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Hazlov
Hazlov (german: Haslau) is a municipality and village in Cheb District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,500 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages of Lipná, Polná, Skalka, Vlastislav and Výhledy are administrative parts of Hazlov. Geography Hazlov lies about northwest of Cheb and west of Karlovy Vary. It lies in the Aš Panhandle region, on the border with Germany. The Czech-German border is on the northeast and on the west. It lies in the Fichtel Mountains, the highest point is above sea level. The Hazlovský Stream flows through the municipality. The source of the White Elster river is located in the northernmost part of the municipal territory. History The first written mention of Hazlov is from 1224, when Bedřich of Hazlov was mentioned. He probably had built the castle in the village. The Lords of Hazlov owned the village until 1401, when it bought Mikuláš Jur of Cheb. Other owners of the village were the Landwüst family from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hazlov
Hazlov (german: Haslau) is a municipality and village in Cheb District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,500 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages of Lipná, Polná, Skalka, Vlastislav and Výhledy are administrative parts of Hazlov. Geography Hazlov lies about northwest of Cheb and west of Karlovy Vary. It lies in the Aš Panhandle region, on the border with Germany. The Czech-German border is on the northeast and on the west. It lies in the Fichtel Mountains, the highest point is above sea level. The Hazlovský Stream flows through the municipality. The source of the White Elster river is located in the northernmost part of the municipal territory. History The first written mention of Hazlov is from 1224, when Bedřich of Hazlov was mentioned. He probably had built the castle in the village. The Lords of Hazlov owned the village until 1401, when it bought Mikuláš Jur of Cheb. Other owners of the village were the Landwüst family from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hazlov Castle 2008-06-14
Hazlov (german: Haslau) is a municipality and village in Cheb District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,500 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages of Lipná, Polná, Skalka, Vlastislav and Výhledy are administrative parts of Hazlov. Geography Hazlov lies about northwest of Cheb and west of Karlovy Vary. It lies in the Aš Panhandle region, on the border with Germany. The Czech-German border is on the northeast and on the west. It lies in the Fichtel Mountains, the highest point is above sea level. The Hazlovský Stream flows through the municipality. The source of the White Elster river is located in the northernmost part of the municipal territory. History The first written mention of Hazlov is from 1224, when Bedřich of Hazlov was mentioned. He probably had built the castle in the village. The Lords of Hazlov owned the village until 1401, when it bought Mikuláš Jur of Cheb. Other owners of the village were the Landwüst family fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lipná (Hazlov)
Lipná (German: ''Lindau'') is a village in Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic. It is one of the six municipality districts of Hazlov. In 2001 the village had a population of 15. In village are found a sawmill, bus stop and a shop with wood products. Geography Lipná lies 2 kilometres west from Hazlov, about 530 meters above sea level. It is surrounded by forests. It neighbour with Hazlov to the east, with Polná to the southwest and with Skalka to the northeast. To the west there is the German border. Close to the village flows ''Ostrožský potok''. History Lipná was first mentioned in 1307. Village was always small, because of no much work here. People work in agricultural or in a small quarry only. Landmarks * Conciliation cross A conciliation cross, also known as a roadside cross, is a stone cross, which was set up in a place where a murder or accident had happened. Purpose In medieval times, they were sometimes handmade by the murderer as a symbol of conciliat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polná (Hazlov)
Polná (German: ''Hirschfeld'') is a village in Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic. It is one of the six municipality districts of Hazlov. In 2001 the village had a population of 45. Geography Polná lies 2.5 kilometres southwest from Hazlov, about 535 meters above sea level. It is surrounded by forests. It neighbour with Hazlov to the east, with Lipná to the north, with Táborská to the southeast and with Libá to the southwest. To the west there is the German border. History Polná was first mentioned in 1307, as a property of the Zedtwitz from Libá. From 1850 was part of Aš District, and few years later create its own municipality, with ''Podílná'' and ''Franky''. In these days, Polná is a part of the municipality of Hazlov. In the 1960s a border-guard ''(Pohraniční stráž)'' base, was built close to the village. Landmarks * Frame house from 1792, with Virgin Mary painting and with a chapel, * two crucifix, * conciliation cross A conciliation cross, also k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vlastislav (Hazlov)
Vlastislav, formerly Táborská (German: ''Seichenreuth'') is a village in Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic. It is one of the six municipality districts of Hazlov. In 2001 the village had a population of 13. Geography Vlastislav lies 3 kilometres southwest from Hazlov, about 535 meters above sea level. It is surrounded by forests. It neighbour with Polná to the northwest, with Libá to the southwest, with Ostroh to the southeast, with Poustka to the east and with Hazlov Hazlov (german: Haslau) is a municipality and village in Cheb District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,500 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages of Lipná, Polná, Skalka, Vlastislav and Výhledy are admi ... to the northeast. History Vlastislav was first mentioned in 1322.SCHREINER, Lorenz: Heimatkreis Eger, Egereg Landtag e.V. (1997) Oldest names of the village are; ''Sewkenrewt'' (1322), ''Seukenreuth'', ''Schewkenrewt'', ''Seikeinreit'' and ''Seiscenreit''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skalka (Hazlov)
Skalka (German: ''Rommersreuth'') is a village in Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic. It is one of the six municipality districts of Hazlov. In 2001 the village had a population of 125. Geography Skalka lies 2 km north from Hazlov, about 612 meters above sea level. It is surrounded by forests. It neighbour with Hazlov to the south and with Výhledy to the north. To the west and to the east there is the German border. History Skalka was first mentioned in 1224. Until 1868 was a part of Hazlov, but in 1868 create an own municipality, with ''Otov'' (village, which not exist anymore). Skalka was often visited by J. W. Goethe. Goethe researched a flint rocks over the village, which was later named after him. From 1970 is Skalka one of the six municipality districts of Hazlov. The name of the village In Czech, ''Skalka'' is diminutive from ''Skála'', which means ''Rock''. The old German name, ''Rommersreuth'' is composite for ''Rommer'' (Rommer is name) and ''Reuth'', whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Výhledy
Výhledy (German: ''Steingrün'') is a village in Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic. It is one of the six municipality districts of Hazlov. In 2001, the village had a population of 37. Geography Výhledy lies 4 kilometres north of Hazlov, about 687 meters above sea level. It is surrounded by forests. It neighbour Skalka to the south and Nebesa and Nový Žďár to the southwest. To the west and the east, there is the German border. A spring of Bílý Halštrov river is located over the village. History Skalka was first mentioned in 1224. In 1526 the village was bought by the . From 1629, the village was part of Hazlov, and in 1850 it created its municipality with the village ''Neuengrün'' (which no longer exists). In the 14th century, a small stronghold was located in the village but was destroyed a long time ago. In 1890 a modern (at that time) school was built here, but it is no longer used. Landmarks * Calvary with Most Holy Trinity motive, * iron crucifix, * Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fichtel Mountains
The Fichtel MountainsRandlesome, C. et al. (2011). ''Business Cultures in Europe'', 2nd ed., Routledge, Abingdon and New York, p. 52. . (german: Fichtelgebirge, cs, Smrčiny), form a small horseshoe-shaped mountain range in northeastern Bavaria, Germany. They extend from the valley of the Red Main River to the Czech border, a few foothills spilling over into the Czech Republic. They continue in a northeasterly direction as the Elster Mountains, and in a southeasterly direction as the Upper Palatine Forest. The Fichtel Mountains contain an important nature park, the Fichtel Mountain Nature Park, with an area of . Etymology The first person to write about the Fichtel Mountains, Matthias of Kemnath (actually Matthias Widmann, born 23 February 1429 in Kemnath) reported in 1476: ''Ein bergk, hoch, weitt, wolbekant ligt in Beiern, gnant der Fichtelberg'' ("A mountain, high, wide and well-known, lies in Bavaria, known as the Fichtelberg"). In descriptions of the border in 1499 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Elster
The White Elster Accessed on 16 Jan 2011. (, ) is a long river in central , right tributary of the . Its source is in the westernmost part of the , in the territory of Hazlov. After a few kilometres, it flows into eastern where it cuts through the |
Cheb District
Cheb District ( cs, okres Cheb) is a district (''okres'') within the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Cheb. It is the most western District in the Czech Republic. List of municipalities Aš - Cheb - Dolní Žandov - Drmoul - Františkovy Lázně - Hazlov - Hranice - Krásná - Křižovatka - Lázně Kynžvart - Libá - Lipová - Luby - Mariánské Lázně - Milhostov - Milíkov - Mnichov - Nebanice - Nový Kostel - Odrava - Okrouhlá - Ovesné Kladruby - Plesná - Podhradí - Pomezí nad Ohří - Poustka - Prameny - Skalná - Stará Voda - Teplá Teplá (german: Tepl) is a town in Cheb District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,900 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as urban monument zone. Administrative parts Villages of ... - Třebeň - Tři Sekery - Trstěnice - Tuřany - Valy - Velká Hleďsebe - Velký Luh - V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central European Time
Central European Time (CET) is a standard time which is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The time offset from UTC can be written as UTC+01:00. It is used in most parts of Europe and in a few North African countries. CET is also known as Middle European Time (MET, German: MEZ) and by colloquial names such as Amsterdam Time, Berlin Time, Brussels Time, Madrid Time, Paris Time, Rome Time, Warsaw Time or even Romance Standard Time (RST). The 15th meridian east is the central axis for UTC+01:00 in the world system of time zones. As of 2011, all member states of the European Union observe summer time ( daylight saving time), from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October. States within the CET area switch to Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+02:00) for the summer. In Africa, UTC+01:00 is called West Africa Time (WAT), where it is used by several countries, year round. Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia also refer to it as ''Central Euro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central European Summer Time
Central European Summer Time (CEST), sometimes referred to as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time (CET; UTC+01:00) during the other part of the year. It corresponds to UTC+02:00, which makes it the same as Eastern European Time, Central Africa Time, South African Standard Time, Egypt Standard Time and Kaliningrad Time in Russia. Names Other names which have been applied to Central European Summer Time are Middle European Summer Time (MEST), Central European Daylight Saving Time (CEDT), and Bravo Time (after the second letter of the NATO phonetic alphabet). Period of observation Since 1996, European Summer Time has been observed between 01:00 UTC (02:00 CET and 03:00 CEST) on the last Sunday of March, and 01:00 UTC on the last Sunday of October; previously the rules were not uniform across the European Union. There were pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
