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Rybniště

Originally a scattered village, the settlement as we know it today was founded by the Vchynsky's of Vchynice in 1715 in the place of a dried-up pond. There were some textile works, later glassworks (1873) burnt up during the Second World War.

The watershed of Baltic and Northern Sea goes through the village. The Na sedle settlement drains water from their roofs to the Baltic Sea as well as to the Northern Sea.



The Chapel of the Three Kings with the inscription 1775 stands along the marked tourist path near the European watershed in the area called Na sedle.

This old rod from Krasna Lipa to Chribska,near the road crossing of wood paths the parish chapel was built.

Holiday House of the Czech Brethren.


The St. Joseph church built in Jugendstil of 1912 is the dominant of the village. It was built by Anton Möller from Varnsdorf

 

The Great Lake with an area of 36 ha (the largest water area of the district) is an important ornithological locality where many kinds of birds of passage rest. In 1982 the lake and the glades with protected plants were declared a nature reserve.

 

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