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Frýdlant (also known as Frýdlant v Čechách) is situated at an elevation of 295 m in the Frýdlantská pahorkatina (Frýdlant hill country) of northern Bohemia about 24 km north of the district town and region's capital, Liberec. The municipality of Frýdlant has a population of about 7,500 (2017).

The area was settled by Slavic (Sorbian) tribes from Lusatia from the 6th century onwards and in the 12th century was incorporated into the Upper Lusatian territory, then held by the Margraves of Meissen. It belonged to the Lordship of Seidenberg (Zawidów), which in 1158 passed to the Bohemian Crown. There were important trade routes through the area, including to Görlitz and to Lusatia. From Görlitz, Via Regia provided routes to Russia, Spain, and throughout Europe. Perhaps as early as 1304, but certainly by 1381, a moat and curtain walls were constructed to surround and protect the town, which were largely removed in 1774. After the Battle of the White Mountain (Bílá hora, today in Prague) in 1620, the Frýdlant estates were confiscated and handed over to Abrecht von Wallenstein (Albrecht z Valdštejna) who was styled Duke of Frýdlant (Friedland) and lived in Jičín. After the assassination of Wallenstein in 1634, the estates were handed to the counts Gallas who remained in their possession until 1757. Inherited by the nephew of the last count, the new owner changed his name, Clam, to Clam-Gallas. Until 1918, Friedland in Böhmen hmen was part of the Austrian monarchy. It was the head of a district with the same name, one of the 94 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in the Bohemian crown land. Following the break-up of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy in 1918, Friedlant/Friedland became part of Czechoslovakia. Following the 1938 Munich Agreement, the town was occupied by Nazi Germany and incorporated as Friedland (Isergebirge), one of the municipalities in the Reichsgau Sudetenland. After World War II, it fell back to the Third Czechoslovak Republic and renamed Frýdlant v Cechách. The German-speaking population was expelled according to the Beneš decrees and replaced by Czech settlers.

Friedland castle most likely originated in the mid-13th century. The core of the Round Tower, still the centre of the ccastle today, dates from that late Gothic period. In 1278 it was obtained by the lords of Bieberstein, in 1554 by the barons von Redern. Around 1600, the castle was enlarged to become a residence palace. Having sided with the Protestant side, the Redern were dispossessed after the Battle of the White Mountain and the castle and the estates of Friedland and Reichenberg (Liberec) in 1621 were given to general Albrecht von Wallenstein. After his assassination in 1634, the domains were confiscated again and handed over to the counts Gallas. From 1757 until 1945 the castle was owned by the counts Clam-Gallas. Fifty rooms of the castle today are open to the public.

[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frýdlant v Čechách, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frýdlant]