{{Infobox settlement | name = Lázně Libverda | other_name = | settlement_type = Municipality <!-- images --> | image_skyline = Libverda Pavilon.jpg | image_caption = Libverda Spa | image_flag = Flag_of_Lazne_Libverda.svg | image_shield = Lazne_Libverda_CoA_CZ.svg <!-- location --> | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{CZE}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Liberec | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Liberec <!-- maps and coordinates --> | image_map = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Czech Republic | pushpin_relief = 1 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Czech Republic | coordinates = {{coord|50|53|25|N|15|11|26|E|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = <!-- government type, leaders --> | leader_title = | leader_name = <!-- established --> | established_title = First mentioned | established_date = 1381 <!-- area --> | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 13.26 <!-- elevation --> | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 424 <!-- population --> | population_as_of = 2025-01-01 | population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|title=Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2025|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/population-of-municipalities-t4l3n8d2iw|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|date=2025-05-16}}</ref> | population_total = 526 | population_density_km2 = auto <!-- time zone(s) --> | timezone1 = CET | utc_offset1 = +1 | timezone1_DST = CEST | utc_offset1_DST = +2 <!-- postal codes, area code --> | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 463 62 | area_code_type = | area_code = <!-- website, footnotes --> | website = {{URL|https://www.laznelibverda.cz/}} | footnotes = }} '''Lázně Libverda''' ({{langx|de|Bad Liebwerda}}) is a spa municipality and village in Liberec District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.
==Etymology== The original German name ''Liebenwerde'' is an abbreviation of "''auf dem Lieben werde''", which then meant "on a lovely island". The Czech name ''Libverda'' was created by transcription.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lázeňská sezóna začala. Pramenu v Libverdě požehnal farář|url=https://liberecky.denik.cz/zpravy_region/lazenska-sezona-zacala-pramenu-v-libverde-pozehnal-farar-20160516.html|publisher=Deník.cz|language=cs|date=2016-05-16|access-date=2022-10-22}}</ref>
==Geography== Lázně Libverda is located about {{convert|16|km|0}} northeast of Liberec. It borders Poland in the east.
Lázně Libverda lies in the Jizera Mountains. The highest peak in the municipality and in the whole mountain range is Smrk with {{convert|1124|m|ft|abbr=on}}. Part of the ''Jizerskohorské bučiny'' National Nature Reserve is located in the southern part of the municipal territory. The creek Libverdský potok flows through the municipality.
==History== The first written mention of Lázně Libverda is from 1381, when it was part of the Frýdlant estate.<ref>{{cite web |title=History & Philosophy|url=https://www.lazne-libverda.cz/en/historie-philosophy/|publisher=Obec Lázně Libverda|access-date=2021-08-13}}</ref>
==Demographics== {{historical populations |align=none|cols=3 |1869|924 |1880|849 |1890|780 |1900|813 |1910|795 |1921|712 |1930|719 |1950|502 |1961|478 |1970|450 |1980|388 |1991|389 |2001|456 |2011|454 |2021|449 |source=Censuses<ref>{{cite web |title=Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/historicky-lexikon-obci-1869-az-2015|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|language=cs|date=2015-12-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Population Census 2021: Population by sex|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4429&katalog=33515&pvo=SLD21001-OB-OK|work=Public Database|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|date=2021-03-27}}</ref>}}
==Spa== The healing power of the local spring was first mentioned in 1601 in a report, which stated that the healing effects were known by pilgrims already at the end of the 14th century. In 1785, a new big spring was uncovered, and between 1786 and 1818, several other spring were uncovered. In 1952, the last two spa springs, Kyselka and Nový vrt, were drilled.<ref>{{cite web |title=Springs|url=https://www.lazne-libverda.cz/en/prameny-en|publisher=Obec Lázně Libverda|access-date=2021-08-13}}</ref>
==Transport== There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
==Sights== thumb|''Obří sud'' Restaurant The spa are an architecturally valuable and comprehensive set of Neoclassical buildings, built from the second half of the 18th century until 1820. They have preserved their form almost unchanged to this day.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lázně Libverda|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/lazne-libverda-16022060|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2024-02-22}}</ref>
''Obří sud'' ("Giant Barrel") is a restaurant located in a real wooden barrel. It was built in 1931. Later, another building was added to the original barrel. The barrel has a length of {{cvt|14.2|m}}, a height of {{cvt|11.4|m}} and a width of {{cvt|10.5|m}}. The rare restaurant is a symbol of Lázně Libverda.<ref>{{cite web |title=Restaurace Obří sud – dřevěná rarita Jizerských hor|url=https://www.kudyznudy.cz/aktivity/restaurace-obri-sud|publisher=CzechTourism|language=cs|access-date=2024-02-22}}</ref>
==Twin towns – sister cities== {{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in the Czech Republic}} Lázně Libverda is twinned with:<ref>{{cite web |title=Home Page: Partnerská města|url=http://www.laznelibverda.cz/|publisher=Obec Lázně Libverda|language=cs|access-date=2021-08-13}}</ref> *{{flagicon|POL}} Mirsk, Poland *{{flagicon|POL}} Świeradów-Zdrój, Poland *{{flagicon|POL}} Trzebiel, Poland
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==External links== {{commons category|Lázně Libverda}} *{{official|https://www.laznelibverda.cz/}} *[https://www.lazne-libverda.cz/en/spa-&-relax/ Libverda Spa]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lazne Libverda}} Category:Spa towns in the Czech Republic Category:Villages in Liberec District