House Nr. 254 in Krásná Lípa, Historic house and café in Krásná Lípa, Czech Republic
House Nr. 254, known as U Frinda, stands on the southwest side of Křinického náměstí in Krásná Lípa. The partly log-built, partly timber-framed Upper Lusatian house has a shingled gable roof with two dormers and a wooden arcade of three arches carried by four carved columns. Its ground-floor rooms have beamed ceilings.
Built in 1729 on the southwest side of Křinické náměstí, the house was owned from 1785 to 1866 by the Zillich family of healers and surgeons; Philip Zillich began smallpox vaccination in Bohemia here in 1801. Threatened with demolition after the German population was displaced in 1945–1946, it was repaired in the first half of the 1990s under new ownership. From 1995 to 2010 it housed the Museum of Bohemian Switzerland and Krásná Lípa and a confectioner's; in 2017 the CEDR association founded the social enterprise FRIND, which runs the café U Frinda.
The café is named after August Frind (1852–1924), a painter and poet born in Krásná Lípa. Since 2017 it has been run by the social enterprise FRIND s.r.o., founded by the CEDR community association, and part of the staff are people with disabilities. Its menu draws on food produced in northern Bohemia.
The house stands mid-way along the south-west side of Křinického náměstí, the square in the centre of Krásná Lípa. Its ground floor has a wooden arcade of three arches on four carved columns; when the café is closed, the arcade is shut by wooden doors. The café is run as a social enterprise, with part of the staff made up of people with disabilities.
The house is named after August Frind (1852–1924), a painter and poet born in Krásná Lípa. The social enterprise FRIND, founded by the CEDR community association in 2017, runs the café and employs people with disabilities. Its menu draws on food produced in northern Bohemia.
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