Bezdědice
Bělá pod Bezdězem, 294 25
The village is situated on the hill about 10 km west of Bělá pod Bezdězem. The locals call it Bezdědičky/ka. However, the original medieval name was Malý Bezděz. The oldest name of the village indicates that the village used to belong to Bezděz Castle.
Brick houses have a predominant position in the construction of the village, arising after the large, devastating fire of 1859. However, several multi-storey timbered houses have also been preserved. Building material used for homes and long fences give a particular picturesque charm to the village. There are sandstone stucco pieces which were broken up and worked into the structures (there are sites in the sandstone rocks in the forests nearby where the stones were broken up).
The population was engaged in growing and drying hops. In 1930, 120 people applied for Czech nationality and 89 for German. After annexation of the Sudetenland, this territory already belonged to the German Empire. The border was located near the village of Víska, not far away. After World War II, there was no further significant development in the village. It was resettled and later inhabited by cottagers and vacationers like the other surrounding villages in the former Sudetenland.