Chrastava
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Chrastava (German: ) is a town in northern Bohemia in the Czech Republic about 10 km northwest of the region capital Liberec. The town is situated on Jeřice (German: ) brook near to its confluence with Lužická Nisa (German: ) river. Chrastava is surrounded by hills of the Ještěd Mountains (Czech: , German: ) and more distant Jizera Mountains (Czech: , German: ).
The town Chrastava was first mentioned in 1351 as Craczavia.
Natives from Chrastava
- Joseph von Führich (1800 - 1876), painter
- Theodor Körner (1873 - 1957, his family lived in Chrastava although he was born in Komárno), President of Austria 1951-1957
- Willi Sitte (1921), painter
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