Hrádek nad Nisou - Hrádek nad Nisou

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Hrádek nad Nisou (or Grottau an der Neiße in German) is a quiet rural town and municipality in Liberec County Czech Republic.

To know

The small historic center, with some 17th century houses and the Gothic church of San Bartolomeo are the tourist center of the town.

Geographical notes

Hrádek nad Nisou is located at the foot of the Lusatian Mountains (Czech: Lužické hory / German: Lausitzer Gebirge) .The Lausitzer Neiße (Czech: Lužická Nisa) that on the border with the neighboring municipality of Hartau at 234 m (768 ft) of altitude reached the border with Germany.

The great flood in 2010 hit the southern part of the city center. Map of the affected area on www.hradek.eu (CS) .

The municipality is located in a region dominated by agriculture. Orchards and garden vegetables are grown on loamy and clayey soils.

Background

Hradek is one of the oldest settlements on the Neiße.

Suggested readings


How to orient yourself

Neighborhoods

  • Dolní Sedlo (Spittelgrund)
  • Dolní Suchá (Nieder Berzdorf)
  • Donín (Dönis)
  • Horní Sedlo (Paß)
  • Loučná (Görsdorf)
  • Oldřichov na Hranicích (Ullersdorf)
  • Uhelná (Kohlige)
  • Václavice (Wetzwalde)


How to get

By plane

The nearest airports are:

  • L'Karlovy Vary airport (Karlsbad) IATA: KLV in Karlovy Vary Olšová Vrata (Karlsbad OT Espenthor in German).
  • L'airport Václav Havel of Prague IATA: PRG in Prague 6 Ruzyne.

By car

Road distances
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On the train

Train stations and stops in Hrádek n.N. (Grottau a.d. Neiße):

Railway station Hrádek nad Nisou

Pictograms-nps-accessibility-wheelchair-accessible.svg Access to the station building and toilets is wheelchair accessible but self-access is not guaranteed to any platform. Reservations and requests for assistance for accessing the platform and trains must be made 48 hours in advance (or at least a minimum of 24 hours) before the train departs at the customer service telephone number indicated above or send an e-mail to following address: [email protected] (only 48 hours in advance).

Railway lines (Czech: Železniční trať) in the municipality:

By bus

The small bus station of Hrádek nad Nisou, busove nádrazi is located immediately east of the train station of the same name. From here there are only regional, non-national lines and only one international bus service in winter to and from Berlin.

Passenger traffic in public transport with road vehicles (Czech: Silniční motorová doprava osobní), on suburban and regional bus routes (Czech: regionální a příměstské veřejné dopravy Autobusových linek) is operated in the region by the company ČSAD Liberec, as operator. These routes are located in the ZVON tarrifaria zone. Local tickets, "EURO-Neisse" tickets purchased in Germany and "ZVON day tickets" (Czech: "Denní vstupenka ZVON", German: «ZVON Tageskarte»).

Regional traffic

Italian traffic signs - urban bus icon.svg Extra-urban bus lines with stops in the municipal area of ​​Hrádek n.N. (Grottau a.d. Neiße):

  • 000689Liberec (Reichenberg) ↔ Chrastava (Kratzau) ↔ Václavice (Wetzwalde) ↔ Hrádek nad Nisou (Grottau a. D. Neiße) ↔ Sieniawka.
    Timetable:000689Operator:ČSAD Liberec, a.s..
  • 540073Oldřichov na Hranicích (Ullersdorf) ↔ Hrádek nad Nisou (Grottau a.d. Neiße) ↔ Václavice (Wetzwalde) ↔ Chrastava (Kratzau).
    Timetable:540073Operator:ČSAD Liberec, a.s..
  • 540074Liberec (Reichenberg) ↔ Chrastava (Kratzau) ↔ Bílý Kostel nad Nisou (Weißkirchen a. D. Neiße) ↔ Hrádek nad Nisou (Grottau a.d. Neiße).
    Timetable:540074Operator:ČSAD Liberec, a.s..
  • 540075Rynoltice ↔ Chrastava (Kratzau) / Dolní Suchá (Unter Berzdorf) ↔ Hrádek nad Nisou (Grottau a. D. Neiße).
    Timetable:540075Operator:ČSAD Liberec, a.s..
  • 540275Hrádek nad Nisou (Grottau a. D. Neiße) ↔ Horní Sedlo (Paß) ↔ Rynoltice (Ringelshain) / Strážpod Ralskem (Wartenberg).
    Timetable:540275Operator:ČSAD Liberec, a.s..

Long-distance traffic

Long-distance extra-urban bus lines with stops in Hrádek n.N. (Grottau a. D. Neiße):

  • 218 Berlin, ZOB ↔ Dresden ↔ Bautzen ↔ Zittau ↔ Hrádek nad Nisou (Grottau a. D. Neiße) ↔ Liberec (Reichenberg) ↔ Jablonec nad Nisou (Gablonz a. D. Neiße) ↔ Spindleruv Mlyn (Spindler Mühle)
Timetable:218. Operator: BusLine a.s.. Runs only from January to the end of March on Sat-Sun, as a ski bus.

By bike

The area of ​​the point of the three nations with its cross-border cycle path and its conformation is a tourist attraction and meeting point. The international cycle path of the Neiße passes through it; a cycle path between Lake Olbersdorf in the west and Grafenstein Castle in the east. Map and route to print on turistika-podralsko.cz (DE) .

  • Neiße international cycle path - Zittau ↔ Grabštejn (Grafenstein)
    • ↓ 0.0 kilometers, (0 miles) “SeeCamping” car park at Olbersdorf lake, a Olbersdorf, connection to the Rübezahl cycle path.
    • ↓ 5.5 km, (3.4 mi) Three Nations Point (Dreiländerpunkt) CZ / DE / PL.
    • ↓ 7.0 km, (4.4 mi) Border crossing at Hartau, connection to the three countries cycle path.
    • ↓ 12.0 km, (7.5 mi) Chotynì (Ketten), hiking routegreen demarcation hiking route.
    • → 13.5 km, (8.4 mi) Grafenstein Castle (Grabštejn), in the Grabštejn (Grafenstein) district of Chotyně (Ketten).
  • Bike path № 3039 - Hrádek nad Nisou (Grottau a.d. N.) ↔ Horní Vítkov (Ober-Wittig) ↔ Višňová (Böhmisch Weigsdorf)
    • ↓ 0.0 kilometers, (0 miles) Hrádek nad Nisou (Grottau an der Neiße), city
    • ↓ 4.0 km, (2.5 mi) Oldřichov na Hranicích (Ullersdorf), Grottau district
    • ↓ 7.5 km, (4.66 mi) Úhelná (Kohlige), Grottau district
    • ↓ 9.0 km, (5.6 mi) Václavice (Wetzwalde), Grottau district
    • ↓ 14.5 km, (8.7 mi) Horní Vítkov (Ober-Wittig), Kratzau district
    • ↓ 18.5 km, (11.2 mi) Albrechtice u Frýdlantu (Olbersdorf), village in the municipality of Friedland
    • ↓ 23.5 km, (14.3 mi) Heřmanice u Frýdlantu (Hermsdorf), municipality
    • ↓ 27.0 km, (16.8 mi) Kunratice u Frýdlantu (Kunnersdorf), municipality
    • ↓ 29.5 km, (18.33 mi) Víska (Kratzau-Neudörfel), Kratzau district
    • ↓ 32.0 km, (19.88 mi) Višňová (Böhmisch Weigsdorf), municipality
    • → 32.5 km, (20.2 mi) Višňová železniční stanice (Böhmisch Weigsdorf, railway station)

On foot

  • Crossing the Hartau / Hrádek border. - In 1991 the 3 Hartau border crossing for pedestrians and cyclists to nearby Hartau a Zittau. Details and pictures on borderwiki.info (DE) .
  • Hradek is located on the indicated part Blauer Kammweg (Czech: Modrá hřebenovka) of the ridge route, along the border, between Bohemia and Saxony. The ridge trail connects the summit portions of the Iser Mountains, Zittauer Gebirge and the Lausitzer Bergland as a hiking trail.


How to get around

By public transport

The regional road vehicle network of ČSAD connects all urban and extra-urban stops.The bus stop (Czech: Zastávka Autobusu): Hrádek nad Nisou, aut.nádr. it is located on the eastern side of the train station Hrádek nad Nisou.

By taxi

  • 4 5er taxi, Chotyně 263, Chotyně, 463 34, 420 739 339 903 (mobile), @. Ecb copyright.svgrates (IV 2014) <10 km 25, - CZK / km,> 10 km 16, - CZK / km, waiting 10 min. 3, - CZK / min. Fixed price per route: Liberec → Grottau 350, - CZK (with return 500, - CZK). Simple icon time.svgnonstop 24h. Tax service company in the neighboring municipality. Operator: Michal Beneš. Some cars are equipped with airbag, air conditioning and free Internet for Wi-Fi.svg.

By car

Fuel dispensers


What see

Civil construction

Burg
  • 1 Grafenstein Castle (Hrad Grabštejn), Chotyně (bus stop: Chotyně, Grabštejn statek), 420 482 724 301, @. Ecb copyright.svgEntrance fee (IV 2014): adults 100.- CZK, reduced 70.- CZK. Simple icon time.svgApril: Tue-Fri 10: 00-15: 00, Sat-Sun 09: 00-16: 00. May to June: Tue-Fri 09: 00-16: 00, Sat-Sun 09: 00-17: 00. July to August: Tue-Fri 09: 00-17: 00. September: Tue-Fri 10: 00-16: 00, Sat-Sun 09: 00-17: 00. October: Tue-Fri 10: 00-15: 00, Sat-Sun 09: 00-16: 00. Former seat of the Lordship of Grafenstein. The name literally translated into Italian is stone of the viscount.

Religious building

Chrám Pokoje church
Church of San Bartolomeo
  • 3 San Bartolomeo (Kostel sv. Bartoloměje), Kostelni 75 (bus stop: Hrádek no. Nisou, centrum). Catholic church, first built in 1268, was rebuilt in the Renaissance style after the destruction of 1466 in Hussite revolution. On four arches of the vault inside the church there are frescoes by J.V. Spitzer, from the year 1766. The high altar, from 1776, bearing the image of St. Bartholomew by I. Raab. and most of the fixed furnishings are from the Baroque period. The bell tower was rebuilt in the years 1670-1673 and the external baroque image of the bell tower is due to the restructuring in the year 1764. Three bells hang in it; the oldest dates back to 1575 and the two new ones are from 2000.

Gardens and parks

  • 4 Three Nations Point (Trojzemí, Dreiländerpunkt). The point at the Neiße river is the center of the euro region Neisse-Nisa-Nysa and of the federation founded in 2001, of the cities "Kleines Dreieck - Zittau (DE), Bogatynia (PL), Hrádek nad Nisou (CZ)".


Events and parties


What to do


Shopping

Food


How to have fun

Night clubs

In Czech the games room is there herna.


Where to eat

In Czech coffee is kavarna, the restaurant is restaurace and the pastry is cukrarna.

Moderate prices

Photo of the Camelot restaurant
  • 1 Camelot, Horní náměstí 124 (Bus stop: Hrádek n.Nisou, centrum), 420 776 777 779 (mobile), @. Simple icon time.svgSun-Mon 11: 00–23: 00, Tue-Sat 11: 00–00: 00. The restaurant serves dishes from the Bohemian cuisine and some specialties of the Czech cuisine.
  • 2 Dělnický dům, Okružní ulice 189 (About 200 meters from the bus stop: Hrádek n. Nisou, dolní námesti), 420 777 069 110, @. Simple icon time.svgMon 10: 00-21: 00, Tue-Fri 10: 00-22: 00, Sat 11: 00-23: 00, Sun 11: 00-22: 00. The Worker's House restaurant (Dělnický dům) has seats for 110 people. The property includes an outdoor terrace and the "DD" bar and games room.
  • 3 Lidový dům (Volkshaus), Žitavská ulice 745 (About 20 minutes walk from the bus stop: Hrádek n. Nisou, pošta), 420 485 140 524, fax: 420 773 555 885. Ecb copyright.svgdaily menu (CS) from 75 to 79 CZK.. Simple icon time.svgMon-Sun 11: 00-22: 00. The Casa del Popolo restaurant (Volkshaus,Lidový dům) serves dishes from the Bohemian cuisine and from Saxon cuisine.
Photo of the Lucerna café
  • 4 Lamp, Horní náměstí 73 (in the city center behind the town hall, bus stop: Hrádek n. Nisou, pošta), 420 733 539 998, 420 607 071 780 (mobile). Simple icon time.svgWinter months (IX-I): Mon-Thu 17: 00-21: 00, Fri 17: 00-23: 00, Sat 10: 00-23: 00, Sun and holidays closed. Summer months (II-IIX): Mon-Thu 09: 00-22: 00, Fri-Sat 09: 00-23: 00, Sun and holidays 09: 00-21: 00. The café and pastry shop has an interior, under vaulted arches, welcoming, simple and beautiful, and a small outdoor terrace near the municipal police station.
Photo of the Konirna restaurant


Where stay

Moderate prices

In the municipality there are two campsites at Kristýna lake (former open pit mine). The smallest is the “Kristýna Jiranek” camp site and the largest is the "Kristýna" camp site with a guesthouse that is also open in the cold season.

  • 1 Kristýna Jiranek, Žitavská 709 (Bus stop: Hrádek no. Nisou, Hartava, then walk along the Kristýna lake front to the north side. For those arriving by car, the entrance to the campsite is marked with a white sign with black entry and a red arrow), 420 482 723 469, 420 777 809 450 (mobile), fax: 420 482 723 469, @. Ecb copyright.svgprice list. 20% surcharge for one night stay only. When booking a bungalow or caravan a deposit of 50% of the total is due.. Check in: 14:00, check-out: 10:00. Campsite with main season from month VII to mid-month VIII. Entrance gates closed from 11pm to 7am.
Accommodation capacity: 16 Bungalow (for 2-4 persons).
offers: The camping area is grassy with mixed forest trees. The entire camping area is fenced and illuminated. There is a storage room for bicycles, common toilets (showers with hot water 07: 00-23: 00, toilets, laundry), sink for washing dishes (with hot water), parking directly at the bungalows or in the central parking of the camping.
recreational activities: swimming, surfing, sand volleyball and tennis.
Spoken languages: German, Czech.
  • 2 Kristýna, Žitavská 745 (Bus stop: Hrádek no. Nisou, Hartava, then walk along the Kristýna lake front to the north side of the lake. For those arriving by car, the entrance to the campsite is marked with a yellow sign with red and black writing and a blue icon.), 420 485 140 091, 420 603 502 953 (mobile), fax: 420 482 757 755, @. Ecb copyright.svgprice list. Simple icon time.svgPension open all year, bungalow only in the summer season in the months V-IX. Reception: in the months V-IX 08: 00-17.00, month VI 07: 00-19.00, months VII-VIII 07: 00-21.00. campground and boarding house (autokemp penzion).
Accommodation capacity: 195 beds, including 45 beds in the pension and 150 beds in the bungalows (of various sizes, partially with parking in front of the bungalow). Places for campers with connections for electricity. And a field intended for camping tents
Offers: 2 restaurants, Snack shop on the beach, WC / showers, Parking directly in front of the Bungalow or central parking. Webcam.
Recreational activities: Children's play area, tennis, table tennis, sand volleyball.
Spoken languages: Czech, German.

Average prices

  • 3 Hrádecký Dvůr, Liberecká 440 (Bus stop: Hrádek n.Nisou, centrum), 420 485 109 062, 420 775 228 070 (mobile), @. Ecb copyright.svg(status 2014-V) DS SC 400, - CZK pPpN, D SC 800, - CZK pCpN, F 50, - CZK pPpN, MP 150, - CZK pPpN, PC 250, - CZK pPpN. *** Hotel with 18 rooms and 36 beds with private bathroom, internet access via WiFi. Restaurant with dishes from the Czech and international cuisine. Spoken languages: Czech, English.


Safety

Emergency numbers
  • Firefighters: 150
  • Emergency medical service: 155
  • Gendarmerie (Policie ČR): 158 or 112
  • Municipal Police: 156
  • Tourist emergency service: 1222
  • Breakdown assistance (ÚAMK): 1230


Health

Pharmacies

Pharmacy in Czech is lékárna.


How to keep in touch

Post office

7 Post and Telegraphs, Hrádek nad Nisou post office (Česká pošta, Hrádek nad Nisou), Nádražní 420 (bus stop 3: Hrádek n.Nisou, pošta), 420 482 756 020, fax: 420 482 756 020, @. Ecb copyright.svgPrices Stamp for postcards and letters on the page cenik-sluzeb (CS). Simple icon time.svgMon-Fri 08: 45-18: 00. Post office with an external ČSOB ATM and a customer car park.

Telephony

Phone
  • National information: 1180
  • International information: 1181
  • Telephone failures: Gnome-call-start.svg 800 184 084
  • For auto-dialed calls from abroad to the Czech Republic, dial the country code 00420 (or 420) and the subscriber number.
  • For self-dialed calls from the Czech Republic to Italy, dial the country code 0039 (or 39) and the area code plus the subscriber number.

Internet

Various points of connection to the wireless Internet Wi-Fi.svg (W-LAN and OW-LAN), are made available to the public free of charge by hotels, companies, municipalities, restaurants, supermarkets and others. Find a fairly up-to-date map on wiman.me.

Keep informed

Libraries

  • 8 City library "Dreiländerpunkt Tor" (Czech: Městská knihovna "Brána Trojzemí"), Václavská ulice 471 (bus stop 5: Hrádek n.Nisou, Dolní námesti), 420 482 723 421, @. Simple icon time.svgMon 09: 00-12: 00 and 13: 00-19: 00, Tue 09: 00-12: 00 and 13: 00-15: 00, Wed 09: 00-12: 00 and 13: 00-18: 00 , Thu 09: 00-12: 00 and 13: 00-15: 00. The library has been housed in the Šubrtová villa since 1997. The library is divided into a department for adults and one for children. The library collection includes approximately 26,000 volumes of books. There are also 39 types of magazines and newspapers and three computers with Internet.


Around

Burg
  • 9 Grafenstein Castle (Czech: Hrad Grabštejn) (bus stop 10: Chotyně, Grabštejn, statek). Seat of the Lordship of Grafenstein (Czech: Grabštejn, in the homonymous hamlet of the nearby municipality of Chotyně (German: Ketten). The oldest part of the castle is called Ulsitz and originated in the 13th century. During the Hussite wars it was conquered several times and rebuilt each time. During the Thirty Years War the castle was conquered by the Swedes, who used it as a hospital and base for the military supply of military enterprises in the area. After the Second World War the castle was confiscated and nationalized by the then Czechoslovakia. It is located about 2 miles east of the city and can be reached on foot from the nearby bus stop near the castle.
Kristýna lake and recreation area
  • 10 Kristýna lake and recreation area they are located one mile northwest of the city. It is a former flooded lignite underground mine, with a maximum depth of 92 feet of clean water all year round, and several sandy beaches suitable for swimming. On the north shore behind the beach there is a public sports complex with two campsites and the "Kristýna" pensionAutocamping und Pension "Kristýna" und Autocamping Krýstina "Jiranek" Autokemp Krýstina "Jiranek". The lake can be reached from bus stop 6: Hrádek nad Nisou, Hartava, from where the pedestrian passage of 11 border Grottau - Hartau which is accessible for both pedestrians and cyclists to the village of Hartau south-southeast of Zittau.
  • The flat Lusatian mountains (Czech: Lužické hory, German: Lausitzer Gebirge), western part of the mountains of the Sudetes, are ideal for hiking.
Pfaffenstein rock
  • 12 Pfaffenstein rock (Czech: Popova_skála) in the LSG of the Lusatian mountains (Czech: ChKO Lužické hory), at the top of which at 565½ m (1854 ft) in height is one of the best views of the Lusatian mountains, the mountains of the giants, the Iser mountains, the Jeschken, the volcanic cones of the mountainous landscape of northern Bohemia, the high forest (German: Hochwald), the nearby mountains of Zittau, as well as the towns of Zittau and Hrádek (German: Grottau). Beautiful clear days, you can glimpse in the distance, to the north, even the mount of the State Crown (German: Landeskrone) a Görlitz.

You can reach the Pfaffenstein rock by walking from the bus stop bus stop 6: Hrádek n.Nisou, Dolní Sedlo.

Useful information

Touristic office

  • 13 Brána Trojzemí, information center (Czech: Brána Trojzemí informační centrum, German: Dreiländerpunkt Tor informationszentrum), Horní náměstí 71 (Bus stop: Hrádek n.Nisou, centrum), 420 482 319 719, 420 725 457 066 (mobile), @. Simple icon time.svgMon 08: 30-16: 00, Tue 08: 30-17: 00, Wed 08: 30-16: 00, Thu 08: 30-17: 00, Fri 08: 30-16: 00, Sat-Sun 10: 00-16: 00. Information center for tourism in the town and for the three nations point. It is located in the multipurpose center Dreiländerpunkt Tor / Brána Trojzemí and offers, in addition to the usual free information material, and the sale of tourist products such as maps and publications, also the sale of tickets for events taking place in Hrádek n.Nisou / Grottau and in the surrounding area. A copying, laminating and facsimile sending service is also offered.

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