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Rychnov u Jablonce nad Nisou

Coordinates: 50°41′4″N 15°8′56″E / 50.68444°N 15.14889°E / 50.68444; 15.14889
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Rychnov u Jablonce nad Nisou
Town
Viaduct and Saint Wenceslaus Church
Viaduct and Saint Wenceslaus Church
Flag of Rychnov u Jablonce nad Nisou
Coat of arms of Rychnov u Jablonce nad Nisou
Rychnov u Jablonce nad Nisou is located in Czech Republic
Rychnov u Jablonce nad Nisou
Rychnov u Jablonce nad Nisou
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°41′4″N 15°8′56″E / 50.68444°N 15.14889°E / 50.68444; 15.14889
Country Czech Republic
RegionLiberec
DistrictJablonec nad Nisou
First mentioned1361
Government
 • MayorTomáš Levinský
Area
 • Total12.25 km2 (4.73 sq mi)
Elevation
435 m (1,427 ft)
Population
 (2020-01-01[1])
 • Total2,757
 • Density230/km2 (580/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
468 02
Websitewww.rychnovjbc.cz

Rychnov u Jablonce nad Nisou (German: Reichenau) is a town in the Jablonec nad Nisou District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,800 inhabitants.

History

The oldest known mention of the settlement dates back to 1361. It was probably founded by Cistercians from Mnichovo Hradiště in the 13th century.

During the German occupation of Czechoslovakia and World War II, in 1944–1945, the Germans operated a subcamp of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp, whose prisoners were hundreds of men, mostly Poles, but also Czechs, the French, etc.[2]

Culture

Municipal museum

There is a municipal museum in the Rychnov.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2020". Czech Statistical Office. 2020-04-30.
  2. ^ "Subcamps of KL Gross- Rosen". Gross-Rosen Museum in Rogoźnica. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Městské muzeum v Rychnově u Jablonce nad Nisou". RychnovJbc.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 14 June 2020.