Editing Liberec Region (section)

==Culture==
[[File:Ještěd.jpg|thumbnail|upright|Ještěd Tower]]
The Liberec Region is home to 11 national cultural monuments including [[Bezděz Castle]], [[Dlaskův statek]] in [[Dolánky u Turnova]] and the [[Ještěd Tower]] which transmits television signals as well as being a hotel.<ref name=cultural-monuments>{{cite web|url=http://www.rozhlas.cz/liberec/informacezliberecka/_zprava/liberecky-kraj-zrejme-ziska-dve-nove-narodni-kulturni-pamatky--1296913|title=Liberecký kraj zřejmě získá dvě nové národní kulturní památky|language=cs|work=[[Czech Radio]]|date=28 December 2013|access-date=22 April 2014}}</ref> 2013 saw the proposal of an additional two sites to the list, those being a glass grinding plant in [[Harrachov]] dating from 1895 and the [[Janatův Mlýn]] [[watermill]] in [[Buřany]], [[Jablonec nad Jizerou]] part of which remains from 1767.<ref name=cultural-monuments/>

A [[Neolithic]] site dating to around 4,500 BC was uncovered in 2007 near the village of [[Příšovice]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.praguepost.cz/archivescontent/3380-neolithic-settlement-found.html|title=Neolithic settlement found|work=[[Prague Post]]|date=18 April 2007|access-date=22 April 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424162912/http://www.praguepost.cz/archivescontent/3380-neolithic-settlement-found.html|archive-date=24 April 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

[[Lake Mácha]] near the town of [[Doksy]] is an important regional centre for leisure, attracting around 30,000 visitors annually.<ref name=machovo1>{{Cite news|url=http://www.denik.cz/liberecky-kraj/odemceno-u-jezera-zacina-letni-sezona-voda-bude-asi-cistsi-20130520-yuw0.html|title=Odemčeno. U Máchova jezera začíná letní sezóna. Voda bude asi čistší|work=[[Deník]]|date=20 May 2013|access-date=22 April 2014}}</ref> The vicinity of the lake has a caravan park and hosts an annual music festival called ''{{lang|cs|Mácháč}}'', which was attended by approximately 8,000 people in 2013.<ref name=machovo1/><ref name=machovo2>{{Cite web|url=http://zpravy.idnes.cz/loupezna-prepadeni-na-festivalu-machac-dyw-/krimi.aspx?c=A130824_105426_liberec-zpravy_mav|title=Na festivalu Mácháč řádili lupiči. U vstupu přepadli a okradli mladíky|work=[[Mladá fronta DNES]]|date=24 August 2013|access-date=22 April 2014}}</ref>

Since the region was for a long time part of the [[Holy Roman Empire]], and later (in 1938–1945) the major part of the region was a part of [[History of Germany|Germany]] as part of [[Sudetenland]], the local buildings and the culture in general have been influenced by the [[Germans]], also considering the fact that parts of the region were populated by a majority of [[Sudeten Germans]], prior to their [[Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia|expulsion after World War II]].