Šluknov

Šluknov is the northernmost town of the Czech Republic in its Ústí nad Labem Region. It lies in the geografic region that shares its name, the Šluknov Hook (Schluckenauer Zipfel; Böhmisches Niederland), a small portion of Bohemia which lies between Saxon Switzerland (Sächsische Schweiz) and the Zittau Hills (Zittauer Gebirge). The district of Rožany (Rosenhain) has a border crosing to Sohland an der Spree. It is situated at 347 m above sea level and, as of January 1, 2005, it had a population of 5741.HistoryEarly historyDuring the middle of the 14th Century, on the site of the city, a Slavic settlement named Slanknov was established by the noble family of Berka z Dubé. The family's coat of arms is, to this day, the inescutcheon in the city's coat of arms.Schluckenau was struck, in 1710 and 1830, by two large city fires. In 1813, the city was plundered by a 200,000 man army during the Napoleonic wars.Until 1918, SCHLUKENAU (Schluckenau since the end of the 19th century) was part of the Austrian monarchy (Austria side after the compromise of 1867), head of the district of the same name, one of the 94 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Bohemia.