Hrubá Skála

Hrubá Skála
—  Municipality and village  —
Hrubá Skála Castle

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Country  Czech Republic
Region Liberec Region
District Semily District
Area
 • Total 5.3 sq mi (13.83 km2)
Elevation 942 ft (287 m)
Population (2006)
 • Total 544
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 511 01 – 512 63
Website hrubaskala.craj.cz

Hrubá Skála (German: Groß Skal) is a village and municipality in Semily District of the Liberec Region in the Czech Republic. It is located about 6 km (3.7 mi) southeast of Turnov within the Bohemian Paradise landscape area. The municipality also comprises the villages of Bohuslav, Borek, Doubravice, Hnanice, Krčkovice, Rokytnice and Želejov.

Hrubá Skála Castle situated on a steep sandstone cliff was first mentioned in a 1353 deed, then a possession of the Waldstein (Wallenstein) dynasty. In 1821 Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein sold the estates to the Aehrenthal noble family, the later Austro-Hungarian foreign minister Count Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal was born here in 1854.

References

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Czech Wikipedia.
Towns and villages of Semily District
Bělá - Benecko - Benešov u Semil - Bozkov - Bradlecká Lhota - Bukovina u Čisté - Bystrá nad Jizerou - Čistá u Horek - Háje nad Jizerou - Harrachov - Holenice -Horka u Staré Paky - Horní Branná - Hrubá Skála - Chuchelna - Jablonec nad Jizerou - Jesenný - Jestřabí v Krkonoších - Jilemnice - Kacanovy - Karlovice - Klokočí - Košťálov - Kruh - Ktová - Levínská Olešnice - Libštát - Lomnice nad Popelkou - Loučky - Martinice v Krkonoších - Mírová pod Kozákovem - Modřišice - Mříčná - Nová Ves nad Popelkou - Ohrazenice - Olešnice - Paseky nad Jizerou - Peřimov - Poniklá - Přepeře - Příkrý - Radostná pod Kozákovem - Rakousy - Rokytnice nad Jizerou - Roprachtice - Rovensko pod Troskami - Roztoky u Jilemnice - Roztoky u Semil - Semily - Slaná - Stružinec - Studenec - Svojek - Syřenov - Tatobity - Troskovice - Turnov - Veselá - Víchová nad Jizerou - Vítkovice - Všeň - Vyskeř - Vysoké nad Jizerou - Záhoří - Žernov