Sloup

This lithography from 1898 shows the Poustevnický kámen (Hermite-rock) (right), the former roadside inn Fichtelschenke (upper left) and the ravine Modlivý důl near Svojkov (upper left).
This picture postcard of Sloup from 1906 shows the Poustevnický kámen (Hermite-rock) (upper right), the former roadside inn Fichtelschenke (lower left) and the ravine Modlivý důl near Svojkov (upper right).
This picture postcard from 1917 shows an overall view of the village of Sloup as seen from the look-out rock Na Stráži. The hills on the horizon are: Pěnkavčí vrch, Luž, Pomahačův vrch near Radvanec village, Strážný, Zelený vrch near Cvikov and Hvozd.
On this picture postcard you see the northern part of the village of Sloup with the profile of the Klíč-hill on the background.
This picture postcard from 1913 shows the central part of the village of Sloup with the church of St. Catherine (left) and the castle of count Kinsky. The marked peak in the background is the Klíč-hill.
This picture postcard shows the central part of the village of Sloup with the houses below the church of St. Catherine. In teh background there is the Klíč hill.
This picture postcard from 1900 shows the central part of the village of Sloup with the church of St. Catherine (left), the schoolhouse and the houses surrounding the castle (right).
This picture postcard shows the central part of Sloup village as seen from a hilll on the path to the chapel Záhořínská kaple.
This picture postcard shows the elevated place in the centre of the village with the church of St. Catherine and the castle of the family of count Kinsky. To the right of the church there is the school, to the left behind the trees the presbytery and behind of it the former seignorial hotel.
This picture postcard of the village Sloup shows the houses in the valley below the church of St. Catherine.
This picture postcard from 1912 shows at the top the church of St. Catherine with the school, at the bottom to the right the Kinsky's castle and to the left the nearby seignorial hotel are shown.
This postcard from between World wars 1st and 2nd shows the park at the church with the column dedicated to the Virgin Mary then standing in its centre. In the background there is the school building.
On this picture postcard from 1910 there is the rear front of the castle with the excellent park with the fountain with the sculpture of Neptun by Anton Max in its centre.
On this picture postcard you see the castle of Sloup which since its foudation between 1730 and 1735 till the end of World War 2nd was owned by the family of count Kinsky.
On this picture postcard from the beginning of the 20th century there are the buildings around the castle with the seignorial hotel in the foreground.
This picture postcard without date shows the seignorial hotel of count Kinsky opened in 1873. At present there is also a restaurant in the building.
On this picture postcard from 1916 you see the former restaurant „Waldheim“ at Sloup the house of which till today stands at the road to Nový Bor.
This picture postcard shows the bridge with the sculptures of St. Rosalie and of St.John of Nepomuk on the road to Cvikov. Of the depicted houses only the last one in the left background survived, its look-out, however, had been substantially changed.
This picture postcard from the end of the 19th century shows the houses standing along the road leading to the present parish council. In the background are seen the tower of the church and the schoolhouse.
On this picture postcard from the end of the 19th century the houses along of the southern side of the road to Cvikov are shown. In the background there is the Klíč hill.
This picture postcard shows the southern end of the village Sloup with the rock tower of the Poustevnický kámen (Hermite-rock).

On this picture postcard from the years between the World Wars there is the rock tower formerly named Poustevnický kámen (Hermite-rock) (at the top) and the barocque castle of count Kinsky´s family which got its present appearance in the twenties of the 19th century under count Karel Kinský (below).
On this picture postcard from 1909 the avenue of lime trees with the chapel of St. John Nepomuk is shown which since 1795 was used by the Kinsky-family as family vault. At present it is in a highly wretched state.
This picture postcard shows the small houses standing on the foot of the rock cliff Na Stráži along of the path leading to the open-air theatre, the former main road of the village.

On this picture postcard you see the former inn Fichtelschenke at the southern edge of Sloup village on the road to Svojkov, originally constructed in 1801.
This picture postcard from 1898 shows the former Fichtelschenke-inn at the road to Svojkov. In the background there is the rock tower of the Poustevnický kámen (Hermite-rock).
This picture postcard shows the former Fichtelschenke-inn in its original shape before its enlargement.
On this picture postcard from the years between World war 1st and 2nd there is the wayside inn Fichtelschenke already with its newer extension. At present it is serving as a guest-house.
On this picture postcard from about 1910 you see the former wayside inn Fichtelschenke the buillding of which still stands at the edge of the woodland on the road to Svojkov.
This photograph from around 1940 shows the house of the family of the famous barocque sculptors Max at Sloup with the memorial plaque of Josef and Emanuel Max.