Quite interesting from a tourist point of view a town called Island is located at the foot of the Ore mountains. Maybe you've heard of him in connection with a reference to the headquarters of the company that produced trolleybuses Skoda. However, the factory where the collected urban transport, long removed from here.

For the first time in written sources, the city is mentioned in 1224. The oldest building of the city is the Church of St. James, which is located in the local cemetery. It was founded in the first quarter of the XIII century to the present day remained in perfect condition. At the moment it is one of the most famous Romanesque churches of the Czech state. Interestingly, in her domestic interiors preserved paintings Dating from the time of its construction.

The local castle was built much later – in the late fifteenth century. And, as was known previously for its construction was used for the Foundation of an ancient building. The castle was built by the order of the silver magnate kind of Schlick. After the Thirty years ' war, he went bankrupt and lost nearly all his property. Local castle came under the jurisdiction of the Duke SASCO-Lauenburgische, who rebuilt the castle according to their own taste and told me to smash a gorgeous garden, which in those days was considered one of the wonders of the world. What is just not there! The Park was laid out in Italian style and decorated with artificial ponds, magnificent fountains and graceful statues. In the nineteenth century it was altered, removed gazebos and sculptures. Do not pass up a walk in the Park, let your imagination will tell you how everything was arranged many years ago.

Another famous city building is a Villa, on which the Russian heir to the throne Alexei Petrovich met his future wife.