Tajemné stezky - Krajinou Jizerských hor – Koláček Luboš Y. (2013)

Let yourself be guided through the Landscape of the Jizera Mountains – a piece of land with beautiful nature, rich history, a land of legends, tales, and real stories of local people... Here you might come across traces of the brilliant designer Ferdinand Porsche, the infamous Sudeten German politician, future SS Obergruppenführer Konrád Henlein, or the local Doctor Faust - the magical physician Jan Josef Antonín Eleazar Kittel. The famous noble families of Redern, Clam-Gallas, and Valdštejn have left their marks here, and entire dynasties of successful entrepreneurs – Liebig, Riedl, and many others – have co-created this landscape. Together with the author, a lover of this region, Luboš Y. Koláček, you will visit the great towns in the foothills, local castles and chateaus, giant barrels in Javorník or Libverda, and ascend to the highest peaks of the Ještěd Ridge and the Jizera Mountains. From the observation towers in Černá Studnice, Bramberk, Královec, Slovanka, or Smrk, you can overlook the entire beautiful Pojizeří. And also, if you are lucky, you will see fairies dancing above the surface of the marshy ponds at Čihadla, luring careless pilgrims into their nets. Please step inside.