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Smědá River (Wittig)

Smědá River (Wittig)

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Smědá River (Wittig)

Name: Smědá River (Wittig)
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Location: Liberecký kraj, Northeast, Czech Republic

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1. Frýdlant Castle and Chateau – Frýdlant Town Hall loop from Frýdlant

11.9km

03:17

200m

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2. Frýdlant Town Hall – Frýdlant Castle and Chateau loop from Frýdlant

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01:56

80m

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3. Stržový Vrch – Hřib Rock Formation loop from Frýdlant

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05:18

430m

Expert hike. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required.

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Uwe Drescher

October 21, 2023

The Wittig arises at the Wittighaus (Horská chata Smědava) in the Czech Jizera Mountains at an altitude of 847 m through the confluence of three spring streams.
According to the Treaty of Vienna in 1815, the Wittig formed the border between the Saxon and Prussian parts of Upper Lusatia, i.e. the border between Saxony and Silesia. Until 1871, east of Wanscha (Spytków) lay the border triangle between the kingdoms of Saxony and Prussia and the Austrian Empire. After the end of the Second World War, the German section of the Wittig became part of Poland in 1945 when the German-Polish border was moved to the Neisse. In the course of the construction of the Niedów reservoir, the border between Poland and Czechoslovakia was regulated in the 1950s. The unsettled tip of land on the left of the Wittig, which belonged to Ves and which protruded into Polish territory between Spytków and the Zawidów (Seidenberg) train station as far as Wilka, was ceded to Poland and later largely flooded. The course of the Boreček and Wittig streams was established as the new state border.

The former royal Fräuleinstift Joachimstein is located on an artificial island in the area where the Wittig flows into the Neisse. The monastery, which belonged to Saxony until 1945 and since then to Poland, enjoyed a special status. Unused after 1945, the buildings fell into disrepair and have been renovated since 2003.

On August 7, 2010, after heavy rain, the dam wall of the dam burst and led to a flood wave into the Neisse

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1. Frýdlant Castle and Chateau – Frýdlant Town Hall loop from Frýdlant

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3. Stržový Vrch – Hřib Rock Formation loop from Frýdlant

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