In the Liberec Region, there are 25 highly endangered monuments

Liberec - The list of the most endangered monuments in the Liberec region includes 25 dilapidated buildings. Among them are churches, former factories, smaller businesses, rural homesteads, houses, and also a monastery, a fountain, or a column with a statue. However, the list of the most endangered monuments is not final, and about another 50 buildings will appear on it. Today, the director of the National Heritage Institute in Liberec, Miloš Kadlec, told ČTK.
    "In the Liberec region, there are approximately 3100 monuments. The owners mostly lack funds for the rescue of the most endangered ones. Legal disputes are ongoing over the ownership of several damaged historical buildings," Kadlec added. Only the most necessary repairs of all 25 monuments would cost hundreds of millions of crowns. For example, a complete reconstruction of the farmyard at the Zákupy castle in the Českolipsko region would cost one billion crowns.
    In the Českolipsko region, ten out of the 25 most endangered monuments are located, eight in the Liberec area, five in Semily, and two in Jablonec. Some of them belong to the state, others to the church and private owners. Among the most severely damaged buildings is the burned-down castle in Zahrádky - property of Charles University.
    In nearby Zákupech, three monuments are in very poor condition - the farmyard, greenhouse, terraces, and water tower at the castle, the Capuchin monastery, and the Leitenberg textile factory.
    The Baroque church of St. Philip and St. James in Roztoky near Jilemnice, built in 1739, has a damaged roof structure. The load-bearing beams are heavily compromised, and there is a risk of the roof's structure collapsing into the church's nave. "The roof repair must begin as soon as possible," Kadlec warned. On the other hand, the endangered Baroque linen house in nearby Horní Branná is already undergoing reconstruction.
    In the border region of Frýdlant, a rare rural Upper Lusatian homestead with a timber-framed ground floor in Arnoltice and a farmyard in Černousy from the early 19th century are deteriorating. In Košťálov in the Semily region, a nearly 200-year-old mill is collapsing.