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The town of Varnsdorf (approx. 14,800 inhabitants) is the second largest town in the Děčín district and the largest town in the Šluknov region. It is surrounded on three sides by the border with the Federal Republic of Germany. Since 2003 it has been a town with a municipal authority and a municipality with extended competence.

The town has an industrial, but also a garden character. The original scattered village layout is still visible, forming a unique urban complex. In 1849, the largest village of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was formed by the merger of a number of small settlements, and 19 years later it was declared a town. Since 1980 the village of Studánka has been administratively attached to Varnsdorf.

Don't miss during your visit:

  • The Baroque Church of St. Peter and Paul, where the first complete liturgical premiere of Beethoven's Missa solemnis was performed in 1830,
  • the Church of St. Charles of Bohemia, called the "church without a tower" because of the special end of the tower. Tours of the interior of both churches can be arranged at the Dean's Office on Nám. E. Beneš 471,
  • Old Catholic Church - the Old Catholic Church with the bishopric in Varnsdorf was founded as a protest against the declaration of the infallibility of the Pope,
  • The red glazed brick church from 1904 is built in the Neo-Gothic style, currently undergoing extensive reconstruction,
  • the Church of St Francis of Assisi (Studánka) - a highly visible pseudo-Romanesque church dating from 1872,
  • Hrádek - a 29 m high lookout tower from 1904 provides a magnificent circular view with the Lusatian Mountains in the background.

Other possibilities

  • Culture.
  • Sport: swimming pool with sauna and water slide, sports hall, football field with artificial turf, athletics stadium with artificial track, ice rink, tennis courts, fitness...
  • Hiking: for cross-border hiking, the road crossings to Seifhennersdorf and Groβschönau, the railway connections to Seifhennersdorf and Zittau as well as the hiking trail to Seifhennersdorf on Border Guard Street can be used.

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