Chrastava: Hotels and accommodations

Chrastava combines concrete insights into local history with cultural sights, cycling routes, and destinations in the surrounding area. The Městské muzeum presents visitors with the older and more recent history of Chrastava and its surroundings. The Městské muzeum also includes a mini-gallery with regularly changing exhibitions.

Culture and history

The Chrastavské sklepení presents the past of Chrastava and local legends in a hand-painted exhibition. The Vodní náhon water canal and the associated area of the old mill were designated immovable monuments in 2013. In 2021, a new visitor exhibition was established in the Vodní náhon area, in the former area of an old mill. The area is freely accessible; visitors can obtain the key at the information centre in exchange for a deposit of CZK 100.

The Muzeum historické hasičské techniky displays hand-operated and motorised fire pumps. Its collection includes a wooden fire pump from 1778. The museum is located on Bílokostelecká Street in T. G. Masaryk Park and is described as the second-largest museum of its kind in the Czech Republic.

Führichův dům was built in 1802 and is a state-protected half-timbered monument. The second floor houses a small museum about the life and work of Josef Führich. The Church of St. Lawrence is a Neo-Gothic building on a low hill above Chrastava; it contains an original organ.

Other historic buildings include an Art Nouveau metal bridge over the Jeřice, which is considered a state-protected technical monument, as well as the Baroque sandstone fountain from 1707 in the centre of the square in Chrastava. A Baroque Marian column, also known as a plague column, dating from 1732 stands near the square.

Paths and routes

The “PROJÍŽĎKA po památkách CHRASTAVY” cycling tour is an easy bike ride of just under 8 km. The cycling route from Chrastava to Kryštofovo Údolí is 9 km long, or 21 km as a circular route returning to Chrastava. It follows cycling routes 14, 20, and 21 to the area below the ruins of Hamrštejn Castle.

The third stage of Stezka Českem in the Liberec region begins at Chrastava railway station.

Nearby area

In the vicinity of Chrastava, the hand-operated ferry crosses the Lusatian Neisse and is accessible year-round. Also nearby, Výhledy has a birdwatching lookout point.

In the vicinity of Chrastava, the surrounding wall, the remains of two towers, and the walls of the residential building still survive at Hamrštejn. The ruins of Hamrštejn Castle are located 200 metres uphill along a forest path from Machnín Hrad railway station.

Other places

Dolni Rasnice, Vselibice, Janovice V Podještědí, Křižany, Žďárek, Hlavice, Fojtka and Chotyně

To the higher-level travel overview: Liberec District.