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Jablonec nad Nisou as viewed across the Mšeno Reservoir. Jablonec nad Nisou is located about 7 km (4 mi) southeast of Liberec and 83 km (52 mi) northeast of Prague. Most of the built-up area lies in the eastern tip of the Zittau Basin, and it is surrounded with the Jizera Mountains in the north, east and south. The northern part of the ...
During the Cold War, Preciosa closely collaborated with the Communist regime.From the 1960s to the 1980s, Preciosa was an integral part of Věznice Minkovice [], a labor camp set up by the Communist government in 1958, now known as one of the most brutal Communist prison camps in Czechoslovakia; it was even nicknamed "The Red Hell" or "Minkau" (after the Nazi concentration camp in Dachau) by ...
Jablonec nad Nisou District is divided into three administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Jablonec nad Nisou, Tanvald and Železný Brod.In addition, two municipalities (Jenišovice and Malá Skála) belong to the administrative district of Turnov, which is the only such administrative district in the country whose borders do not correspond to the borders of the ...
Rynovice has become part of the major industrial town of Jablonec nad Nisou. The site of the former LIAZ truck factory, a division of Škoda Auto open from 1952 to 2002, now houses several industrial companies such as TI Automotive and Tedom. The neighbourhood has welcomed a new factory from the company Raymond.
The Liberec-Jablonec agglomeration (Czech: Liberecko-jablonecká aglomerace) is the agglomeration of the cities of Liberec and Jablonec nad Nisou and their surroundings in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It was defined in 2020 as a tool for drawing money from the European Structural and Investment Funds and is valid in 2021–2027 ...
Jablonec nad Nisou: First mentioned: 1543: Area • Total. 1.84 km 2 (0.71 sq mi) Elevation. 545 m (1,788 ft) Population
Harrachov is located about 18 kilometres (11 mi) east of Jablonec nad Nisou, on the border with Poland. It lies in the Giant Mountains. The highest point is the mountain Luboch at 1,296 m (4,252 ft) above sea level. Part of the municipal territory belongs to Krkonoše National Park.
Pěnčín is located about 6 kilometres (4 mi) southeast of Jablonec nad Nisou and 14 km (9 mi) southeast of Liberec. It lies on the border between the Giant Mountains Foothills and Jizera Mountains. The highest point is on the slope of the Černá studnice mountain at 845 m (2,772 ft) above sea level.