Jablonné v Podještědí is a town in Liberec District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,700 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
Villages and towns parts of Česká Ves, Heřmanice v Podještědí, Kněžice, Lada v Podještědí, Lvová, Markvartice, Petrovice, Pole, Postřelná, Valdov and Zámecká are administrative parts of Jablonné v Podještědí.
History
Until 1918, the town was part of the Austrian monarchy (Austria side after the compromise of 1867), head of the Gabel District (later Gabel bei Niemes), one of the 94 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Bohemia. In 1918, it became a part of independent Czechoslovakia.
In 1938, Jablonné was ceded to Nazi Germany as a result of the Munich Agreement. Until 1945, it was administered as a part of the Regierungsbezirk Aussig of Reichsgau Sudetenland. In May 1945, after the liberation of Czechoslovakia, it returned under Czechoslovak administration.
Notable people
- Karl von Ergert (1795–1865), Austrian military officer
- Josef Johann Mann (1804–1889), entomologist
- Franz Ergert (1858–1931), Austrian industrialist
- Wenzel Bürger (1869–1946), German architect
- Alfred Gürtler (1875–1933), Austrian economist and politician
- Hildegard Neumann (1919–2010), Nazi officer
- Gert Willner (1940–2000), German politician
