Jistebsko: Hotels and Accommodation

Jistebsko is a dispersed mountain village with several surviving log houses from the Jizera Mountains. The settlement has been inhabited for more than half a millennium. Its prehistoric mining area dates from 5400 to 4800 BC and consists of extraction pits and processing areas. The stone fragments scattered around the prehistoric mining area of Jistebsko are considered waste from the extraction and production of semi-finished products.

History

Jistebsko burned down in August 1469 and was rebuilt in the second half of the 16th century.

Crafts and Culture

Historic glass-cutting and glassmaking workshops have been preserved in Jistebsko; they are known as “driket”. Ferdinand Posselt founded a small porcelain factory in Jistebsko in 1852, which remained in operation for twenty years. The first glass pressing workshop was established near Kilian Wander’s house at the end of the 1860s. In the early years of the 20th century, several small glass companies operated in Jistebsko.

In nearby Krásná, the Kittel Museum presents exhibitions about Jan Josef Antonín Eleazar Kittel (1704–1783) and his era, folk medicine and herbs, as well as archaeology, including the Neolithic archaeological site of Pěnčín-Jistebsko.

Landscape

Several memorial trees grow in Jistebsko. The “Lípa v Jistebsku” memorial lime tree is listed as a protected tree in the Jistebsko cadastral area; it was designated on 28 September 1989 under AOPK code 102007 and is a large-leaved lime. A small-leaved memorial lime tree approximately 250 years old stands on the road from Krásná to Huť.

Culture and Winter

The chapel in the Jistebsko cadastral area was built in the mid-18th century and was a station on an old pilgrimage route. The Pěnčínská magistrála, a cross-country skiing route system for skating and classical technique in the foothills of the Jizera Mountains, runs through Jistebsko.

Geographical Location

Visitors usually reach Jistebsko via the main road from Železný Brod or from Jablonec nad Nisou.

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For the higher-level travel overview: Okres Jablonec Nad Nisou.