Frydlant - Castle Attractions

North of Liberec, in the Jizera Mountains (Jizerske hory), is the village of Frydlant. The town's most notable feature is the medieval castle that is easily seen as it rises above the surrounding countryside and the River Smedava. The Frydlant castle dates to the 13th Century with much of the fortifications and the round tower still in tact. Surrounding neo-Gothic and Renaissance buildings compliment the old castle.

The castle, once owned by the Wallenstein (Valdstejn) family and later the Clam-Gallas family, has been open to the public as a museum since the early 1800s. On display in the interior are Gothic furnishings, baroque paintings, ceramics, toys, pipes from the 18th to early 20th Centuries, and everyday items belonging to people who would have lived in the castle.