Riedl's chandelier

In the church, a trio of beautiful chandeliers made of cut glass catches the eye at first sight. Two smaller chandeliers were donated to the church by local glass merchants Ignáz Friedrich and Augustin Seidl from Polubný. The largest, middle chandelier dates back to 1842 and was made by Franz Riedl, an important glassmaker from the Jizera Mountains, who also donated it to the church. Franz Riedel, the eldest son of an already famous glassmaking family, was not only a skilled businessman but also an excellent glass engraver, whose works can be seen today in the Jablonec Museum of Glass and Jewellery. Franz Riedel founded the glassworks in Jizerka in 1829, built the recently sensitively renovated Manor House and successfully ran the Count's glassworks in Antonínov. He developed into one of the most important glass entrepreneurs in the region. The main products of his glassworks were jewellery bars and rods, flaconeries, jewellery stones and, as a supplementary product, glass for squeezers and hollow glass. The chandeliers in the church in Polubny were professionally restored and cleaned in 2003 and even today they are a prominent feature of the main church nave.

During your visit, you will not only see the beautiful illumination of the church with crystal chandeliers, but you will learn much more. For example, about the church's underground heating system.