Horní Bukovina is a municipality and village in Mladá Boleslav District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

The village of Dolní Bukovina is an administrative part of Horní Bukovina.

Geography

Horní Bukovina is located about 13 km north of Mladá Boleslav and 25 km south of Liberec. It lies in the Jizera Table. The highest point is at 310 m above sea level. The Zábrdka Stream flows through the municipality.

History

The first written mention of Bukovina is from 1399. The village was a property of the monastery in Klášter Hradiště nad Jizerou, until the monastery was burned down in 1420. The next owners of Bukovina are unknown. In 1556, when Horní Bukovina and Dolní Bukovina were called Bukovina a Podbukovina, the two villages were bought by Jiří of Labouň. His family sold the villages to Václav Budovec of Budov in 1612. However, his properties were confiscated as a result of the Battle of White Mountain. Horní Bukovina and Dolní Bukovina were acquired by Albrecht von Wallenstein in 1622. From that year until the establishment of an independent municipality in 1848, the two villages were owned by the Waldstein family as part of the Mnichovo Hradiště estate.

Demographics

Economy

Dolní Bukovina is known for an outdoor swimming pool that was built already in 1937.

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sights

The only protected cultural monument in the municipality is a farmyard from the beginning of the 19th century called Kristiánov. It consists of several Empire agricultural buildings. A landmark of Horní Bukovina is the Chapel of Saint John of Nepomuk. It was built in 1888.