This Neo-Gothic single-nave church was built in the years 1894-1896 by the Liberec builder Adolf Bürger, following his own plans. The interior is adorned with the main altar with the statue of the Divine Heart of Jesus, which was made in craftsmen's workshops in Munich. In the years 1897-1898 an extension was added to house a school and the dormitories for the sisters of the order; over the years, however, the buildings have changed hands and have thus been used for different purposes. The extensive complex is now home to a health-centre and pharmacy.

Location: ul. Klášterní, Liberec 1

To construct a church on such steeply sloping land was a very tough nut to crack, but it was managed by the architects M. Kühn and H. Fanta, with A. Hübner as the builder. The construction work began in the year 1908 - right on the sixtieth anniversary of the rule of Kaiser Franz Josef I - and therefore the church was named Jubilee. The work finished in 1911 and as the church was to be administered by the Capuchin order from Tyrol, the building was also connected up to their smaller monastery. What is particularly unusual is the appearance of the church, which is in the Neo-Baroque style with elements of Art Nouveau. Unfortunately these days the church no longer serves its original purpose, and although it has remained a characteristic feature of the river Nisa lowlands, it is gradually falling into disrepair.

Location: Jungmanova ul., Liberec 2

Harcov church was built in the years 1858-1860 thanks to donations from local residents. This late Empire church has a single nave and a slender tower, and to a certain extent its appearance heralds the coming of the Neo-Romantic style. Although the architecture of the church is not particularly appreciated, the building itself is a bold and simply inseparable part of Harcov.

Location: ul. Na Zvonku, Liberec 15 (Starý Harcov)

A series of churches have stood in Vratislavice over the centuries, although of course the only one to have been preserved is the Church of the Holy Trinity dating from 1700-1701. The church was built at the instigation of Count Gallas by the famous Prague architect M.A.Canevalle. This single-nave Baroque building underwent major repair work in the years 1900-1901 and the only things preserved from this time are the interior furnishings of the church. The motif of the Holy Trinity in this church is emphasised in many places - such as in the decorative stucco work at the entrance, where the divine eye is fixed on the clouds and the rays, in the altar picture by F. Leubner from the year 1782, etc. The church is now an unmissable feature of the landscape of Vratislavice nad Nisou.

Location: Tanvaldská ul., Liberec 30 (Vratislavice nad Nisou)

The village of Ruprechtice had long sought to have their own church, and their efforts did not diminish after the little church U Obrázku was built above the village. The people of Ruprechtice wanted a more spacious place of worship in the village itself, and in 1909, thanks to a collection raised from the faithful and a significant contribution from J. Salomon of Kateřinky, the foundation stone for a new church near the square was laid with great ceremony. The plans were once again drawn up by the well-known architects M. Kühn and H. Fanta, the builder being A. Bürger - the building was consecrated on 18th September 1919. This single-nave Neo-Gothic church is particularly striking for its 47-metre-high tower, making it a dignified landmark not only for Ruprechtice, but also for the foothills of the Jizerské Mountains

Location: ul. Vrchlického, Liberec 14 (Ruprechtice)

Thanks to its 70m high tower, the Church of St. Antonin the Great on Sokolovské Square has been one of the dominant features of Liberec for several centuries. The neighbouring townhall tower measures "only" 65m. The church replaced an original wooden building which was linked to the first mention of Liberec from the year 1352, in connection with the payment of taxes. The present church was built in 1579-87, most likely using the design of a builder called M. Spazia, and became the first brick building in the town. Its interior is moderately decorated in the protestant fashion. The 10m high altar picturing the patron-saints of the Czech country is probably the most precious object in the church.

Location: Kostelní ul., Liberec 1

Work on the church in Dolní Hanychov was started by the builder Stefan Arnold on 24th May 1915, although the war meant that the church was not completed until 4th September 1919. The building has a simple rectangular shape with a tower 33.8 metres high and a plain interior, the main adornment of which is the altar with the statue of Saint Boniface. As the buildings in Dolní Hanychov tend to be low and scattered, the Church of Saint Bonifác really stands out in this part of the town.

Location: ul. Ještědská, Liberec 8 (Dolní Hanychov)

The walled Church of Saint John the Baptist replaced its wooden predecessor in 1657; in 1678 the tower was also rebuilt and three bells later hung there. Major repair work was carried out in the years 1708 - 1709, when the whole of the interior was restored, including the altar, pulpit and organ. In 1746 the chapel of the Appelt family was added on to the entrance-hall of this single-tower Baroque building. To this very day the Church of Saint John the Baptist is a valuable monument to the bygone history of Rochlice.

Location: ul. Na Žižkově, Liberec 6 (Rochlice)

The church at Janův Důl was built in the year 1716 at the instigation of Karel Kristián Platz of Ehrental, although the identity of the builder has since been lost. The church was consecrated to Jan Nepomucký - one of the patron saints and protectors of our nation. A peculiarity to this early Baroque building is its altar, which, breaking with tradition, faces not towards the east but towards the west. The interior of the church was furnished in a very simple and sober style, although nowadays it does not serve its original purpose.

Location: ul. Kubelíkova, Liberec 9 (Janův Důl)

This church dating from the mid-18th century is the most precious baroque edifice in the town. It was built in the place of the original church designed by the builder J.J. Kunze and built in 1696. The church probably got its name due to its gournd plan, which really did resemble a cross. Its look strongly resembles the church in the town of Hejnice. Another fact worth mentioning is that in 1759 the first public library in Liberec was founded here in the Church of St. Cross. This was mainly to the credit of Anton Kopsch, who also financed the rich decorations of the church. Many of the fine art works have remained in the church until today, the most precious of them being a figure of the Mother of God which has an interesting history of its own. The church itself is undoubtedly an exquisite work; however, its grounds are also decorated by many treasured monuments. In the church garden you can find a beautiful plague column from the workshop of the famous sculptor M. B. Braun, surrounded by the way of the cross with pictures by J. Fuhrich - a native from nearby town of Chrastava.

Location: Malé nám., Liberec 1

This Neo-Romantic church was built in the years 1884-1887 following plans drawn up by the Viennese architects R. Jordan and J. Schmalzhofer, and was built by F. Schloz. As the church belonged to the Lazarist order, which was founded by St. Vincent de Paul, the building is named after its patron saint. The first thing we notice about the church is its unusual appearance, a combination of red facing bricks and stones. Also of interest are the decorated cornices, corners and sandstone columns which were brought a long way in from Pirna. The interior of the church was also originally in the Neo-Romantic style, although naturally the passage of the years has taken its toll and today we owe the existence of the church to the Adventists, who took on the abandoned building and by restoring the building for their own purposes have saved it from certain ruin.

Location: U Jánského kamene, Liberec 4 (Perštýn)

The brick church that is here today has stood since the year 1833 on the site of the original wooden chapel. At the request of the owner of the estate, Kristián Kryštof Clam-Gallas, the task of building it was entrusted to the engineer F. Effenberger. To commemorate the Seven-Year War there were originally two cannonballs set above the entrance to the church; these were later removed when the building was reconstructed. Although the church is not overly dramatic, its position right by the main road to Ostašov means that it does stand out.

Location: ul. Křižanská, Liberec 20 (Ostašov)

There is a host of legends connected with the early days of this little Art Nouveau church which adorns the foothills of the Jizerské Mountains. These stories tell that on the site of the present-day church there was originally a spring of pure water, which had the power to heal every imaginable ailment, and so it is no wonder that streams of the afflicted flooded into the place. One of the invalids was Weber the farmer, who used to own these lands and who, to show his gratitude for his return to health, had a stone crucifix with Christ set up at the well, together with statues of the Virgin Mary and St. Jan Nepomucký. Other miracle cures followed, strengthening the reputation of the "healing well" and also benefiting the village of Ruprechtice, which is why the village had a church built by the well in 1907 (architect: M. Kühn and H. Fanta, builder: A. Hübner). This Art Nouveau building, reached through an alley of chestnut trees with its eye-catching stations of the cross, is still a very dominant feature of the local landscape and is certainly worth a closer look.

Location: Horská ul., Liberec 14 (Ruprechtice)

This cafeteria built in the Vienniese style is one of the pearls of Dr. E. Beneš's Square. Its neo-roccoco style, ceramic panelling, gold-plated relief, fantastic mirrors - all these create a cosy atmosphere in the style of the 19th century.

Location: nám. Dr.E.Beneše, Liberec 1

This unusual edifice was built by the architect Schmitz in 1900-01 at the request of Heinrich Liebieg. The building of Výšina was intended mainly for tourists and walkers as a place of refreshment as well as a viewing tower. This building is also interesting for its charming age-old look, which was created by a simple trick of its builders - they used stone blocks from demolished mediaeval houses in Nuremberg. The building itself went through stormy times; it decayed as time went by and in the end it had to be closed. Luckily, at present it has found a sponsor who has shouldered the responsibility of re-opening the building to tourists.

Location: úpatí Jizerských hor

Baron Theodor von Liebieg - the owner of one of the largest factories in the country at the time - decided to build a residence for his family not far from the factory. The result was this romantic half-timbered manor-house with bay-windows at the corners, which was built in 1897. This building was soon followed by another, which looks like some sort of chateau with its four-sided tower, and, as they say three is a lucky number, a third part was added in 1904, containing Art Nouveau elements. Over the years the manor-house has served as a residence, then as a nursery school and creche, later as the head office of the joint-stock company Textilana, and now belongs to the Municipal Council of Liberec. The spectacular Romantic architecture and the remarkable way it sits on the sloping terrain make this building one of the most interesting structures from the turn of the century.

Location: Jablonecká ul., Liberec 1

The stunning neo-renaissance building of the town bath was constructed in 1901-02 according to the design of the Viennese architect Brang. The whole building, its exterior as well as the interior decorations, were adapted to its original function - a town bath. Its gable is decorated with a statue of Poseidon and his wife, while the sculptures above its windows represent water games. At present, however, the building is closed, its function being usurped by the nearby swimming pool. Tourists can admire only the exterior of the bath, which, despite its partial decay, still remains a testament to our ancestors' craft.

Location: Masarykova ul., Liberec 1

Liberec synagogue was built in the years 1887-1889 by the renowned firm of Sachers and Gärtner from a design by the architect K. König from Vienna. Its position in the centre of town and particularly its Neo-Renaissance architecture gave the building a truly monumental impression; it served its purpose until 1938, when it was burnt down by the Nazis on the tragic "Crystal Night". Today Liberec has a new synagogue on this site, in the shape of half of the Star of David and with a covering which symbolically represents the Wailing Wall.

Location: Rumjancevova ul., Liberec 1

At the end of the 18th century, Liberec was famous as a centre of the textile industry. The textile producers built houses on land supplied with water needed for textile production, mainly on the Nisa River. In 1770 a textiles merchant, Bedřich Šolc, built his one-floor wooden chalet where, at present, the administration of the Jizera Mountains Reserve resides. The beauty of this, in Liberec unique, building has emerged more clearly after the park-like surroundings were arranged. Šolc's house shows the skill of the carpenters of the Podještědí region at the end of the 18th century.

Location: U Jezu., Liberec 4

The Waldstein's houses in Větrná street are the oldest preserved houses in Liberec. They originate from 1678-81 and are nowadays the only buildings reminding us of this classical type of merchant house which used to decorate the whole of the New Town. The name itself - the Waldstein's houses - is curious as they were built several tens of years after Albrecht of Waldstein had died. These houses were originally used by craftsmen and weavers and later there was an inn called "Near the town Petrohrad" in one of the houses. However, what probably attracted the attention of passers-by the most were the Christmas markets, which took place here every year and where many decorations and Christmas sweets were sold. As the time passed these precious buildings fell into disrepair to such an extent that they became a danger to their neighbours, and that was why their demolition was considered at one point. They escaped this sad fate thanks to the neighbouring Industrial School - its students and lecturers carried out this demanding reconstruction and thus saved these valuable memorials of Liberec history for future generations.

Location: Větrná ul., Liberec 1

The dam into which the Harcov Stream flows was built between 1902 and 1904 as a response to a massive destructive flood that hit the town unforgivingly in 1897. The project was put together by experienced dam-builder Prof. Dr. Intze of Aachen, who abandoned the traditional embankment dam in favour of building the first stone dam in Europe. In addition to this dam, another five were to be built in the Jizera Mountains, a plan that was brought to fruition with only one exception. The Harcov Dam is 157 metres long and 20.5 metres high including underground foundations, with a crown that reaches some 13 metres above ground. The whole structure is an attractive technical monument from the Art Nouveau period and to this day serves the recreational needs of the people of the city.

Location: Liberec

A walk around Liberec will bring you into contact with a whole host of distinctive statues and sculptures. For example, there is a monument to the fallen of the Second World War on Štefánikovo Square and a curious bus stop at the back of the town hall known as the "Feast of Giants", whilst the interiors of the library are adorned with the mysterious "Vein", which the artist Rittstein poetically compares to smoke rising from the earth to the skies. The futuristic illuminated Globe whose highly polished surface reflects the surrounding environment awaits you outside the Grandhotel Zlatý lev. Meanwhile, twelve marble blocks that represent the Twelve Months are found only a few metres away in the middle of the adjacent park. Children in particular take great delight from the cheery group of strange creatures at the bus terminal, the most obvious of which is a two-headed tortoise. The zoo is also a paradise of sculpture and here you will find an interesting piece of work inspired by cooperation between Liberec and the Bavarian town of Augsburg known as "Partnership". There are a number of other pieces of note in the area.

Location: Liberec