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Elbe Sandstone PLA

was announced on 27 June 1972 by the Ministry of Culture No. 4.946/72 - II / 2 on the establishment of the Protected Landscape Area Elbe Sandstones, township Decin and Usti nad Labem, an area of 32,302 hectares after exclusion of the best preserved north of the famous first January 2000 as a National Park Czech Switzerland is the current size of PLA 24.3 thousand hectares.Geographically occupies along with National Park Czech Switzerland, virtually all of the geographic unit Decinska Highlands with the highest peak Decinsky Sneznik - 723 m.It occupies an area north of the Czech Central Mountains around the village Petrovice and Tisa walls to the west over Decin to Chřibská in the east.Natural conditions are the same as in the Czech Switzerland National Park, but denser settlement left its influence in the smaller varieties of fauna and flora.The surface consists of sandstone Cretaceous age.Number of rock formations in the landscape is comparable to the national parks in the U.S. in Arizona and Utah.On the western United States are due to rock formations exposed dry climate, in the Elbe Sandstone are covered with forests.Very valuable, however, preserved folk architecture in the form of wooden houses.

Decin castle

is probably the most popular tourist attraction in the town.Built on a hill near the town centre and overlooking the Labe river, the castle has enjoyed an extremely varied history.It has gone from being a fort during the Seven Years War, to becoming a Renaissance castle in 1673, to turning Baroque after its restoration in 1788.Once the home of Bohemian kings (having been built by order of Premysl king Vaclav III) the castle has since functioned as the administrative centre of the Thuns and even as a military garrison for German and Soviet troops after being handed to the Czechoslovak state in 1932.The castle has inspired both musicians - Chopin wrote his Valse in A flat major here - and artists; Caspar David Friedrich sold his "Tetschen Altar Or Cross In The Mountains" to the Thuns.An unusual feature of the castle is the long, straight-walled road leading up to it, the "Long Ride" (Dlouha jizda).

Czech Switzerland National Park

is one of four national parks of the Czech Republic.Located in the district of Decin between municipalities Hrensko and Chribska and occupies an area on the border with Germany , which separates it from the Saxon Switzerland National Park.The area of the National Park Czech Switzerland belongs to the geomorphologic unit Decin Highlands.The main object of protection is unique rock of the city and tied them to animals and plants.The area is known for its rock formations - towers, gates, walls that stand out above the continuous forest.Notable are also gorges Kamenice and Krinice.For the typical climatic inversion, where cold air accumulates at the bottom of the ravine, where it grows chladnomilne piedmont and mountain species and the above-lying rocks occurring thermophilic communities.The territory has always been trade routes crossed, for the protection of which were built of rock castles.They at times also served as the seat of robbers.

Decin zoo

The zoo was opened in spring 1949. However, was founded a year earlier. Arose from the initiative group of animal lovers, which centered around Podmokly businessman and zoologist Louis Grace. Chosen for her amazing place in beautiful park Shepherd on the wall, where from 1919 - 1925 operated Podmokly Pilzova Forest Theatre Company Theatre, and which in 1936 built the Mountain Club of Czech Switzerland youth hostel.She later became the seat of government zoo and several thermophilic species.Establishment of Zoo preceded the request for the city People's Committee. The proposal was accepted and Decinsti citizens enthusiastically set about building.Everything is built mainly brigadnicky, but often lacked the financial resources and experience. At the time of Decin Zoo is in Czechoslovakia were only four zoos, only two of them were founded before the war.

Decin Town Theatre

Decin Town Theatre is the only theater building in the city.You can find it on the street Teplice, Decin IV (on the left bank of the Elbe, Podmokly district, just a few minutes walk from the city center towards Teplice).In the early 20 century there was built vaudeville.The new owner GF Pilz extension stage and rope in 1918 expanded the possibilities of the hall: in addition to variety artists and dance productions are also screened movies and played theater.There toured German and Czech files, both drama and opera as well.After 1990, Decin theater became an independent city and the existing facilities program medley "is replaced by a professional theater stagionovym operation.In 1995 she began a fundamental transformation of the building in a representative stand of art.In the first phase of reconstruction was completely rebuilt with a new entrance area and the architectural color design front, adjustments also affected significantly elevated stage and auditorium aesthetics.In 1998, completed the second part of reconstruction, which spread primarily social spaces.The original building was created using the foyer as an exhibition hall. Adjacent tract of two buildings (formerly a restaurant and hotel) was connected with the theater building and expanded the space of Chamber Hall, which is not only prestavkovym stray space, but its technical equipment allows holding and experimental chamber music performances and concerts.In 2004, completed the final phase which added a backstage back stage backdrops for the feeding and especially the modern dressing rooms.

Decin History Museum

The first attempt to establish a museum in Decin took place in 1892 the German Association Gewerbeverein Deutscher, whose aim was to open a Museum of Arts with a focus on the model of an existing museum in Liberec.Given the lack sbirkovemu fund the museum for lack of interest to the public after several years, although closed, but private collectors under the leadership of Franz Werner continues to gather collection items, especially antiques, which became the basis for the future of museum collections.In 1908, he managed a local pharmacist Franz Justo convince city council to buy private collections in the price of 2000 K, which represents a decisive step towards the opening of the Municipal Museum, at whose birth was in 1910 and the Society of Friends of Old Decin (Tischgesellschaft Alt-Tatschen).The First World Unikatni pohled do interieru muzea v Hudeckove ulici s War and the postwar situation was interrupted for a long time promising museum activity. In 1929, Count Thun offered a temporary location on collections Decin castle from which they were in 1940 at the instigation of Professor Franz Queisser returned to its original place - the street today Hudeckova in Decin I.During the Second World War, more precisely, in August 1944, the Museum ( as well as all other museums in the country) officially closed.Started a large renovation of attic space and built for them in the depository. Repairs have also been branch in Varnsdorf and partly in Rumburk while Decin museum received a new facade was modified and its courtyard.The park is in the 90 immigrated from St. Florian and St. John of Nepomuk.The museum also expanded its exhibition space - the castle was established Decinsky first exhibition of puppets borrowed from the collections of Milan Knizak (1998 - 2002) and later opened a permanent exhibition of our collections - Castle Armoury, Baroque Art, vista Decin, in 2005 also added Decinsky lock in the changes of time. In 2008, the dream is finally beginning to the general reconstruction Rumburk Museum, whose building is in disrepair.

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