Frýdlant v Čechách

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Location of Frýdlant in the Czech Republic

For other uses of the terms Frýdlant & Friedland see Frýdlant (disambiguation) & Friedland (disambiguation).

Frýdlant, sometimes cited also as Frýdlant v Čechách (-Czech, German: Friedland im Isergebirge) is a town in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has approximately 7,500 inhabitants and lies on the outskirts of the Jizera Mountains.

[edit] History

The region around Frýdlant was once land belonging to the bishops of Meißen at Seidenberg (Zawidów). By 1278, Friedland-Seidenberg's effective control had ended as the castle and town were controlled by the House of Bieberstein. From 1551 until 1620 Frýdlant was administered by the House of Redern. Because Redern opposed the Habsburgs during the Counter-Reformation, their lands were revoked in 1620 during the Thirty Years Wars by Emperor Ferdinand II; Frýdlant was given to Albrecht von Wallenstein, who titled himself Duke of Friedland. The nominal sovereignty of Friedland-Seidenberg was also revoked at this time.

In 1875, a railway line Liberec - Frýdlant - Seidenberg (Zawidów) was put into operation. Lines to Friedberg (Mirsk) and to Zittau followed soon.