:Harrachov

Harrachov consists of four municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):{{cite web |title=Public Census 2021 – basic data|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4690&katalog=33475&pvo=SLD21043-CO|work=Public Database|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|language=cs|date=2022}}

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• Harrachov (503)
• Mýtiny (16)
• Nový Svět (788)
• Ryžoviště (39)

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File:Mumlavský vodopád - z mostku.JPG

Harrachov is located about {{convert|18|km}} east of Jablonec nad Nisou, on the border with Poland. It lies in the Giant Mountains. The highest point is the mountain Luboch at {{convert|1296|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level. Part of the municipal territory belongs to Krkonoše National Park.

The Mumlava River flows through the town. Its confluence with the Jizera is situated on the municipal border. On the Mumlava there is the Mumlava Waterfall, the biggest and one of the most famous waterfalls in the Czech Republic. It has a flow rate of 800 L/s and a height of {{cvt|8.9|m|ft|abbr=on}}.{{cite web |title=Nejvyšší a největší vodopády ČR|url=https://www.rekordy-prirody.cz/nejvyssi-a-nejvetsi-vodopady-cr/|work=Rekordy přírody|language=cs|date=2017-06-07|access-date=2025-02-05}}

{{Weather box

|location = Harrachov, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1961–present

|metric first = Y

|single line = Y

|collapsed = Y

|Jan record high C = 10.9

|Feb record high C = 14.9

|Mar record high C = 20.0

|Apr record high C = 27.0

|May record high C = 28.6

|Jun record high C = 32.7

|Jul record high C = 33.6

|Aug record high C = 34.1

|Sep record high C = 31.0

|Oct record high C = 23.7

|Nov record high C = 17.5

|Dec record high C = 11.4

|year record high C = 34.1

|Jan high C = 0.4

|Feb high C = 1.8

|Mar high C = 5.5

|Apr high C = 11.8

|May high C = 16.6

|Jun high C = 19.6

|Jul high C = 21.6

|Aug high C = 21.6

|Sep high C = 16.5

|Oct high C = 11.1

|Nov high C = 5.2

|Dec high C = 0.8

|year high C = 11.0

|Jan mean C = -2.9

|Feb mean C = -2.0

|Mar mean C = 0.7

|Apr mean C = 5.6

|May mean C = 10.8

|Jun mean C = 14.1

|Jul mean C = 15.8

|Aug mean C = 15.2

|Sep mean C = 10.8

|Oct mean C = 6.6

|Nov mean C = 2.1

|Dec mean C = -2.0

|year mean C = 6.2

|Jan low C = -5.8

|Feb low C = -5.4

|Mar low C = -3.0

|Apr low C = 0.6

|May low C = 5.3

|Jun low C = 8.7

|Jul low C = 10.5

|Aug low C = 10.0

|Sep low C = 6.5

|Oct low C = 3.1

|Nov low C = -0.6

|Dec low C = -4.5

|year low C = 2.1

|Jan record low C = -27.7

|Feb record low C = -24.0

|Mar record low C = -23.0

|Apr record low C = -13.9

|May record low C = -6.0

|Jun record low C = -3.5

|Jul record low C = 0.2

|Aug record low C = -0.5

|Sep record low C = -5.0

|Oct record low C = -10.1

|Nov record low C = -18.6

|Dec record low C = -23.0

|year record low C = -27.7

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 128.4

|Feb precipitation mm = 104.9

|Mar precipitation mm = 109.0

|Apr precipitation mm = 60.1

|May precipitation mm = 88.7

|Jun precipitation mm = 109.0

|Jul precipitation mm = 129.0

|Aug precipitation mm = 115.2

|Sep precipitation mm = 97.5

|Oct precipitation mm = 97.7

|Nov precipitation mm = 101.0

|Dec precipitation mm = 133.0

|year precipitation mm = 1273.2

|Jan snow cm = 85.2

|Feb snow cm = 77.7

|Mar snow cm = 59.2

|Apr snow cm = 15.5

|May snow cm = 1.0

|Jun snow cm = 0.0

|Jul snow cm = 0.0

|Aug snow cm = 0.0

|Sep snow cm = 0.2

|Oct snow cm = 6.3

|Nov snow cm = 39.9

|Dec snow cm = 84.8

|year snow cm = 369.8

|humidity colour = green

|Jan humidity = 88.6

|Feb humidity = 85.4

|Mar humidity = 82.9

|Apr humidity = 77.2

|May humidity = 76.2

|Jun humidity = 77.6

|Jul humidity = 78.5

|Aug humidity = 80.2

|Sep humidity = 84.5

|Oct humidity = 86.3

|Nov humidity = 89.8

|Dec humidity = 90.6

|year humidity = 83.1

|Jan sun = 38.5

|Feb sun = 62.1

|Mar sun = 115.3

|Apr sun = 170.0

|May sun = 173.0

|Jun sun = 187.1

|Jul sun = 203.0

|Aug sun = 197.1

|Sep sun = 147.0

|Oct sun = 97.2

|Nov sun = 49.8

|Dec sun = 36.5

|year sun = 1476.5

|source 1 = Czech Hydrometeorological Institute{{cite web |title=Teplota vzduchu v jednotlivé kalendářní dny|url=https://www.envidata.cz/dataAnalysis/meteoKlima/T.php?ID=P2HARR01&type=graphMD|publisher=Czech Hydrometeorological Institute|language=cs|access-date=2024-09-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910221613/https://www.envidata.cz/dataAnalysis/meteoKlima/T.php?ID=P2HARR01&type=graphMD|archive-date=2024-09-10}}{{cite web |title=Průměrná teplota vzduchu v jednotlivé měsíce v jednotlivé roky|url=https://www.envidata.cz/dataAnalysis/meteoKlima/T.php?ID=P2HARR01&type=graphMY|publisher=Czech Hydrometeorological Institute|language=cs|access-date=2024-09-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910221435/https://www.envidata.cz/dataAnalysis/meteoKlima/T.php?ID=P2HARR01&type=graphMY|archive-date=2024-09-10}}{{cite web |title=Srážkové úhrny v jednotlivé měsíce v jednotlivé roky|url=https://www.envidata.cz/dataAnalysis/meteoKlima/R.php?ID=P2HARR01&type=graphMY|publisher=Czech Hydrometeorological Institute|language=cs|access-date=2024-09-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910223124/https://www.envidata.cz/dataAnalysis/meteoKlima/R.php?ID=P2HARR01&type=graphMY|archive-date=2024-09-10}}{{cite web |title=Množství nového sněhu v jednotlivé měsíce v jednotlivé roky|url=https://www.envidata.cz/dataAnalysis/meteoKlima/N.php?ID=P2HARR01&type=graphMY|publisher=Czech Hydrometeorological Institute|language=cs|access-date=2024-09-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910223342/https://www.envidata.cz/dataAnalysis/meteoKlima/N.php?ID=P2HARR01&type=graphMY|archive-date=2024-09-10}}{{cite web |title=Průměrná relativní vlhkost vzduchu v jednotlivé měsíce v jednotlivé roky|url=https://www.envidata.cz/dataAnalysis/meteoKlima/H.php?ID=P2HARR01&type=graphMY|publisher=Czech Hydrometeorological Institute|language=cs|access-date=2024-09-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910223527/https://www.envidata.cz/dataAnalysis/meteoKlima/H.php?ID=P2HARR01&type=graphMY|archive-date=2024-09-10}}{{cite web |title=Délka slunečního svitu v jednotlivé měsíce v jednotlivé roky|url=https://www.envidata.cz/dataAnalysis/meteoKlima/S.php?ID=P2HARR01&type=graphMY|publisher=Czech Hydrometeorological Institute|language=cs|access-date=2024-09-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910223645/https://www.envidata.cz/dataAnalysis/meteoKlima/S.php?ID=P2HARR01&type=graphMY|archive-date=2024-09-10}}}}

Harrachov was established in the 17th century, after a glassworks was founded in the area of Ryžoviště, and originally was called just Dörf (German for "little village"). During the rule of Count Ferdinand Bonaventura Harrach (1701–1706), the settlement was renamed Harrachsdorf in his honor. The first written mention of Harrachov is from 1720. After a glassworks was founded also in the area of Nový Svět in 1711, the importance of Harrachov grew. The settlements of Nový Svět and Ryžoviště were founded around the glassworks in the mid-18th century.{{cite web |title=Územní plán Harrachov|url=https://www.harrachov.cz/modules/file_storage/download.php?file=113e7c80%7C99&inline=1|publisher=Město Harrachov|pages=119–120|language=cs|access-date=2022-11-07}}

Since the end of the 19th century, Harrachov has been known for its glass production, textile industry, and mining. At the beginning of the 20th century, industrial production was bolstered by the construction of a cog railway line between Bohemian Tanvald via the Izera railway down to Silesian Hirschberg (present-day Jelenia Góra).

After World War II, the Silesian lands in the north fell to the Polish People's Republic according to the Potsdam Agreement and the border was closed. The German population was expelled and its property seized according to the Beneš decrees.

In 1958, the Communist governments of Czechoslovakia and Poland arranged a territorial exchange. Since the railway station located here was unusable for Poland after the interruption of cross-border traffic (the line to Jelenia Góra returned to Czechoslovak territory in a short section) and the local small settlements were almost inaccessible from the Polish side, the territories was exchanged. Czechoslovakia acquired the area around former Strickerhäuser ({{langx|pl|Tkacze}}, present-day Mýtiny). Poland was compensated by land in western Giant Mountains. In this way Harrachov acquired a railway station.

In 1921, the originally independent municipalities of Nový Svět and Rýžoviště joined Harrachov. In 1961, Mýtiny joined Harrachov.{{cite web |title=Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011|url=https://csu.gov.cz/docs/107508/10218bfa-fa30-486a-a4ab-4cd1eceacacd/13008415abc.pdf|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|pages=352, 386, 494|language=cs|date=2015-12-21}}

From 1 January 2021, Harrachov is no longer a part of Semily District and belongs to Jablonec nad Nisou District.{{cite web |title=Obecně o novém zákonu č. 51/2020 Sb.|url=https://www.mvcr.cz/clanek/obecne-o-novem-zakonu-c-51-2020-sb.aspx|website=mvcr.cz|publisher=Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic|language=cs|access-date=2021-05-22}}

{{historical populations

|align=none|cols=3

|1869|1788

|1880|1945

|1890|1750

|1900|1762

|1910|1656

|1921|1410

|1930|1731

|1950|2013

|1961|1282

|1970|1249

|1980|1428

|1991|1667

|2001|1757

|2011|1643

|2021|1346

|source=Censuses{{cite web |title=Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/historicky-lexikon-obci-1869-az-2015|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|language=cs|date=2015-12-21}}{{cite web |title=Population Census 2021: Population by sex|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4429&katalog=33515&pvo=SLD21001-OB-OK|work=Public Database|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|date=2021-03-27}}}}

File:Harrachov-Mytiny.jpg

The I/10 road (part of the European route E65 from Prague) passes through the town.

Harrachov is located on the railway line from Liberec to Szklarska Poręba.

There are three borders crossings with Poland: the railway crossing Harrachov / Jakuszyce, the road border crossing Harrachov / Jakuszyce, and the pedestrian border crossing Harrachov / Polana Jakuszycka.

Harrachov is one of the most popular Czech ski resorts including the internationally used Čerťák ski jumping hill (including flying hill); several winter sport events take place in Harrachov regularly. The whole region is increasingly important for alpine tourism in Central Europe.

File:Harrachov kostel.jpg

The most valuable building is the glass factory, founded in 1712. It is one of the longest-running glassworks in Bohemia that still uses most of the uniquely preserved historical machinery, which makes it an important technical monument. Its best-preserved part is the grinding plant, which is protected as a national cultural monument.{{cite web |title=Sklárna|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/sklarna-16139390|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2023-11-02}}

The main landmark of Harrachov is the Church of Saint Wenceslaus. It was built in the Neoclassical style in 1822–1828, on the site of a chapel from 1730 and a wooden church from 1788. The local glass factory took part in the decoration. The interior is equipped with a glass altar.{{cite web |title=Kostel sv. Václava|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/kostel-sv-vaclava-17733475|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2023-11-02}}

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in the Czech Republic}}

Harrachov is twinned with:{{cite web |title=O městě|url=https://www.harrachov.cz/mesto-harrachov/o-meste/|publisher=Město Harrachov|language=cs|access-date=2022-11-07}}

• {{flagicon|CZE}} Frenštát pod Radhoštěm, Czech Republic

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• {{official|https://www.harrachov.cz/}}
• [http://info.harrachov.cz/en/ Official tourist portal]

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