Josefův Důl (Jablonec nad Nisou District)

Josefův Důl (German: Josefsthal) is a municipality and village in Jablonec nad Nisou District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic.

[4] The Munich Agreement permitted Nazi Germany to annex the area in 1938 and administer it as part of Reichsgau Sudetenland.

Following World War II, in 1945, the municipality was returned to Czechoslovakia and the German inhabitants were expelled under the terms of Beneš decrees.

[3] The main landmark of Josefův Důl is the Church of the Transfiguration of Christ with a 45 metres (148 ft) high tower.

[8] The Chapel of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Karlov was built in the Baroque style in 1803 and rebuilt into its current form in 1865.

Train station
Church of the Transfiguration of Christ