Discover the beauty of Crystal Valley
Crystal Valley connects glass, jewellery and jewellery companies in the Liberec Region. Nowhere else in the world is it possible to see so many diverse glass techniques in such a small area. Discover the stories of celebrities associated with the history of glassmaking. From chandeliers, through Christmas decorations, glasses, jewelry to fused sculptures. Glass and jewellery have been made in the region for centuries. At the moment we will tell you the stories of two glassmakers Elias Palme and Josef Riedl. It's a breathtaking and unique experience. Welcome to the Crystal Valley!
In the footsteps of Elias Palme - Kamenický Šenov
Let's follow in the footsteps of Elias Palme, the founder of the almost two-hundred-year-old tradition of chandelier making, which has made the Czech glass industry world-famous. The journey through Kamenický Šenov, which takes less than 45 minutes, will take us to the sights of local architecture and to the places associated with the Palme family, which the locals still remember well.
In the footsteps of Josef Riedel - Desná
Today's walk in the footsteps of Josef Riedel will lead us through the town of Desná and the places where the legacy of the Riedel family is most apparent. Ahead of us is a kilometre long route through the centre, which ends at the family tomb.This route has its first four stops in Desná, the other four are in its vicinity. If you don't want to visit them in person, you can play stories in the app.
Riedel's villa
Welcome to Desná, once known as Dessendorf. The town, which can proudly claim a tradition of glass production, from glass beads to decorative and utility glass, came from a modest beginnings and owes its fame to the Riedel family. Over eight generations, these glassmakers and entrepreneurs bu
Polubný Glassworks
Josef Riedel had a huge gift to do business. From the very beginning, he performed very wisely and with foresight. He first bought a glass factory in Polaun, today Polubný. That was a very clever step. The year before, the Imperial Krkonoše road from Liberec to Trutnov was built under
Preciosa Ornela GlassShop
The penultimate stop on our journey is the bead shop. After coming inside, we witness a cross-section of the best that the glassworks in Polubné has to offer. There are many products, especially traditional Czech beads and beads that are being sent to the whole world. They form part of luxury
Riedel Family tomb
The family tomb was built by the son of Josef Riedel, Josef Riedel the Younger (often mentioned as Wilhelm in other sources). The tomb was built by the architect Adolf Bürger in a monumental Neo-Romanesque-Gothic style and is made of golden sandstone. Yet the glory of the Riedel family did not
Josef Riedel - Glass settlement Jizerka
Glass and settlement Jizerka are two inseparable terms. Early in the nineteenth century, Franz Xaver Riedel himself, Josef's uncle and later father-in-law began to produce glass in a three-furnace smelter. He had even built a stone pyramid to express gratitude to Earl Clam-Gallas who allowed the est
National Natural Monument - Panska skala
Before us is the oldest geological reservation in the Czech Republic. Varhany - officially known as Panská skála - is estimated to have been formed as a result of volcanic activity and surfaced as basalt columns about 30 million years ago. There is a small lake in the depression at the
Prousek Gallery
In Prácheň, where the Prousek is located, the first crystal chandelier was made in 1724. It happened in the workshop of Josef Palme. But do not let yourself be fooled by matching names with Elias Palme. However, we do not know exactly where this happened, but young Elias Palme was inspir
Family house number 221
The unique Austrian-Alpine architectural style of the house is the first stop on our tour in the footsteps of Elias Palme. However, this house is not his birth house, number 221 was just one of the many that the family owned.Young Elias Palme was already apprenticed in the production of glass and je
Masaryk Square
Here, we can see the residential house number 51. The house represents a well-preserved example of the so-called glass export house, characteristic of the historical development of Kamenický Šenov. This is an important source documenting the gradual development of construction practice
New Glass School
The Secondary School of Applied Arts for Glassmaking Kamenický Šenov holds the title of the oldest glass school in Central Europe. It was founded in in the middle of the nineteenth century to better educate glass makers, artists, designers and other professions needed in the North Bohe
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