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| Liberecký kraj | Liberec region |
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Sloup v Čechách is situated at an elevation of 292 m in the southern foothills of the Lusatian Mountains in the
northwest of the Liberec region of the Czech Republic, about 33 km west of the regional capital, Liberec and
about 8 km northeast of the district town Čská Lípa. As of 2025, the municipality had a population of 711.
The earliest known written mention of the place dates from 1318. At that time, a trade route from Prague to Zittau led here, and the first record of the existence of a guard castle near the village dates back to 1324. The village below the castle was registered as a parish in 1352. During the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648), the castle was besieged in 1639 by the Swedish army who conquered it and burned it down. From 1708 the estates were in possession of the counts Kinsky. The greatest development of the village occurred after 1726, when the estate was developed into an important centre of industry and craft. From 1870, Sloup became a holiday resort with a number of number of recreational facilities. After World War II, the German population was expelled. Between 1869 and 1980 Sloup v Čechách was a municipality in the Česká Lípa district (1869–1930), then in the Nový Bor district (1950) and later again in the Česká Lípa district. In 1981 Sloup was incorporated into the municipality of Nový Bor, before becoming an independent municipality again in 1990.
The Baroque 
château [left, no. 912: centre right] was built in 1730–1733
for Count Josef Maximilian Kinsky. Today the building serves as a retirement home.
The Sloup rock castle [near left, no. 4998], in Czech called Perkenstein or
Pirkštejn, in German formerly Einsiedlerstein of Bürgstein, takes its name from the special appearance
of the freestanding 35-metre-high sandstone rocks into which it was carved in the 14th century. The castle was first mentioned in records
dating from 1324. After the Swedish burnt it down in 1639 it fell into ruins. From 1670 to 1785 hermits were based here, hence the German
name Einsiedlerstein. After that, the owners, the counts Kinsky, turned the complex into a romantic tourist attraction.
Another glass in this collection is from Sloup (v Moravském krasu).
[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloup_v_%C4%8Cech%C3%A1ch, https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloup_v_%C4%8Cech%C3%A1ch, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloup_v_%C4%8Cech%C3%A1ch#History;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloup_Castle]
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