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The best-preserved part of Frýdštejn Castle is a cylindrical tower 15 metres high and 9 metres wide.

Culture and history

Frýdštejn Castle was probably founded by the Bibrštejn family in the second half of the 14th century. After the surviving masonry had been secured, the castle was opened to the public in the 1990s.

Below the castle stands a simple sandstone chapel from 1823, built in the folk Baroque style. The chapel “Kaple Krista Trpitele” was added to the list of cultural monuments on 3 May 1958. It currently contains votive paintings, a statue of the Infant Jesus on the altar, and a replica of the statue of the Suffering Christ.

Landscape

The tower of Frýdštejn Castle offers a view of the surrounding picturesque landscape of Maloskalsko. The area around Frýdštejn includes Maršovicky Hill, Černá Studnice Hill, Pustina Hill, and Valdštejn Church. The wider regional surroundings of Frýdštejn also include Ještěd Hill and the Chapel of the Holy Trinity.

Paths and historical traces

A 12-kilometre section of the Golden Trail leads from Turnov via Drábovna and Frýdštejn Castle to Malá Skála. The former forge in Frýdštejn stands at a strategic crossroads of the former carriers’ road and the Saxon road.

More local pages: Großhammer, Radschitz, Marschowitz, Wlastiborsch, Johannesberg I. Isergebirge, Sassadel, Plaw, Gablonz An Der Neiße.

To the higher-level travel overview: Okres Jablonec Nad Nisou.