparition of the Virgin Mary and the miraculous healing of Magdalene Kadeov\u00e1. Regular weekly services are held here, and every year there is a pilgrimage service on the 13th. 1. at 4 a.m. In the neighborhood of the church is now a former monastery. <\/p>\n The “Swedish Column” <\/strong>– from 1704 in M\u00e1nesova Street is the oldest preserved monument in Ji\u0159\u00edkov. According to legend, it commemorates an event when a local farmer denied supplies to the Swedish troops and was punished by hanging. <\/p>\n Half-timbered houses <\/strong>– the village itself can also boast valuable folk architecture. The \u0160luknov outcrop is known as the “land of half-timbered houses,” and the town itself is one of the locations where we can encounter these houses. Most of the buildings standing today date from the 18th and 19th centuries and are an example of the common mixing of the German half-timbered house with the Slavic log house. <\/p>\n Ji\u0159\u00edkov provisional museum<\/strong> – or Ji\u0159\u00edkov room, visitors can see old marriage certificates, certificates, old postcards and photographs and other period objects from the early 20th century. Open Mon – Fri (except Tuesday) 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM, Saturday morning – or by appointment. <\/p>\n …od roku 1873, kdy za\u010dal jezdit vlak do Georgswalde-Ji\u0159\u00edkova, bylo n\u00e1dra\u017e\u00ed na \u00fazem\u00ed sousedn\u00edho st\u00e1tu v sask\u00e9m Ebersbachu a\u017e do roku 1933, tedy pln\u00fdch 60 let?<\/p>\n …the first prototypes of jet looms according to the patent of Ing. Svat\u00fd from Liberec were manufactured in 1953 at the Ji\u0159\u00edkov Textilstav plant (later Elitex)?<\/p>\n …as early as 1820, a textile production of a specific focus, church vestments, altar covers and clothing for altar boys, was established in Georgswalde \u2013 Ji\u0159\u00edkov by the entrepreneur Florian Holfeld? They are still used today in churches in the \u0160luknov region. Beautifully embroidered ones can be seen with the manufacturer’s original company label, for example, in the church in Kr\u00e1lovstv\u00ed u \u0160luknov. <\/p>\n Lower Ji\u0159\u00edkov, Swedish Column (1704), \u0160luknovsk\u00fd hill, Koton\u016fv monument, \u010cern\u00fd rybn\u00edk. Turnoff to Jitrovn\u00edk. Beautiful forests and views of the Lusatian Mountains, Tol\u0161tejn, Jedlov\u00e1. Back to Kr\u00e1lovstv\u00ed, Ji\u0159\u00edkov by road (2.5 \u2013 3 hours) <\/p>\n On the road to Filipov, in the garden of the health center, a tulip-flowered lily tree (blooms in June, early July). Stop, dirt road to the St. Philip’s Basilica. Vyhl\u00eddka Hill (formerly Butterberg) and Bismarck’s Tower at the border in Saxony – Neugersdorf. On the road to the Z\u00e1me\u010dek restaurant and along the forest path to Hart and back to Ji\u0159\u00edkov (2.5 – 3 hours) <\/p>\n To Ebersbach and climb to the Schlechtenberg hill with a lookout tower. On the hill is the Humboldt Museum. By the church in Ebersbach there is a swimming pool, nearby is the coffee museum. On the way back, at the borders of the LIDL, KIK, ALDI shopping centers and across the intersection of the ADRIANA restaurant in Ji\u0159\u00edkov (2.5-3 hours) <\/p>\n \u0160luknov Castle, Kunratice Arboretum, Brtn\u00edky Stations of the Cross. Vl\u010d\u00ed Hora Lookout Tower and Veronika Spring. Perennial marigold blooms on the hill in May and June. K\u00f6gler’s geological map in Zahrady, Star\u00e1 K\u0159e\u010dany, behind the viaduct 200 m on the left rare snake spruce. Rumburk Loreta, Ji\u0159\u00edkov (30 km). <\/p>\n Rumburk Loreta, Kr\u00e1sn\u00e1 L\u00edpa – House of Bohemian Switzerland. Kamenn\u00e1 Horka, double cross and beautiful view of the Lusatian Mountains. Doubice, Old pub with sculptures of fairy-tale creatures made of wood and stone. Kyjov, dam and swimming, walk to the Kyjov valley. Back Kr\u00e1sn\u00e1 L\u00edpa, Rumburk, Ji\u0159\u00edkov (35 km). <\/p>\n Hotel Waldstein, Filipov 180, 407 53 Ji\u0159\u00edkov, Tel: +420 412335386, +420 604335406, Email: waldin@email.cz (link sends e-mail)<\/p>\n Pension restaurant Adriana, 9. kv\u011btna 679, Ji\u0159\u00edkov 40753, bily.vdf@tiscali.cz (link sends e-mail) <\/p>\n Terrace at Vyhl\u00eddka Filipov, Na Vyhl\u00eddke 1049, 40753 Ji\u0159\u00edkov, Tel: +420 606 345 447 +420 722 908 255, email: terasa.vyhlidka@gmail.com (link sends e-mail)<\/p>\n The pastry shop, almost in the city center, at 473 \u010capkova Street, Ji\u0159\u00edkov 407 53, will offer you a cozy place to sit with coffee and dessert. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":91977,"template":"","region":[353],"class_list":["post-91976","regionalni","type-regionalni","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","region-cities-and-towns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ceskesvycarsko.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regionalni\/91976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ceskesvycarsko.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regionalni"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ceskesvycarsko.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/regionalni"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ceskesvycarsko.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ceskesvycarsko.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ceskesvycarsko.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=91976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}You know that…<\/h2>\n
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