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Railway station Jedlova is a starting point
for tourists and skiers visiting the area around Jedlova
Mountain.
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Jiretin pod Jedlovou cannot be thought
apart from the pilgrimage church on the Holy Cross Mountain
(563 m) built in the 18th century and declared a national
cultural monument in 1969.
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The Tolstejn castle, mentioned as early as
in 1337, was a residential place of the Vartenberks of Duba
and the Schleinitzs, prominent Czech aristicratic families. In
1642 the castle was burnt down by the Swedes and since that
time it has never been reconstructed any more.
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The
mining colony of Jiřetín pod Jedlovou was founded in 1548.
The mining industry was unfortunately never lucrative so
shortly after the foundation of the colony the original
purpose of its existence faded away. Quite recently, in the
last ten years, the community has undergone a period of
unprecedented boom and was even awarded the title Village of
the Year 1998 in the governmental competition of the Country
Renewal Program. Due to the quantity of historical monuments (especially
of the rural architecture) in the village it was declared a
municipal monumental zone in 1992. Jiretin pod Jedlovou is a
whole-year holiday resort of the western part of Lusatia
Mountains.
