page_title: Krásná Lípa
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Krásná Lípa / History
caption_attribution_description: Čeština: Dům Českého Švýcarska a kostel na Křinické náměstí v Krásné Lípě, okres Děčín English: House of Bohemian Switzerland, church and Křinice Square in Krásná Lípa, Děčín District
context_page_description: Krásná Lípa is a town in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has aroun 3,500 inhabitants.
context_section_description: In 1361, a settlement Schönlinde was recorded on the Tollenstein (Tolštejn). Later, about 30 families from Upper Franconia colonized the place. In 1654 the community had 36 farm houses and 60 craftsman houses, mainly linen weavers. John Barnes, an English expert on textile industry, was hired in 1731 to found a spinning factory in the town.
  Economic development was further stimulated by the construction of the railway in 1869 and on 5 January 1870 Schönlinde became a corporate town. In 1910 the town reached its greatest population, with 6930 inhabitants. Along with other parts of the former Austrian Empire, Schönlinde became part of Czechoslovakia in 1919, now called Krásná Lípa, after having been attached to German Austria for some months.
  The expulsion of Germans after World War II in 1945–1946 reduced the population by half and more than 300 deserted houses were demolished, others dilapidated. One of the Germans who was deported from the Sudetenland was Gerhard Mitter, then age 10, who would become a race driver for Porsche.
caption: Square and church in Krásná Lípa
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