Krásná Lípa

Lithographies and overall views

This lithography from the end of the 19th century shows the southeastern part of the market-place with the monumental school building in the background. On the small pictures on the right side you see the church of St. Maria Magdalena and the lookout tower on the peak of the Vlčí hora-hill, on the upper left side the rocks in the valley Kyjovské údolí and below it an overall view of the town from the west.
This picture postcard shows the centre of the town with the church of St. Maria Magdalena from the southeast. Over the town you see the conspicuous building of the hospital and on the horizn to the left rises the Vlčí hora-hill with its look-out tower.
On this picture postcard we see the centre of the town with the dominating church of St. Maria Magdalena standing above the market-place. In the foreground there is the representative building of the former savings bank.
This picture postcard shows the southeastern corner of the market-place with the adjacent part of the town along of the road to Chřibská. In the background the pool Cimrák (the former Viebigteich) is seen and the whole is topped by the peaks of the Lužické hory (Lusatian mountains) with the dominating Jedlová-hill (left).
This picture postcard from the years before World War One shows the eastern part of the town as seen from the tower of the church of St. Maria Magdalena. On the right side we see the northeast corner of the market-place, the point where the road to Rumburk starts.
This picture postcard shows the houses in the valley of the Křinice-brook in the west of the market place. On the hill to the right there is the area of the former Calvary on the Kostelní vrch (Church-hill) with the Stations of the Cross, the prominent building in the background is the hospital.
This picture postcard from 1931 shows the lower part of Krásná Lípa in the valley of the Křinice-brook as seen from the hill near the Fibichovo údolí-valley. In the left side of the background the Dymník hill is seen.

Square

On this picture postcard from about 1912 we see the northeastern corner of the market-place with the pronounced building of the former municipiality. In the house to the left of it was then the Post office and the restaurant „Zur Post“, and on the right side you see a part of the restaurant „Deutsches Haus“.
This picture postcard shows the view of the southeastern corner of the market-place as seen from the tower of the church of St. Maria Magdalena. On the left side we see the great building of the former municipality and next to it the representative hotel „Deutsches Haus“. The small house with the arcades is the oldest house of the town and since 1995 it is the site of a small regional museum. The prominent building among the houses behind the market-place is the schoolhouse.
On this picture postcard from the turn of the 19th and 20th century we see the northwestern corner of the market-place with church of St. Maria Magdalena. The houses under the church had then arcades, in the one at the right side there was the restaurant „Zum Rathaus“ (in German: town-hall). The great framework house with its half-timbered floor at the corner of the market-place was built after 1739 on the place of the former municipality and stood here until 1904 when it was demolished.
This picture postcard shows the northwestern corner of the market-place in the end of the 30s of the 20th century. Instead of the old house on the corner we already see the newly built house with the pharmacy and the restaurant „Zum Rathaus“ is replaced by the building of the Commercial and Industrial bank. The neighbouring house partially retained its original character, only the arcades were replaced by shops. On the hill over the market-place there is the baroque church of St. Maria Magdalena and the presbytery.
On this picture postcard we see the northeastern part of the market-place with the monumental building of the post-office at its right corner. In the foreground there is the stone fountain with the Austria-statue by L. Zimmer which some time around 1947 had been removed.
This picture postcard from the first years of the 20th century shows the eastern side of the market-place with the great building of the then municipal authority and the hotel „Deutsches Haus“ the appearance of which was later thorougly changed by later reconstructions.
On this picture postcard we see the former Wiesner's restaurant an the southern side of the market-place which after World War Two together with its neighbour was demolished.

This picture postcard from the turn of the 19th and 20th century shows the northwestern corner of the market-place together with the church of St. Maria Magdalena built from 1754 to 1758.

Streets and open areas

On this picture postcard from 1917 we see the church of St. Mary Magdalene with the wooded Kostelní vrch (Church-hill) where between 1857 and 1859 a small chapel and the Stations of the Cross had been built. Over the houses in the foreground raises the former Dittrich's villa.
This picture postcard shows the Kyjovská ulice-street. The three houses in the foreground are yet standing, but the great building in the background no more exists.
This picture postcard from the beginning of the 20th century shows the former Chřibská-Street leading from the market place to the south towards Rybniště and Chřibská.
On this picture postcard from the 30es of the 20th century we see the beginning of the road leading from the market place to Chřibská. In front of the church of St. Mary Magdalene on the left side projects the already demolished house of Wiesner's inn into the picture.
This picture postcard from the years around 1910 shows the beginning of the street which starts on the place in the direction to Rumburk. The picture is dominated by the great building of the post-office with the restaurant and the tower of the church of St. Maria Magdalena.
On this picture postcard from about 1920 you see the street named at present Masarykova ulice with the monumental building of the former savings bank (left). In the background behind the market the church of St. Mary Magdalene is seen.

Important buildings

On this picture postcard from the years after the war the Old Catholic church which formerly stood at the road to Doubice opposite the town park.
This picture postcard from 1903 represents the Neo-Renaissance building of the former savings-bank at the road to Rumburk built from 1899 to 1900. At present it is the seat of the municipal authority and of the post-office.
On this picture postcard from the first half of the 20s of the 20th century we see the building of the hospital which is standing up to now on the northern margin of the town but serves as an old-people's home.
On this picture postcard from 1930 shows the then seniors' house of Karl Dttrich. At present this house is prettily repaired and serves as children's home.
This painted picture postcard by Roman Havelka shows the street leading to Chřibská with the monumental neo-renaissance villa of Elisabeth Hielle-Dittrich built 1885-1887. In the 2nd half of the 20th century the villa was badly neglected and only in 2002 underwent a reconstruction.
On this picture postcard the villa of the important native of Krásná Lípa, the businessman and sponsor Karl Dittrich is seen, which stood immediately under the Kostelní vrch (Church hill). Behind the trees on the right side you see the church of St. Mary Magdalene.
This picture postcard shows the former Baumann's villa, which up to now stands at the northern slope of the valley in the direction to Krásný Buk.
This picture postcard shows the former inn „Stadt Wien“ in the street Kyjovská ulice. The house is standing to the present days, but during its reconstruction it lost almost all of its architectonic details.

This picture postcard shows the former Old Catholic church as seen from the Palme's cross which till present days is standing at the cemetery.
On this picture postcard we see the Old Catholic Messiah church seen from the East. The church was built from 1900 to 1901, after World War Two it came in a state of disrepair and in 1971 it was taken down.
On this picture postcard from the thirties of the 20th century you see the imposing villa in the Prague street in which before World war two there was a teacher's asylum. Later it serves as convalescent's home and at present there is the administration of the National park „Bohemian Switzerland“.
This picture postcard shows the stone lion standing before the entrance into the town park at the road to Doubice. This monument by the sculptor Klemens Gründing had been solemnly enveiled on September 27, 1908 on the occasion of the 60. anniversary of the accession on the throne of Emperor Franz Josef I. and the 60th anniversary of the founding of the local veteran-club.
On this picture postcard from the beginning of the 20th century you see the picturesque small pond in the town park at the road to Doubice built after 1892 by Karl Dittrich.