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Chrastava

Liberec Region, Czechia · Europe

About Chrastava

Chrastava is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Stráž nad Nisou, 35km from Bohemian Paradise.

Chrastava is in Liberec Region, Czechia, with about 6,100 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Stráž nad Nisou, about 5 km away.

Chrastava (Czech pronunciation: [ˈxrastava]; German: Kratzau) is a town in Liberec District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,300 inhabitants. Chrastava town is located at the confluence of the Lusatian Neisse and Jeřice rivers and is known as an industrial town.

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What is there to see near Chrastava?

Within an hour or so of Chrastava: Jested Tower (9 km), Czocha Castle (33 km), Panská skála (34 km), Bohemian Paradise (35 km).

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The nearest famous roads are Road of a Hundred Bends.

Where is Chrastava?

Chrastava is in Liberec Region, Czechia, about 5 km from Stráž nad Nisou.

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Quick Information

Population
6,051
Continent
Europe
Country
Czechia
Region
Liberec Region
Timezone
Europe/Prague
Coordinates
50.8169, 14.9688

Emergency & Services

Essential numbers in Czechia

Police
158
Ambulance
155
Fire
150
All emergencies
112
Driving side
right

Motorway vignette required. Zero alcohol limit for drivers.

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Worth the detour from Chrastava

8 notable places within an hour's drive.

scenic viewpoint

Jested Tower

A rocket-shaped 1970s hotel and TV tower crowning the 1,012 m summit above Liberec, reached by a twisting mountain road with sweeping views over Bohemia: an icon of Czech modernist architecture.

9 km · about 20 min drive

castle

Czocha Castle

A turreted medieval castle above a reservoir near the German border, full of secret passages and legends.

33 km · about 40 min drive

photogenic

Panská skála

Bohemia's oldest protected geological site (1933): a hillside of hexagonal basalt columns up to 12 m tall arranged like organ pipes, right beside the road at Kamenický Šenov. Famous from the Czech fairy-tale film Three Wishes for Cinderella.

34 km · about 40 min drive

national park

Bohemian Paradise

Protected landscape of sandstone rock towns, gorges and ruined castles northeast of Prague, threaded by narrow scenic country roads.

35 km · about 40 min drive

landmark

Görlitz Old Town

Germany's easternmost city, a stunningly preserved jumble of Gothic, Renaissance and baroque facades nicknamed 'Görliwood'.

38 km · about 45 min drive

national park

Bohemian Switzerland National Park

A mesmerizing landscape of deep gorges, towering sandstone pillars, and dense forests in the Czech-German borderlands along the Elbe River.

45 km · about 50 min drive

national park

Krkonose National Park

Czechia's oldest national park along the Polish border, with high moorland, the source of the Elbe and mountain roads to Spindleruv Mlyn.

46 km · about 55 min drive

natural wonder

Pravčická Gate

The largest natural sandstone arch in Europe, standing majestically in the heart of Bohemian Switzerland National Park.

49 km · about 55 min drive

Driving roads near Chrastava

  • Right hereJested TowerA rocket-shaped 1970s hotel and TV tower crowning the 1,012 m summit above Liberec, reached by a twisting mountain road with sweeping views over Bohemia: an icon of Czech modernist architecture.
  • 55 kmSnezkaCzechia's highest peak in the Krkonose, reached by chairlift and ridge trails with views into Poland.
  • 55 kmSniezkaHighest peak of the Karkonosze range at 1603 metres on the Polish-Czech border, topped by a distinctive disc-shaped meteorological observatory.

Driving in Czech Republic

Drives on
the right
Petrol
~€1.48/litre
Motorway tolls
None
Vignette
Required, around €11 for a short-stay sticker

When to drive here

April to October

Nearby Destinations

Other places to explore near Chrastava.

Liberec

🇨🇿 Czechia

8 km awayPop. 102,951

Hrádek nad Nisou

🇨🇿 Czechia

10 km awayPop. 8,001

Bogatynia

🇵🇱 Poland

10 km awayPop. 16,460

Frýdlant

🇨🇿 Czechia

14 km awayPop. 7,379

Zittau

🇩🇪 Germany

14 km awayPop. 25,286

Kurort Oybin

🇩🇪 Germany

16 km awayPop. 1,617

Jablonec nad Nisou

🇨🇿 Czechia

18 km awayPop. 46,209

Großhennersdorf

🇩🇪 Germany

23 km away

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