{"id":92524,"date":"2018-03-22T11:24:53","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T10:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ceskesvycarsko.cz\/regionalni\/grosschonau\/"},"modified":"2018-03-22T11:24:53","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T10:24:53","slug":"grosschonau","status":"publish","type":"regionalni","link":"https:\/\/www.ceskesvycarsko.cz\/en\/regional\/grosschonau\/","title":{"rendered":"Gro\u00dfsch\u00f6nau"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gro\u00dfsch\u00f6nau is a municipality in the district of G\u00f6rlitz (German: G\u00f6rlitz, Polish: Zgorzelec), in the easternmost part of the state of Saxony (Germany). The municipality lies on the Mandava River in Upper Lusatia, directly on the border with the Czech Republic, in close proximity to the Czech town of Varnsdorf. It is believed that Frankish settlers founded the village in this area in the 12th century. The first written mention of Gro\u00dfsch\u00f6nau dates back to 1352, when the village was referred to as Magnum Sonow. The German name of the village is explained by the fact that it was built on a large, beautiful meadow. The tradition of textile production in Gro\u00dfsch\u00f6nau dates back to the second half of the 17th century. In 1666, brothers Friedrich and Christoph Lange from Gro\u00dfsch\u00f6nau traveled to the Netherlands, where they learned to weave damask textiles; upon their return home, they introduced this craft to their village. After several decades, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ceskesvycarsko.cz\/cs\/zazitky\/cile\/grossschonau-muzeum-damasku\">damask cloth from Gro\u00dfsch\u00f6nau<\/a>\u2014particularly tablecloths and placemats\u2014became famous throughout Europe. For example, records show that in 1834, the damask manufacturing industry provided a livelihood for approximately 3,800 local residents, including family members, which at the time represented three-quarters of the local population. Even in the 21st century, two textile factories\u2014producing damask and terry cloth\u2014have been preserved in Gro\u00dfsch\u00f6nau.            <\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color:#8f1221;\">What to See: <\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Museum of Vintage Motorcycles<\/p>\n<p>Hauptstra\u00dfe 54<\/p>\n<p>02779 Gro\u00dfsch\u00f6nau<\/p>\n<p>Web: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grossschoenau.de\/\">www.grossschoenau.de<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":92526,"template":"","region":[353],"class_list":["post-92524","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\/92524","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\/92526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ceskesvycarsko.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ceskesvycarsko.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=92524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}