Nová Ves (Liberec District)

Nová Ves (Neundorf) is a municipality and village in Liberec District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants.

Administrative parts
The villages and hamlets of Mlýnice, Nová Víska and Růžek are administrative parts of Nová Ves.

Geography
Nová Ves is located about 7 km north of Liberec. The southern part of the municipal territory lies in the Zittau Basin, the northern part lies in the Jizera Mountains. The highest point is at 583 m above sea level. The Jeřice River flows through the municipality.

History
The first written mention of Nová Ves is from 1464. The Schwanitz family owned the village from 1498 to 1595, then they sold it to Katharina of Redern. She had built here a church. After the Battle of White Mountain, Nová Ves was acquired by Albrecht von Wallenstein. After that, the village changed several owners in a short period of time. It wasn't until 1712 that the Gallas family bought it and added it to the Liberec estate.

Transport
The I/13 road (the section from Liberec to the Czech-Polish border in Habartice) runs along the eastern municipal border.

Sights
The main landmark of Nová Ves is the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. It was built in 1616–1617. It was modified at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, but kept its Renaissance core.

Notable people

 * Franz Macoun (1881–1951), Sudeten German politician