Horní Police (German: Oberpolitz) is a municipality and village in Česká Lípa District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. As of 2020, it has 686 inhabitants. The village is located in a valley along the Ploučnice river, northwest of Česká Lípa, in a sparsely populated region.
The baroque Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary was once a well-known pilgrimage destination. It was built 1689–1701 by Giulio Broggio. Horní Police Castle was owned by Julius Francis, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg. The village's coat of arms represents the stone bridge with a cross over the Ploučnice river. The highest point nearby is Dvorský kopec (527 m).
Houska Castle is an early Gothic castle, 47 kilometres (29 mi) north of Prague, in the Czech Republic (Houska 1, 471 62 Doksy).[1] It is one of the best preserved castles of the period.[2] Some notable features of the castle include a predominantly Gothic chapel, green chamber with late-Gothic paintings, and a knight's drawing room.[2]
